A fascinating look into the (personnel) economics of the porn industry from the Hollywood Reporter.
Via instapundit.
Via instapundit.
Sunday, November 18, 2012
This is a thoughtful piece on how to think about ranking the presidents on their awfulness on civil liberties. There is also lots of good stuff about the excesses of the "war on terror"; many of the comments would apply as well to the "war on drugs".
1. Justin and Selena all broken up ...
2. Fast times in Hyde Park.
3. UCLA versus USC rivalry pranks.
4. Wurst, wurst, wurst.
5. Pictures of the post-flood NYC subway system.
Hat tip on #3 to Charlie Brown and on #4 to David Jaeger.
2. Fast times in Hyde Park.
3. UCLA versus USC rivalry pranks.
4. Wurst, wurst, wurst.
5. Pictures of the post-flood NYC subway system.
Hat tip on #3 to Charlie Brown and on #4 to David Jaeger.
Saturday, November 17, 2012
A nice piece by Ben Friedman on why smart undergraduates should write a senior thesis. It is framed around the Harvard program but the substance applies at any serious undergraduate institution.
Hat tip: Frank Stafford
Hat tip: Frank Stafford
Back when I was working at U of Maryland and living at Chevy Chase, I would sometimes arrange my commute so that I could have lunch in Chinatown, as that was a natural place to switch from the red line to the green line.
Often I would have Chinese food, but other times I would go to the Capital Q. I liked it both because the BBQ was good and because I felt like it functioned as a sort of temporary refuge for regular people trapped inside the beltway vortex.
I am sad that it is gone.
More generally, it is great that the area around Chinatown is doing well economically, but it is too bad that much of the character and charm are disappearing, lost in the canyons between generic beltway bandit office buildings.
Often I would have Chinese food, but other times I would go to the Capital Q. I liked it both because the BBQ was good and because I felt like it functioned as a sort of temporary refuge for regular people trapped inside the beltway vortex.
I am sad that it is gone.
More generally, it is great that the area around Chinatown is doing well economically, but it is too bad that much of the character and charm are disappearing, lost in the canyons between generic beltway bandit office buildings.
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