November 2011
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Out
mills: In a crowd of strangers, one feels somehow identifiable as even stranger: as the one for whom any eye contact is an occasion for momentary panic, as the one who isn’t sure where to stand, as the one who cannot piece together what everyone else inexplicably knows: which lines lead to which bathrooms and bars, whether the left or right hand should be extended for a stamp, how much things...
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October 2009
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It’s a chemical reaction: the molecule on the left has an oxygen (O, or the head) and 6 carbons (implied by the intersection or end of each line). On the right is the reaction product, a molecule called “diene.” Carbon compounds with double bonds (the appendages of the poor orgo student) are called alkenes; since it has two double bonds, it’s a diene. Hint: it’s...
Oct 31st
September 2009
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To be fair, it is one of those prestigious Harvard-Oxford exchange things where you take classes but aren’t doing degrees or paying money.
Sep 25th
August 2009
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I was having so much fun with British spelling. I do realize this is because I’m a stupid American.
Aug 26th
June 2009
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I also went to bed listening to the Magnetic Fields song, “A Chicken With It’s Head Cut Off,” which is actually quite funny and close to my heart, though possibly a contributing factor.
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