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Unintended success, expected failure
Both the elliptical title of this post and the long distance from its antecedent have the same toothmarks: I’ve been reading so much, I haven’t wanted to write anything. I’ve enjoyed… more →
Analemma
Unintended success, expected failure
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erikrau wrote 7 months ago: Both the elliptical title of this post and the long distance from its antecedent have the same tooth … more →
21,483 calls in 36 years
erikrau wrote 12 months ago: It’s been more than a week, and I still am saddened when I think of the loss of Phil Rounds. B … more →
Less is more. Literally.
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erikrau wrote 1 year ago: I’m very excited to have started reading The Social Life of Information, a book which simultan … more →
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose (Groundhog Day edition)
erikrau wrote 1 year ago: N.B. Must remember not to strive for so many details per post. Caused me to miss this date by a week … more →
Quantitative definitions; and, would you like to play a game?
erikrau wrote 1 year ago: A striking contrast is presented between the new MacPro that just arrived at work and the definition … more →
Forward thinking maps, backwards yearning food
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erikrau wrote 1 year ago: At least two meals today will consist of the dwindling store of Thanksgiving leftovers: Elle’s … more →
No TV is good . . . and bad
erikrau wrote 2 years ago: Bad in the sense that I didn’t hear about the kerfuffle about a supposed Syria-North Korea sup … more →
Mostly natural
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erikrau wrote 2 years ago: Corvallis is nice. Almost, but not quite, that sort of little-bit-too-perfect, everybody-knows-every … more →
And another thing. . .
erikrau wrote 2 years ago: Oddly enough, while I was writing the last post about earthquakes, a m7.5 occurred off the coast of … more →
I guess this hurricane thing has legs
erikrau wrote 2 years ago: In distinct contrast with the school cancellations for snow when I was a kid, I have now had a free … more →
Contextual connotations
erikrau wrote 2 years ago: For modern readers of Jane Austen, changes in word usage can sometimes confuse the subtleties of her … more →
What have those wacky scientists done now?
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erikrau wrote 2 years ago: A good post on the HAARP project at the Danger Room caused me to spend a while looking for a picture … more →
Geo-fear?
erikrau wrote 2 years ago: I just finished reading State of Fear by Crichton, and let me just say that the quality of his actio … more →
Where I want to be
erikrau wrote 2 years ago: I can only handle so much coolness at once. I ran across these conference proceedings about the conf … more →
Our outreach should exceed our grasp, else what's a teacher for?
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erikrau wrote 2 years ago: And such is the guilt of both the Jewish student and the Jewish teacher: The secret knowledge that n … more →
I have a theory about this: my thoughts are not disorderly . . .
erikrau wrote 2 years ago: . . . the linear construction of time is just faulty. Thus, when I wrote about the Weingarten articl … more →
Bill Moyers on a pedestal
erikrau wrote 2 years ago: But really, it would have to be high-flown indeed to be an excess of praise for someone with his lis … more →
I have a theory: we often don't know what good response looks like
erikrau wrote 2 years ago: Case study 1: I look forward to a cold day at work. Living in 80 degrees Fahrenheit and 80 percent h … more →
Dulce et decorum est
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erikrau wrote 2 years ago: There are at least three reasons that, elaborate protestations by everyone from the director to revi … more →
