They must have had a good engineer

Saw this in Newsweek:

Steve Lake is spending his summer at school—but not in class. The 56-year-old Caesars Palace pit boss, who set a goal in 1984 to visit 500 colleges, joins scores of high-school students touring campuses this summer. He spoke to Chrissy Balz.

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You've said before that Colgate University is your favorite campus. Has that changed?
The last time I was at Colgate was 1986. I visited Sweet Briar on this trip; that was one of the most beautiful campuses I've ever seen. University of Richmond was beautiful as well. I don't know if my favorite has changed; I'm putting those two in my top five.

The Hold Steady

After a brief respite, I'm hooked on the Hold Steady's second album, Separation Sunday, again. It's amazing. Check out a brief NPR bit about them here.

Prof. Carpenter's Agenda

Clearly using his teaching position to proselytize to students who let their guard down.

Dan and Ashley's Wedding a Success

Pictures here.

School Desegregation Report

From IRP.

Good Fiction

Can anyone recommend any good fiction? I hope to have more time to read once school is behind me, so I'm starting to compile a "to read" list. Currently, I'm making my way through "Master of the Senate," an LBJ biography (non-fiction, of course), and I'm thinking about Saul Bellow's "Herzog" and Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow."

Congrats to Jamie

I thought this was worth a shout-out.

Former Taliban spokesman is freshman at Yale

Just thought you might be interested.

(Belated) President's Day FYI

. . . Gerald Ford allegedly had a flatulence problem, often blaming the Secret Service men surrounding him.

From NYPost via Wonkette.

More dog blogging

They named the puppy Ivan. And he's not actually a great dane. He's a Scottish deer hound.