Since John is doing it, I suppose I should as well. I apologize for not posting here more. It is merely a function of a lack of time. I’ve bolded those I’ve read and italicized those I’ve partially read.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Anna Karenina
Crime and Punishment
Catch-22
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Wuthering Heights
Life of Pi
The Name [...]
I have decided to create a separate homepage. You can find it here. For what it’s worth, I debated between googlepages and macpages. As you can see, I chose google. I chose google (i) because I already had a google account and (ii) google seemed easier.
My new favorite response to a bad argument, courtesy of David Foster Wallace:
“This is so stupid it practically drools.”
(Pg. 89 of “Authority and American Usage,” in Consider the Lobster)
…when you combine Barnes and Noble’s 40% employee appreciation discount and $135.00 worth of gift cards?
You get a book buying spree of epic proportions:
Suite Française, by Irene Nemirovsky
Absurdistan, by Gary Shteyngart
Black Swan Green, by David Mitchell
American Prometheus, by Kai Bird and Michael Sherwan
The Duty of Genius, by Ray Monk
Hilbert, by Constance Reid
No Country for Old [...]
Unfortunately, my last batch of finals is turning out to be completely insane. First, I was blindsided today by my physics final. The professor provides sample exams for each exam. For the other three exams, a substantial amount of problems from the sample exam made their way on to the actual exam (the numbers were [...]
I got back last night from my visit to the University of Nebraska. Overall, I really enjoyed my visit. The grad students were very nice and very helpful. I specifically thank Cullen Gatten, Steve Swartzer, Bill Bauer, and Tim Loughlin. My biggest regret is that I didn’t get to meet a lot of the faculty [...]
I have been buried in work lately. Plus, the grad admissions craziness has begun. Luckily, I am one for one. I found out a week ago that I was accepted by UNL. Although UNL is definitely my safety-safety school, it is nice to know that the many fine philosophers there thought highly of my application. [...]
Today was the first day of my last semester at ASU. It was interesting, to say the least. In my first class, “Wealth, Distribution, and Poverty,” I was surrounded by… let’s just say typical ASU students. At least they will quickly stop coming to class. Plus, my professor is the type that tries to be [...]
