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Meb Keflezighi: A Profile
[Rough draft of a profile for a writing class.] Mebrahtom Keflezighi can cut the mile run in four minutes and fifty five seconds flat—and then repeat it twenty five more times without rest. You might … more →
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Confessions of a Bachophile, Chapter 3
classicaljournal wrote 1 week ago: A recent J.S. Bach cantata performance reminded me of some reading and listening I had done maybe 10 … more →
REVIEW: "Sounds and Sweet Airs: Shakespeare and Music"
classicaljournal wrote 2 weeks ago: If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that surfeiting, The appetite may sic … more →
Meb Keflezighi: A Profile
kileyaustinyoung wrote 2 weeks ago: [Rough draft of a profile for a writing class.] Mebrahtom Keflezighi can cut the mile run in four mi … more →
Money, Maximization, and The Mature Life
kileyaustinyoung wrote 3 weeks ago: [A "first person" piece I wrote for a writing course, amended from an old blog entry.] We’ve all hea … more →
The Senior Slump Syllabus
kileyaustinyoung wrote 2 months ago: I’m slumping in school. I’m burned out. Tired of classes. Bored in lectures. I have some … more →
A Note on Performance Spaces
classicaljournal wrote 3 months ago: Is just any space an adequate performance space? In a word, no. Last Thursday, I trekked south to Ma … more →
I Know It's Just TV, but…
classicaljournal wrote 3 months ago: Generally, I just don’t see much point in reviewing regular television broadcasts of concerts. Just … more →
Review: "The Audition"
classicaljournal wrote 4 months ago: Note: this review is a re-post from April, 2009. The Metropolitan Opera’s HD series presented … more →
The Hustle of Urban Nightlife
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kileyaustinyoung wrote 4 months ago: This post is adapted from a letter I wrote to Penn sociology professor David Grazian. It’s bas … more →
Trading Time
kileyaustinyoung wrote 5 months ago: [N.B. This blog post is adapted from a more technical post on The Margin Call.] Time is the justice … more →
True Life, Loudly Exaggerated
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kileyaustinyoung wrote 5 months ago: True life, even loudly exaggerated, has deficiencies in organization and plot line and a muddiness o … more →
On Stops, Sex, & Speculative Self-Destruction
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kileyaustinyoung wrote 5 months ago: Scorned speculators are scattered across the globe, tallying wins and losses, unable to recall the g … more →
Thoughts, As They Come
kileyaustinyoung wrote 6 months ago: Thoughts, as they come… The Hangover: This movie was epic. It’s Tucker Max meets Road Tr … more →
Is Twitter Making Us Stupid?
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kileyaustinyoung wrote 6 months ago: We’ve all experienced it, whether we take note of it when it happens or not. We’ve all stumbled acro … more →
Markets, Money, and Hot Human Impulse
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kileyaustinyoung wrote 9 months ago: In light of recent turmoil in the economy and markets, I highly recommend this New Yorker piece from … more →
Musings on Time, Space, and Sir Isaac Newton
kileyaustinyoung wrote 9 months ago: Newtonian mechanics was founded on the view that space is something distinct from body and that time … more →
Tom Brady and Jurisprudence
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kileyaustinyoung wrote 9 months ago: Just out of field goal range, down 13-10 with less than two minutes to play in the AFC Divisional Pl … more →
Most Specious, Most Profligate of Women!
kileyaustinyoung wrote 9 months ago: As I am too busy to blog, I thought I would post an informal response I wrote about a book I just fi … more →
Ultrinsic Motivator
kileyaustinyoung wrote 10 months ago: A friend of mine started a service called Ultrinsic Motivator, which allows students to place a de f … more →
