Archive for March, 2013
While you’re waiting for the bus
A semi-weekly list of stuff worth reading What the Steamship and the Landline Can Tell Us About the Decline of the Private Car – Emily Badger – The Atlantic Cities The car is already dead. How to double science research What if your advisor didn’t spend 70% of her time chasing/administering grants? I kind of hate TED […]
Tuesday Shoesday: shoes for dreaming of spring
Music for cutting part of your PhD project because no one would send you their code
Sunday Poem
Following Frida That mono-brow wouldn’t work today. Girls wax the in-betweens, the ups and downs, smooth, smooth. Sometimes, the greenery around the hacienda itches so much we sneeze and tickle, create unnecessary frowns, a slippage. There’s always Dr. Death, of course, his bright smile, that happy mouth inviting us to pout and make kiss shapes. […]
Music for hoping this week is better than last week
While you’re waiting for the bus
A semi-weekly list of stuff worth reading We’re All Bystanders to the Sandberg-Mayer Mommy Wars “But I’m sick of every conversation about women and work subtly morphing into a conversation about corporate-track moms.” A Morning Person After All? A Return to Normal With Ritalin Who are you without the illness? The children: Why a generation […]
While you’re waiting for the bus
A semi-weekly list of stuff worth reading How the Italians Do it: Furniture design for 400 square feet This furniture makes me happy Trying Ritalin for Migraine Prevention… and Loving It A lot of preventative migraine meds do a shit job of actually preventing migraines and have an annoying propensity to make you stupid & tired. […]