October 2007
34 posts
shonk: So apparently the sirens had nothing to do with the debate. (via Twitter / shonk)
shonk: It’s a fucking symphony of sirens in Philly tonight with the presidential debate in town. (via Twitter / shonk)
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shonk: Particularly apropos as I prepare a talk on a Milnor paper today: http://flotsam.sellingwaves.com/post/12743202 (via Twitter / shonk)
shonk: Particularly apropos as I prepare a talk on Milnor paper today: http://flotsam.sellingwaves.com/post/12743202 (via Twitter / shonk)
shonk: @cederber Since never, but that doesn’t mean I won’t bitch about it anyway. (via Twitter / shonk)
shonk: Just a miserable couple of days for Colorado sports fans. (via Twitter / shonk)
shonk: Well, shit. It was fun while it lasted, but it was too unexpected and improbable to end well. (via Twitter / shonk)
shonk: You know your team’s in trouble when you get quasi-excited about a bunt hit by the pitcher. (via Twitter / shonk)
shonk: Two commercials that don’t make any goddamned sense if you think about it: the Bud Light stairs ad and the Taco Bell rules of life ad. (via Twitter / shonk)
shonk: Godammit, does any internet resource talk about topological groupoids other than the fundamental groupoid? (via Twitter / shonk)
WatchThe Geometry Center’s famous video demonstrating Bill Thurston’s method of everting the sphere.
Klosterman: The NBA is flawed →
“The NBA seems worse than we think it should be because we unconsciously believe it should be better than it is.”
shonk: Let’s just say I’m lucky I didn’t destroy any furniture during the eighth inning tonight. (via Twitter / shonk)
shonk: Goddammit Holliday! What the fuck are you thinking? (via Twitter / shonk)
shonk: How in the fuck is it 80 degrees in my apartment in the fourth week of October? (via Twitter / shonk)
shonk: So far, Season 2 is less impressive, but still good. (via Twitter / shonk)
shonk: Ripped through Season 1 of The Wire in a day and a half. (via Twitter / shonk)
shonk: Just watched the first ten episodes of The Wire back-to-back. Great show. (via Twitter / shonk)
shonk: Ugh…could we please lay off the God stuff, fellas? (via Twitter / shonk)
shonk: They made it interesting, but there will be World Series games in Denver this year. (via Twitter / shonk)
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shonk: Interesting. Partial conjugation is conjugation when n = 3. If that’s useful, generalizing is going to be a bitch. (via Twitter / shonk)
shonk: Reading a novel written entirely in the second person is a strange experience. (via Twitter / shonk)
shonk: Man, everybody’s linking to the latest XKCD comic. (via Twitter / shonk)
shonk: I hate writing talks. (via Twitter / shonk)
shonk: I don’t know if it’s a good or bad sign that I stayed up until 5 in the morning working, despite having no deadline pressure. (via Twitter / shonk)
Only Against Illegal Immigration? →
“So, I think I think that they are less than sincere when they say they are only against illegal immigration.”
shonk: Bring on the Diamondbacks. (via Twitter / shonk)
shonk: Does Tony Gwynn have any hitting advice other than to hit it to the opposite field? (via Twitter / shonk)
shonk: Now one to go. Let’s just hope they don’t pull an Oakland A’s special. (via Twitter / shonk)
shonk: twitter.com looks much better once you kill Lucida Grande in the stylesheet. (via Twitter / shonk)
shonk: One down. Two to go. (via Twitter / shonk)
shonk: And that much sweeter when they score three off the all-time saves leader to win it in the bottom of the 13th. (via Twitter / shonk)
shonk: …which goes double when your team gives up a home run in the 13th. (via Twitter / shonk)
shonk: Jesus Christ. These extra-inning quasi-postseason games are even more stressful when your team is involved. (via Twitter / shonk)