Though I voted for Obama in the Primaries and thought many of Clinton’s campaign techniques were sketchy (at best), I support her nomination for Secretary of State. Here’s why.
1. She’s very intelligent, hard working, and capable.
I think she would have made a great president. To those who do not believe she has what […]
11/30, 0824. Potentially embarrassing update: It would seem that Dane county is under a Winter Storm Warning from noon today until 6 AM Monday.
I don’t want to be the person who claims that forecasters (or The Farmer’s Almanac) are wrong, only to die buried under a snow drift, but where’s the bad winter […]
If I was teaching a course where we focused on writing skills, this is the advice I would give to my students. Maybe it’s my experience writing business emails (where I knew anything too long would go unread), but grading papers I almost always find bloated language and unnecessary words. If you are […]
If you’re like me, you thought that the title of Kanye’s new album referred to heartbreak, obviously, but then some area code or car tires or something. It’s proof of how far he’s fallen from my highest esteem back when “College Dropout” came out. That album changed how I saw modern Hip-Hop. […]
First, let me apologize. While the food described below was delicious, I didn’t keep records very well of specific amounts. If you do try to recreate this, start small and taste often.
Last night’s dinner started off rather lamely. I was going to go to the grocery store to buy some cornmeal […]
So, the AV Club writers just did a feature of their favorite imaginary band names. It’s about what you’d expect.
But it got me thinking about the hilarious band name that Tony and I came up with while hanging out with Zach one Winter Break. Zach Zachary Zach Zach Swagel and the Grass Cola […]
During my senior year of college, had I just thought about being at Ebling Library, I never would have considered entering the job market. Instead, I would have found a way that I could stay at that library forever. This morning, Lauren and I got off the bus a few stops early and […]
Rather on a whim, I searched to see if there were any open-source EMR (Electronic Medical Record) projects out there. I looked into one that I found (OpenEMR), which seems to have a lot of features (even with a relatively small developer base). I sent the project manager an email to see if […]
When I did hiring for Apple, I always checked out people’s profiles on facebook. Never once did someone’s profile hurt them. One person who applied did have a sketchy profile, but he never followed up with his resume, thus absolving me from any bias. Similarly, a professor I know (who shall remain […]
High praise for Gov. Jim Doyle for vetoing legislation that would have allowed health care workers in Wisconsin to opt-out of procedures, beyond abortion and sterilization, that they find morally wrong. The legislation would have also protected health care workers who did not refer a patient to another doctor for the desired procedure. […]
Recently, government chatter has included the possibility of using the $700 billion authorized for unspecified “bailing” activities to be used to help the struggling “Big 3″ US auto makers. Republicans (evidently following John McCain’s strategy and permanently giving up on Michigan) are against it. Democrats are for it. As for me, I’m […]
I’ve wrapped up all writing responsibilities, save final papers, for the semester. And I’ve completed all but one stats test. This means I have nothing to do prior to the semester ending, EXCEPT write two research proposals. That’s a lot to do, but I’ve gotten a good start this weekend, spending a […]
Lauren and I haven’t gone anywhere for a vacation since Paris in March. That’s 8 months! Knowing that we have a long, relaxing Winter Break (ah, the perks of student life), we’ve been thinking about getting away. While Europe is obviously where we’d like to be, a domestic vacation seems in order, […]
The news media has been salivating over Palin’s juicily stupid answers and her seemingly unlimited ability to give interviews. Where was this Sarah during the campaign? What does it even matter? In their pursuit for a good story, most media sources are asking what will be her next move. Few think […]
I am not even kidding. Sarah Palin is planning to release a Hip-Hop album to help increase her support among African-American voters. She feels she must win these voters if she is going to beat Obama in 2012. I have actually managed to get one of the verses from her first single, […]