We just returned from the CCA’s “Montreal Thinks Big” exhibit on Montreal in the 1960s. Absolutely amazing stuff. Lots of plans for the decaying infrastructure we walk through every day, as well as alternative plans that were never built. Some political critiques of 60s style development as well, though they were well hidden. We also …
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Swiffer Theory
A guest entry by Carrie. I feel I need to take the opportunity to share with you all a strange realization I had just this morning while assembling my new Swiffer Wet Jet, a “power mop” I asked my mate to purchase for me to ease the terrible burden of mopping 1500 sq. ft. of …
New BS Oped + More Tapes
First things first: a new Bad Subjects OpEd on the EU vote is up. Short and sweet, I searched for the profound but only found the suggestive. — Now, I have to say I am totally blown away by the response to the tape post. I got a bunch of awesome emails and comments. This …
Farewell to a Medium; Or, Destroying My Library
Yes, that’s an obligatory reference to Benjamin’s essay on unpacking his library. But it’s a different story, you see. At some point when I was moving around during my undergrad years, I dumped my entire collection of cassette tapes into a giant box. the kind you put your kitchen dishes into. ALL of them. Immediately …
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Hokey Tenure Post
You may or may not recall my post from last fall about tenure (linked here in case you missed it), but the gist was that after 5 years of epic labor, it all ends with a giant, kindergarten-like arts and crafts project. And then waiting, a lot of it. For those of you who aren’t …
Computer Rage Survey Results
Too cool:
It’s Space Cake, Not Spice Cake
Welcome to the official “I’m jetlagged or there’s no way I’d be up at this hour” edition of Super Bon. It’s too early to work and anyway I was going to take the day off (except for answering a slew of emails). So here’s a long, detailed blog entry instead. We returned last night from …