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I have just discovered Tyrone. Tyrone is a wise wise man. I like Tyrone. Check him out yourself, starting here, and moving on to here. The title of this post should make sense once you've read to the bottom of the first link.
The rest of the blog, whatever.
There is another Tyrone, of course. I like him too. Another wise wise man.
Noel Maurer is a genius.
Noel Maurer is a genius.
Like it says. Tyrone explains it all:
The famous "crazification factor" theory of American politics.
The difference between the crack and meth epidemics.
Why Lost is not a very good television show.
The board game Risk and geopolitical savvy.
The subtext of the Dukes of Hazzard movie.
His friend John is pretty smart too, but he leaves out the French maid costume in his explanation of Southern resentment.
And finally, fanfic.
Like it says. Tyrone explains it all:
The famous "crazification factor" theory of American politics.
The difference between the crack and meth epidemics.
Why Lost is not a very good television show.
The board game Risk and geopolitical savvy.
The subtext of the Dukes of Hazzard movie.
His friend John is pretty smart too, but he leaves out the French maid costume in his explanation of Southern resentment.
And finally, fanfic.
Sometimes, you find jewels in unexpected places. On BBC last night, I ran across something really cool. The site is called BookCrossing and it's a book-share meme, but one with a twist.
bookcrossing n. the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise.So, you read a book, you register with the site, register your book (you get a unique tracking number for it), and then you leave the book somewhere to be found. You can go hunting for books that have been released in your neighborhood, you can see who picked up your book, track its progress around the world... if it ever gets that far. Chances are, someone picks it up who doesn't care a dime about the concept. But, never mind. I think it rocks. Gives good karma, too. There is a book floating around in Bucharest, and if you're in the US or Germany, there are loads of them everywhere. 12 alone in Brooklyn! Carlos? What are you doing today?
In her quest to track down frequent Halfway Down the Danube poster 'A Married New York City Math Teacher', essayist, editor, high priestess of citrus fruit and fellow Brooklynite Teresa Nielsen Hayden finds our humble blog, and borrows one of frequent HDTD commenter Bernard Guerrero's math puzzles.
Economist Brad DeLong posts why the PA system is broken for him.
And book reviewer James Nicoll teaches us some painless economics with his post on the Textile Singularity.
Someday, perhaps, the blogroll at Halfway down the Danube will merge Making Light and Electrolite, adjust the URL for Brad DeLong's semi-daily weblog, and link Tacitus to a "Living With Depression" site. (Hint: the current dosage ain't working, man.) In the meantime, here are two additions to my secret blogroll:
Stay Free! Magazine has a blog, and the editrix, Carrie McLaren, is way cool. If you like weird advertising stuff or my obscure Brooklyn anecdotes, you'll like this.
Totalitarianism Today is Alina Stefanescu's blog: US Supreme Court decisions, Romanian politics, words D.H. Lawrence overused, and a lot of poetry. (No, Bad Mama, I am not obsessed with her photo. OK, maybe a little.)
Maybe there will be some non-Carlos content here in the future! One can hope. But I will be away for a bit, celebrating the Fourth of July in the traditional manner of my people: eating grilled meat and blowing things up. Be well.
I'm sorry about the recent lull here on HDTD. Doug's in Albania, the nanny is sick, my mother-in-law is visiting and my life is just full of stupid little things like paying bills, filing insurance claims and making sure the boys don't kill each other. So, nothing interesting to read here at the moment until Doug comes back (today! yay!)
However, if you haven't yet, please read this.
My co-bloggers are elsewhere along the Danube this weekend, leaving the weird guy with the coffee mug and the viral pneumonia in charge. Since you're all probably bored out of your minds, here are some links that might amuse and distract you.
Benn loco du taccu - Best damn music on the block.
Hitherby Dragons - One of the great fantasists of our time.
Fafblog! - I have such a crush on Giblets.
Diablo Cody - If this isn't safe for work, you need to change jobs.
The Loom - Good bioscience journalism is hard to find.
The Valve - Holbonic goodness in plenty! (As if there could be holbonic goodness in short.)
The Decembrist - Mark Schmitt is a wonk's wonk.
More Words, Deeper Hole - The unexamined genre is not worth reading. James Nicoll is.
This Week's Finds in Mathematical Physics - John Baez walks you through a garden of mathematical delights. This is not an oxymoron.
Halfway Down the Danube's fifty-thousandth visitor happened upon our site sometime last night. Cheers!
First, we missed to announce publicly that Carlos celebrated his birthday this past week. We did send him a nice present, or so we hope, but the readers of this blog might want to add a wish or two for him, so there you go.
Then, we also missed our own birthday - the 2-year-anniversary of this blog. If you don't read German - the first entry was done by my brother Hajo who set the blog up for us (I had so no clue how to do this!). He was wondering what this was all good for, blogging being a relatively new thing for him and for us. Thanks again, Hajo! And thanks to our readers for perusing this blog - without readers, we wouldn't write. We'll try to be better about posting daily, promised.
Me, the New York City Math Teacher, and the Head Heeb are jointly home-brewing two five-gallon (20 L) batches of stout, at present in the NYCMT's utility closet. Final results in two weeks. We expect cinnamon/caraway overtones. I'll let you know.
I don't mention the Brooklyn crew here much, because a) they're weirder than I am, and b) they have even less Balkan content. But now that they've entered the blogosphere (as opposed to the Internet, which they've already taken over), I figure why not? Here, then, is a link to Carrie McLaren's modest proposal.
Based on the eBay screen shot, I have to wonder why South Carolinians in particular are so fascinated by this idea.
I'm a single mom this week -- well, until Thursday, anyway. And while there is not a problem in sight (did I just say that? Why did I say that? I jinxed it, I'm sure!!), I'm also not brimming with clever tripes to share with the world. But finslippy is. Read this delightful piece.
Good night.
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