Calling out

29Oct09

As you may know, Vanderbilt has a new Robert Wood Johnson Foundation program in health and health policy.  Could you take a few minutes and send me the names of any faculty members at other schools who are working with undergraduate students interested in graduate study in medical sociology, health, and health policy? We especially [...]

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Internuts

28Oct09

I wish I could share these videos of kindergarteners at my mother’s school but they’re password protected because, well, they’re kids. And there are people who are nuts about kids.
Other than a video of them dancing around like crackerjacks, what you’d see (if you were allowed) includes a series of interviews with every little girl [...]

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Please stop

27Oct09

Please stop emailing me with requests like this one:
I am currently writing a research paper on the History of hip hop for African American History. I was wondering if you would be able to recommend me some resources that would be beneficial to me in writing this paper. Also any ideas for specific thesis statements [...]

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Blogonote

26Oct09

I love Iconic Photos.

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Lurking internet danger.

20Oct09

The Latin American Herald Tribune reports that human traffickers are using social networking sites to lure kids into slavery, in Peru. That’s what’s “on my mind.”

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Talking head, pointing finger.

20Oct09

A colleague forwarded to me the link to this “college tour” service. If you bother watching the Vandy video, I appear for a few seconds, waggling my finger. I have, by the way, no memory of this happening.

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Today’s unsurprising news

19Oct09

To add to last week’s realization that Daddy Balloon was hoaxing:
The Atlantic is worried that people like Mad Men so much. This might be the cause of ruthless, niche marketing, and class-based tastes.
The Mayor of Moscow has his decoder ring on; plans to save Moscow from expected light, winter snowfall.

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Last night a DJ saved my life

18Oct09

Girl: Can you play the Cupid Shuffle?
DJ: [...]

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Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

13Oct09

In response to a friend’s posted image, and another friend’s URL response (all on facebook, natch), I discovered Passive Aggressive Notes dot com, which is fine, if you like that kind of thing. (If you do go over there, please read the “greatest hits” and replace the bread you took from the fridge. I paid [...]

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Post of the month

13Oct09

Gabriel has written what is unquestionably a stroke of brilliance, inspired by recent Zombie-related social science. Some of my favorites:
Applied micro-economics. We combine two unique datasets, the first being military satellite imagery of zombie mobs and the second records salvaged from the wreckage of Exxon/Mobil headquarters showing which gas stations were due to be refueled [...]

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