Cooking technique videos

A very nice and useful collection of demos.

Farewell, Bob Herbert

The NYT loses one of its best. I hope he decides to write an independent blog, eventually.

Salad daze

Here's a collection of 101 salads, not one less! Should be fun to experiment with.


Trifecta

It's interesting to have 3 out of 3 paper submissions accepted on one's 33rd birthday, while teaching course number 33.

Surprise

To be surprised at a demonstrably true statement is to admit to not having done the requisite thinking around that statement.

(Prompted by an email I just wrote to a friend.)

The Art of the Subject Line

Several more "clever" spam subject lines have been making their way into my inbox (shame on you, filters). Many provide mild amusement. This latest one, I believe, has elevated the Spam Subject Line into an art form: "Bush Down to 8 Friends on Myspace".

Creative spam subject line du jour

"Beijing Olympics cancelled, moved to Atlanta"

No, really!