The Mongrel Dogs Who Teach

Author: mongreldogs

  • Annie-versary

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    This is the one-year mark for Annie and me — one year ago we started going out officially.  It’s been an adventure, one I wouldn’t have missed for the world.  I have never felt the kind of love I feel for her, and I have never received the love she gives to me.  I don’t…

  • Joking about Science

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    I regret the simple me-too-ism of just posting a link to an article, but this piece over at Project Syndicate is a nice, short reflection on how jokes scientists make (about their own profession) illuminate the two distinct views we hold of science (as relating to truth and utility).  Short, easy to read, and worth…

  • Online Obscenity

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    In this online review, Joe Brown of Wired waxes eloquent about the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport, a new ultra-high-end sports convertible.  The Grand Sport costs a cool 2.1 M$ and boosts appropriately over-the-top stats like a top speed of 217 mph and 1001 horsepower from a 16-cylinder engine.  It will come as no suprise…

  • “We are not a people who fear the future. We are a people who make it.”

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    In general, I’m not overly impressed with the Presidential Saturday radio address (now of course really a YouTube address).  But I liked today‘s, probably because it resonates with something I’ve said before (twice, even). Happy Birthday, America.

  • Week 29 in the Program

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    Weight this week | Change since last week | Total change 267.0 | -1.4 | -106.0 Not much of note here. I’ve really given up predicting the details of my weight change. I don’t know why it dropped off some, but that can apparently happen. Anyway, I’m still pretty happy with where I am.

  • Week 28 in the Program

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    Weight this week | Change since last week | Total change 268.4 | -2.6 | -104.6 Not that much to note.  I’m back on track and feeling good about it.  Soon I’ll be switching to Thursdays instead of Tuesdays for the weigh-in, so that will glitch the weekly numbers a little.

  • Week 26 in the Program

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    I’ve been bouncing around some.  But I finally broke the 100-pound mark. Weight this week | Change since last week | Total change 271.0 | -6.6 | -102.0 NB: I’ve recalibrated a bit here to use the original weight as measured by PWMC (373 lbs), since that’s where I’m getting my weekly numbers. Six months…

  • Week 23 in the Program

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    Wow, it’s been a while since I updated this. No particular reason — I guess I just got distracted. Weight this week | Change since last week | Total change 277.2 | -1.4 | -91.2 It’s more than a little odd, as my numbers don’t seem to be tied to what I actually do during…

  • The Start of Summer

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    Everyone has their own unique signs that summer is upon us, the signature sound that signals the academic year is winding down. For me, it’s “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” by Tears for Fears. More below the fold.

  • Two Finales (2): Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

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    As mentioned in a previous post, recently two of my favorite shows reached their conclusion.  While the Battlestar Galactica finale left a lingering bad taste in my mouth (The Cylons had a plan all along?  Bollocks!), the conclusion of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles was gripping and satisfying.  In fact it was one of the…