When I was in college and class got boring, I would compose really silly haikus about my professors in the margins of my notebooks. Usually, they were either about how much my astronomy prof wanted to be on Star Trek, or how my media research class was just a form of horrible math torture wearing […]
So, over on my personal Twitter, I said something stupid. And “The Bryant Park Project,” the NPR program it was directed to, responded. I promised them a photo of where Jeff Buckley died, as a response to a recent story they did.
In somewhat small glory, here’s the picture:
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Earlier this morning, Twitter user Sumrtime started following me, and I her. After a quick perusal of her profile and website, I realized that she was an astrophysicist.
I got all excited, because there’s this commercial for PBS’ “Nova” with Neil De Grasse Tyson, who’s pretty much my academic hero, talking about how there’s 6 billion […]
Brooke opens this week’s episode of “On the Media” by saying “love is in the air…and on the air.”
Upon hearing that, I immediately sat up straighter, poised my pen for more extreme note taking, and hoped against all reason this would be the week where Brooke finally announced, for the sake of journalistic integrity, that […]
The New York Times’ “Lede Blog” reported today on the sale of Garrison Keillor’s St. Paul home. Apparently, he’s leaving because he doesn’t get along with his neighbors.
From “The Lede Blog:”
For those not keeping regular track of all matters Keilloric, the listing marks the end of an ugly feud that cast Mr. Keillor as […]
Reporters following Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail seem to be at a loss of places to go to file stories. In their desperation, they’ve turned to the one private place they can find: the men’s restroom. Proof that campaign journalists may have lost touch with reality? They’re “astonished” by flushing toilets. (From the Newsblog)
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