Music Intelligence Quiz Results

“Mix-Tape Master (109-144 points)” — in the same kinda bracket as this guy — totally undeserved (I guessed a few…)

Marx Blog

“A class discussion blog for Derek Stanovsky’s Marx courses at Appalachian State University.” Appalachian State University?!? Like, wow.

The Modern Word

I somehow managed to forget about this; found it again today; just wanted to remind you all, too. Don’t miss Zak Smith’s Illustrations For Each Page of Gravity’s Rainbow.

Other Dangerous Historical Events Hillary Clinton Experienced as First Lady

Event
While Ms. Clinton reads It Takes a Village to a second-grade class, a student vomits on the carpet.
Clinton Description
“I remember landing under sniper fire. We dove to the floor as if a tornado-like wind had plowed us down. I covered my face with the book, but others were not so lucky: one girl had to burn her sneakers after the soles were marked with hellish regurgitation. I was able to herd the children out, counting each of their little heads as they passed, ensuring the safety of America’s future.”

At least they are both in, um, those mountains over there...

“This morning on ABC’s This Week, National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley repeatedly confused Tibet and Nepal while discussing President Bush’s decision to attend the Olympics. At least 8 different times, Hadley said “Nepal” when talking about the human rights abuses that have taken place in Tibet.”

The Best of All Games

John Rawls on baseball — via kottke

The 100 Worst Album Covers EVER

Much to admire…

Pope won't break bread with Bush

“The White House has scheduled a dinner next week in honor of Pope Benedict XVI’s first visit to the United States, but one guest will be conspicuously absent from the proceedings: the pope himself.

There are no competing events listed on the pope’s schedule, and the White House was unable to explain Benedict’s absence from the dinner.”

Strange.

Statistics Help for Journalists

“So what should you ask a number? Well, mathematicians have developed an entire field – statistics – dedicated to getting answers out of numbers. Now, you don’t have to have a degree in statistics in order to conduct an effective “interview” with your data. But you do need to know a few basics.

Here, described in plain English, are some basic concepts in statistics that every writer should know…”

(Will help bloggers, too — believe me.)

Game theory explains dinner-party dates

So “Bidding Behavior in Asymmetric Auctions” explains quite a bit, it seems.