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Enough time has passed since the wholesome family celebration of the birth of our lord Jesus Christ. I can now point you in the direction of my bachelorette party photos. Unfortunately, its timing (so near the holidays) and its location (in California) meant that many people I would have loved to be there could not. [...]

The dreary bad-group-member post has topped the blog for far too long. Somehow I’ve found the time to nap during the past three afternoons (four if I squeeze one in today), but not to update Lulu with a post that more accurately reflects my mood/activities. There’s too much to put in a single post, so [...]

I’d forgotten about lousy group members.
Actually, I realized today I’d forgotten to hate group projects for the past year. Of course I always used to hate them, as do most people, I believe, who don’t suck. But group projects are the norm in policy school, and they’re usually a joy. It’s a whole school [...]

Sprinting for the semester finish line. And, while I wait for group members to finish their parts of our final projects, tooling around online. Specifically, taking the Guardian’s Christmas film quiz. (I answered 3 correctly out of 10. Ouch.)
Here’s my favorite Q&A:
Now regarded as an American classic, It’s a Wonderful Life drew fierce criticism when [...]

So Clare’s been here for a week, looking for housing, finding housing, getting acquainted with Berkeley, browsing for bridesmaid dresses, and, yesterday, dressing up as Santa and roaming the streets. I’d been hearing about the whole flash mob phenomenon for a few years. There were zombies lurching around and “attacking” people at Halloween, and apparently [...]

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It’s that time of year when you realize it’s the last meeting of class and you haven’t done the reading since October. Magical. We had our final session of “Leadership and Social Change” (formerly “Agency Management” but revamped to focus more on being a, you know, leader, and less on running a bureaucracy).
Anyhoo, the [...]

Go here for the complete collection of kids-scared-of-Santa pictures. Tis the season. (I also like this one and this one.)

I was happy to see that someone came through with this:

Not as detailed as Reagan’s map, but that’s arguable an accurate reflection of their foreign policy knowledge. [Link to larger version]
And while I’m at it, a shout out to Strange Maps, the source. I got there through a link on kottke to a map of [...]

It’s not often that a recipe makes the NY Times most emailed list, but this no-knead bread recipe was an exception. I rarely bake and have never attempted actual bread (as opposed to more cake-like banana and pumpkin loaves). But bread is among my top three foods (see also: cheese), so I was ready for [...]

Lululu’s got her new winter clothes on*, and boy is she excited!
You may ask, what’s so wintery about flying a kite on a green hill in the sunshine?—to which I say, move to California. It is 40 degrees outside at the moment (albeit sunny, and warming up to the mid-60s by the afternoon), and [...]