Even though I love the Minnesota Vikings and will rejoice if they win the Super Bowl, 8-8 teams do not belong in the NFL playoffs. The NFL should do what the CFL does and move teams with a better record into the other conference for playoffs. PS — The NFL’s tiebreaking procedures read like a …
Author Archives: Jonathan Sterne
A New Museum
School started and so far so good. Despite the fact that McGill decided to have Monday classes on Tuesday this week, everything seems to be going okay. The students liked my first day sound and light show (even without the original soundtrack) and I’ve finally managed to begin putting my office together and decorating it. …
Ah, the New Year
Well, once again I’ve demonstrated that I don’t blog on vacation. Such is life. We spent six days in Minneapolis and let me tell you they were BUSY. Busy socializing, that is. Between my family and Carrie’s parents (both divorced and repartnered) and our old friends, there were lots of people to see and we …
Canadian Healthcare: First Report
I’m not a big fan of going to the doctor for reasons that I will narrate in another entry, probably when I finally visit a primary care physician. But I go when I must, and indeed an ear infection (“external otitis” as I would later learn) and an overdue flu shot were enough to motivate …
Is the Casino Bot Bored, on Christmas Break, or Vanquished?
As of this moment, there are ZERO, count ’em ZERO comments on my last post, which means that the spam bot has not visited sterneworks in the last day. I have only three thoughts: 1. It is a pleasure to finally be able to take the time to deal with things I’ve been wanting to …
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Brilliant? Upsetting? You Decide
http://www.angryalien.com/0704/alienbunnies.html WARNING: graphic cartoon violence awaits you, but no more graphic than anything that happened in the movie Alien. Accomplishments of the weekend: –Two consecutive nights of socializing (note: social life less of an issue since end of semester, Thursday was deliberately taken off) –Discovery of Lombardi Italian Restaurant –Made Baby’s First Powerpoint Movie — …
Media Blog
Medium 1: Television: The Indecency of Indecency Complaints This news has been out for about a week but I somehow missed it, until today. It turns out over 99% of that famed “surge in indecency complaints” to the FCC are the work of a single activist group. The original report was in MediaWeek, though it’s …