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 …
Author Archives: Jonathan Sterne
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 …
More on Drugs and Athletes
So I’ve been following the whole Barry Bonds steroid thing. I like Bonds because he is an amazing player and because he’s not as likeable as the other major sluggers of our time. Bonds is unafraid to make an issue of race where it is an issue, where other players will simply pretend like it …
Shout out to new faculty in History!
Brian Cowan at tonight’s (very nice) dean’s reception: “you realize that all the new faculty at McGill read your blog.” Highly doubtful. And if they do, I hope they don’t develop a gambling habit.
Snow Removal
here is an absolute spectacle. One large plow and two small ones come to clear the road and sidewalk, and then this giant vaccuum thing comes and sucks up the snow. It’s wild. Before it all starts a siren sounds and people move their cars, or they get towed around the corner. . . .