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Should we call Mitt Romney “Willard”? It depends on who “we” are and what role we see ourselves as playing.
Archive for the ‘Blogging’ Category
January 4th, 2012
Category: Blogging, Personal moment
Let’s be respectful and refer to Mitt Romney as “Mitt Romney.”
January 1st, 2012
Category: Blogging
A slow day off of work combined with a fast new lap top (Xmas gift) and no hangover (I followed Mark’s suggestion) makes this a good day to blog. I better understand this medium than I did when I started, and though I remain ambivalent about whether I should keep blogging, there is no denying [...]
December 29th, 2011
Category: Blogging
Or at least my award selections based on comments on my own posts; my fellow posters can organize their own ceremonies if they are so led. Internet blogging is new way of writing. The blogger writes something and then almost instantly people all over the world can suggest changes and make counter-arguments, to which the [...]
November 21st, 2011
A rejoinder to Megan McArdle´s rejection of the prospects for solar PV.
September 27th, 2011
Category: Blogging
The creator of Binge Inking, a fine UK-based blog about addiction and recovery, has decided to end his blog. I will miss reading it, but also find something satisfying and admirable in a blogger making a clear decision and acting on it. Many blogs seem to just slowly peter out, as the blogger loses interest [...]
September 6th, 2011
Category: Blogging
My flight was late, the cab got stuck in traffic and I was at risk of missing a critical meeting with a group of senior scientists that would have a significant impact on my career. I changed clothes rapidly in my hotel room and raced downstairs. In the hallway I ran into Professor Ken Maton, [...]
