Perhaps it’s my job, but every day I grow more and more disenchanted with the academic world. Between the supression of free speech to the the politization of research, academics are doing their best to create a completely insulated world...
This time around he’s made a Winter Warmer style. Winter Warmer’s tend to have a bit higher ABV (this one is around 7%) where it gets its name is from the warming effect the alcohol provides. From beeradvocate.com:
These malty sweet...
One of my happiest childhood memories is licking the bowl. Didn't matter whether it was a batch of cookies or batter for a cake, there was something deliciously forbidden about swirling my index finger around the rim of the bowl...
Random thoughts with little (or no) connection to anything. because this is the internet, and I can do stuff like this.I checked a Kindle (original version, not DX) out from the NCSU Libraries and took it with me to Louisville....
As most of you know that I do not use my blog as a platform to hock new technology, however on occasion I stumble across something which catches my attention. As my wife would tell you that the only requirements...
The Knoxville News-Sentinel editors write today that in order for voters to make the best possible decisions in the 2010 elections, campaign finance disclosure should be paid more attention: What the public should demand is timely and thorough disclosure - where...
Written by Jim Drexler.
The Chattanooga Times Free Press ran a front page story on Nov. 15, The roarin’ 20, profiling “a group of emerging leaders who already are showing the gumption, community engagement, and work ethic of professionals well beyond...
It’s been a busy day, followed by dinner with friends at my favorite Korean restaurant (I’m such a lucky girl!). I had the ojingeo bokkeum (spicy squid with vegetables in hot sauce), pictured below. I’m stuffed with wonderful food. And...
We like to do crafts and art projects that coincide with the season and usually end up ironing leaves between wax paper but this year we tried dipping them in wax discovered over here. I like the chance to find...
Christians and their utopianism: Many explanations have been offered for the housing bubble and subsequent crash: interest rates were too low; regulation failed; rising real-estate prices induced a sort of temporary insanity in America's middle class. But there is one explanation...
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