BRB, off to eat 467 hot dogs.
One serving of arugula has as much nitrite as 467 hot dogs. Interesting.
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Cute. I don’t care. I’m not giving up.
Which button do you prefer?
Oh, for a quiet place to write.
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The author, trying to write while her family watches The Wire. Artist’s rendering.
Review: The Musubi Murder
The Musubi Murder by Frankie Bow
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
In my considered and entirely objective opinion, The Musubi Murder represents an accomplishment in the world of letters unmatched since the invention of the printing press.
Well, it was great fun to write, anyway.
The Musubi Murder is the first book in the Molly Barda series. You could call it a cozy mystery in that there is no explicit sex or violence, the main character is an amateur sleuth, and the setting is a small town. There are, however, no cats, recipes, or hobbies.
All characters in The Musubi Murder are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental, I swear.
Review: Professor Plausible’s Extra-Large Book of Baloney: Sixteen Week, Full Semester Edition
Professor Plausible’s Extra-Large Book of Baloney: Sixteen Week, Full Semester Edition by Frankie Bow
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is a useful blank lined notebook. It is divided into sixteen chapters, suitable for a standard semester. It is also a valuable information literacy teaching tool (lesson: trust no one).
Review: 777 Mathematical Conversation Starters
777 Mathematical Conversation Starters by Mathematical Association of America
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is exactly what is says it is, a book of mathematical conversation starters. Wide-ranging and eclectic, it’s a book that you can open to any page and find something interesting to discuss.
Huh.
1) In a randomized double-blind study (n = 127), science faculty from research-intensive universities rated the application materials of a student—who was randomly assigned either a male or female name—for a laboratory manager position. Faculty participants rated the male applicant as significantly more competent and hireable than the (identical) female applicant. These participants also selected a higher starting salary and offered more career mentoring to the male applicant.
2) Using a sample of MBA students, the authors construct a simulated IPO, manipulating the gender demographics of the top management team. Their results suggest that female CEOs may be disproportionately disadvantaged in their ability to attract growth capital, when all other factors are controlled. Despite identical personal qualifications and firm financials, female founders/CEOs were perceived as less capable than their male counterparts, and IPOs led by female founders/CEOs were considered less attractive investments.
Tom Friedman’s Career, as Predicted by C.S. Lewis
John Warner’s new column in Inside Higher Ed got me wondering about the enduring appeal of certain high-profile columnists. And then I remembered The Screwtape Letters.
In C.S. Lewis’s classic Christian satire, senior demon Screwtape advises his nephew Wormwood, a newbie tempter, on how to get his “patient” to look away from the truth:
Don’t waste time trying to make him think that materialism* is true! Make him think it is strong, or stark, or courageous – that it is the philosophy of the future. That’s the sort of thing he cares about.
And that’s how you do it.
*Substitute: wisdom of invading Iraq; effectiveness of massive online classes; etc.
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