Bill Maxwell always wanted to teach journalism at a historically black college, but after only two years, he quit, disillusioned. Judging from the comments of many of my professor friends, his story wouldn't have been all that different at any land grant university, either.
I'm not alone. As <A HERF="http://www.bookslut.com/blog/archives/2007_05.php#011150"><I>Blog of a Bookslut</I></A>'s Jessa Crispen says, "Another book they'll have to put me in a Clockwork Orange chair to get me to read: <I>Falling Man</I> by Don DeLillo. Thank you, <I>Guardian</I>, for justifying my judgmental reaction."
Alan In Victoria commented on a URL I posted about the Primedia Enthusiast <A HREF="http://blog.stereophile.com/wesphillips/052107badboy/">sale</A>: "I know Primedia through their two excellent car mags, <I>Automobile</I> and <I>Motor Trend</I>. Both have been recently spiffed up, especially the dramatically revitalised <I>Motor Trend</I>. I hope they are now in good hands..."
Michael Fremer wants the world to know that <a href="http://www.forbes.com/personaltech/2007/05/17/turntable-records-vinyl-t… is back</a>.
Obviously.
The lovely and talented Aperion Audio Intimus 532 loudspeakers, dressed in a cherry so fine my wood floors are jealous.
In their neverending quest to damn my life, Bose is now sending me credit cards. I walked into my beautiful apartment, the sun having already set, threw this and all the other junk mail down onto the kitchen table, and grabbed a beer.
Hey ma.<br>
Remember last week at dinner when you guys asked me, "What's new?," and I stuttered, hesitated, and tried telling you about the Home Entertainment Show?
<I>Slate</I> writes about lolcats. ("Hard-hitting fluff," as Alan in Victoria says.) Follow the link on page 7 to Anil Dash's analysis of lolcat grammar.
"This is simply a resistor that has pretty much no resistance: in effect a bit of wire in a tiny box. It might sound like an absurd component, but they're quite common in modern circuits, because they can be used to bridge the gap between adjacent tracks on a circuit board with a standard-size component. I'd like to apologise both for knowing that and for sharing it with you."