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I saw this in my alumni magazine: Bascom Deaver, my first year physics instructor, major advisor, and the Associate Chairman for Undergraduate Studies of the University of Virginia Physics Department, has won the Alumni Association’s Distinguished Professor Award for teaching. Any man who could help to convince me, or let me convince myself, that I [...]

Thanks to Eric Olsen and the folks at BlogCritics, who have linked me as “BlogCritic of the day” today. I guess it’s time to finish that Björk review I’ve been sitting on! Check out all my BlogCritics posts, and be sure to visit the Election 2004 megapost while you’re there.

I really want to catch the Snow Patrol show tonight but I don’t think I can justify it right now. Damn it.

Almost forgot: Adam pointed me to ArlingtonList, a community mailing list for residents of Arlington, MA. The site has instructions on joining the list, member bios, password-protected archives, and a wiki (which has since been turned off as it was underused and getting defaced). The site also features a reprint of a 2002 Boston Globe [...]

Hmm. Apparently Panera’s content filter blocks Chris Baldwin’s Bruno comic strip as being in the forbidden category “cult/occult.” Um, huh? Blocking Bruno and not, say, Sluggy Freelance for that category seems a bit odd.
Also odd: the comic strip Questionable Content and Scary Go Round (“adult/mature content”) are blocked and Least I Could Do and Diesel [...]

I finally connected with Adam Medros (of JennyAndAdam.com) this morning. He is, it turns out, in our neighborhood, just over the top of the hill. We caught up about work and the neighborhood and traded home improvement notes. It’s good to know someone so close by.
Now I’m taking advantage of the free wi-fi in Panera [...]