http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ en Vox Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:09:39 -0400 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/torpedoes-and-folk-wisdom.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(schlimmbesserung) http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/torpedoes-and-folk-wisdom.html?_c=feed-rss http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/torpedoes-and-folk-wisdom.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:09:39 -0400 Picnics! Everybody loves a picnic. Birthday parties, too, and guitars. And many people enjoy wine! Ergo, what better way to celebrate Rebecca's birthday than to bring wine, sammiches, and guitars to High Park and have a picnic? That definitely ma... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/torpedoes-and-folk-wisdom.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225277e42549d0110166e13c5860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/strike-struck-stricken.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(schlimmbesserung) http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/strike-struck-stricken.html?_c=feed-rss http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/strike-struck-stricken.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:47:50 -0400 Yes, it's summertime in Toronto, and that means...contract renegotiations. The municipal workers walked out on the weekend, knocking out everything from daycares and summer camps to garbage collection, and the employees of the LCBO (our province'... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/strike-struck-stricken.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225277e42549d01101665be02860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/the-beast-of-eden.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(schlimmbesserung) http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/the-beast-of-eden.html?_c=feed-rss http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/the-beast-of-eden.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:51:24 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225277e42549d01101835701f860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c225277e42549d01101835701f860f-50si" alt="800px-Eden_project" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> So, in the latest anything-can-happen-in-Toronto moment of my life, I wound up on a game show yesterday. Through a convoluted and deceitful recruiting process I'm actually not allowed to discuss (I signed an NDA and everything), two of my cow... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/the-beast-of-eden.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225277e42549d01101695d74f860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/its-a-true-story-apparently.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(schlimmbesserung) http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/its-a-true-story-apparently.html?_c=feed-rss http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/its-a-true-story-apparently.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 29 May 2009 03:29:38 -0400 Ah summer, when a young man's heart turns to...not a heck of a lot. I've been on a bit of a bookstore autopilot, with interludes for lots of reading, occasional drinkin'-with-coworkers hilarity, a random Guelph overnight, and lots of music. As ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/its-a-true-story-apparently.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225277e42549d011017ce69d8860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/bryan-adams-is-probably-a-big-king-diamond-fan.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(schlimmbesserung) http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/bryan-adams-is-probably-a-big-king-diamond-fan.html?_c=feed-rss http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/bryan-adams-is-probably-a-big-king-diamond-fan.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 05 May 2009 19:18:40 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225277e42549d011016009082860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c225277e42549d011016009082860b-50si" alt="opeth2.jpg" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Twenty-three laps around the sun. I'm told that's quite a few. Can't say I made a big deal out of the affair this year, though, on account of still having a bunch of academic shit to get out of the way (culminating in an exam tomorrow at 9am; thi... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/bryan-adams-is-probably-a-big-king-diamond-fan.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225277e42549d0110164560d4860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> concerts books http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/drop-it-in-a-fashion-suggesting-that-the-object-in-question-is-of-a-high-temperature.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(schlimmbesserung) http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/drop-it-in-a-fashion-suggesting-that-the-object-in-question-is-of-a-high-temperature.html?_c=feed-rss http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/drop-it-in-a-fashion-suggesting-that-the-object-in-question-is-of-a-high-temperature.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:54:50 -0400 One exam down. Oddly enough, it was sweet, sweet candy. Looks like my lucubration paid off. The last week has been pretty damn fantastic: lots and lots of high culture and shenanigans. I went to the newly-renovated AGO on Wednesday to marvel at a... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/drop-it-in-a-fashion-suggesting-that-the-object-in-question-is-of-a-high-temperature.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225277e42549d011015fe685b860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/hells-bells-it-is-too-sunny-to-be-blogging.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(schlimmbesserung) http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/hells-bells-it-is-too-sunny-to-be-blogging.html?_c=feed-rss http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/hells-bells-it-is-too-sunny-to-be-blogging.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:57:31 -0400 This weather is stunning. I'm almost ashamed that I took a brief break from my errands day to check my Internets and update things. Firstly: apparently Vox is being a pooface about transferring my posts over to LJ, so those of you who read me fro... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/hells-bells-it-is-too-sunny-to-be-blogging.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225277e42549d011017bb1934860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/rocks-and-chickens-and-ham-and-rocks.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(schlimmbesserung) http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/rocks-and-chickens-and-ham-and-rocks.html?_c=feed-rss http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/rocks-and-chickens-and-ham-and-rocks.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:35:30 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225277e42549d011018191ea1860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c225277e42549d011018191ea1860f-50si" alt="bondage-kewpie.jpg" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Good heavens, blog, it's been a while. Apparently I am now a star of the stage! One of my coworkers is a theatre tech student down at Ryerson, and I got drafted to be her male lead after the original male lead bailed on her. I had to play the... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/rocks-and-chickens-and-ham-and-rocks.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225277e42549d011015f9d2dd860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/wrong-side-of-the-sunset-again.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(schlimmbesserung) http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/wrong-side-of-the-sunset-again.html?_c=feed-rss http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/wrong-side-of-the-sunset-again.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:36:05 -0400 So I've been talking with academic types at U of T about what next year is going to look like. Rumblings of a lateral move. Diversifying or altogether changing what I'm going to be doing under the aegis of Toronto. Whatever it takes to reduce the ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/wrong-side-of-the-sunset-again.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225277e42549d011015f435f5860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/epenthesis-and-alabama-cocktails.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(schlimmbesserung) http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/epenthesis-and-alabama-cocktails.html?_c=feed-rss http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/epenthesis-and-alabama-cocktails.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:35:42 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225277e42549d011016374ce9860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c225277e42549d011016374ce9860c-50si" alt="alabama_slammer.jpg" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I swear my phonology prof was under the influence of something today. That was one hilarious session. In addition to discussing the joys of stress placement algorithms, we also learned about ice cream, the Italian public education system, and Ala... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://schlimmbesserung.vox.com/library/post/epenthesis-and-alabama-cocktails.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225277e42549d011017b2cf6a860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> music cityscape movies university