Tag: in other media

Election Dose

I saw John Oliver’s takedown of Donald Trump a few months ago. I thought, “heh, I once designed a game that had a Trump card. I should change it to a ‘Drumpf’ card as an election-year joke.” Then, a few weeks later, Drumpf accused Hillary Clinton of playing the “Woman Card.” I thought, “heh, my…

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Found Art

Attn: Mr. David Bradley, First, congratulations on winning the National Championship last night in Men’s basketball. Second, because Duke has a great philosophy on basketball and you are the Director of Basketball Operations, I thought you might be interested in the origin of Philosophy. So I am sending you a copy of my new book…

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Back to creative writing

(I might have once published this in my Pixelated Novel website, before it was hacked and had to be taken down. But I added to it today and I really like it.) Traynor and Well worked at Well’s dad’s copy shop after school. Traynor thought that he owed it to his foster family and Well…

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“It’s like Cosmos meets Mythbusters”

(Working) Title: The working title is “In the Know” ((This idea is inspired by Stuff You Should Know, You’re the Expert, Probably Science, Cosmos, Mythbusters, and Joanie Loves Chachi)) Pitch: a weekly, 30-minute, three act show hosted by a scientist and a comedian ((I’m thinking Janna Levin and Myq Kaplan)) as they explore three science-related…

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I don’t understand Tumblr

But is 320 notes in 6 hours a good amount? It seems like a lot. My thesis rules. Related posts: The Magic Ratio There is a direct and inverse squared ratio between the amount of awesome stuff one does and how many posts they put on their blog. Figure that one out.. .. Or don’t.…

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Rounding Home

When I started graduate school six years ago, I don’t know if I actually ever really thought I’d finish my dissertation. I don’t think I imagined it being two times longer than it had to be and something I’m fairly proud of. But now that I’m in the last leg of the journey, I can…

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