Nod and Smile

For those who may not know, I am in Paris for the month of July. It is a working vacation–Jay has math workshops, I have a linguistics conference, and we have about two weeks inbetween these things. We are hooked up in a nice apartment in the 2nd, after a pretty harrowing experience […]

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In April, I posted about Delta’s under the radar change of their baggage policy where they decided not only to charge $25 for a second checked bag, but also decided not to tell so many people about it. At that time, I questioned our friendship, said we’d get along much better if they just […]

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The semester is over. Though I have an incomplete and hence one more paper to write, it is now the time of the year for home improvements.
We are going to get a new desk set sometime in the near future (hopefully this week). The papers on the floor are no longer in piles […]

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Some people make bad analogies. Sometimes, you have to call out people who make bad analogies on their further ignorance. Courtesy of Eavesdrop DC (emphasis mine):
Dude, South America and South Africa are like totally the same thing.
No they’re not..one has Latinos and the other has African Americans.
Whatever Jose.

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