I own the domain, savethesemicolon.com. There’s nothing there, so don’t bother looking. Anyway, it’s about to expire (in February) and I can’t figure out whether to keep it or not. I wish I had the energy to really save the semicolon. But I may not.
Archive | January, 2008
Minority President
Lilly Goren, contributing to the under-appreciated, but ever-interesting Britannica Blog, helps us figure out whether America is more likely to elect a woman or a black man as president. How does she do it? She collects and assesses historical data from the only really important sources that ever existed: Movies and Television Series. Her findings tell […]
Global Warming
I mentioned before that Denis Dutton, aldaily.com guy (along with other things), responded almost immediately to my email about a typo on his site. It got fixed on the same day. Then, on Christmas day, I wrote aldaily about another typo, and Denis wrote back that day again. Twice! Once to say thanks, and once […]
Big Think
I’m excited. Thanks to aldaily for the link.
Hyperrealistic Daydreaming
I walk about a mile and a half every day in order to get to and from the train station. That time is spent daydreaming. What it would be like to go back in time, and be the only guy with an Army tank in the Punic Wars? Would it make me a ruler? Would I at […]