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Nickelodeon Encomium

What happens when people my age (28) or younger start to feel nostalgic? Some turn to the common cultural thread of television. I’ve found a handful of YouTube tributes to the cable channel Nickelodeon, which, according to a couple of these videos, enjoyed a golden era from about 1990 to 2004. The kids born in [...]

8th June 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , ,
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Dartmouth Maintains Its Bad News Streak

“Bad” is probably too strong a word. But it’s not exactly “good” news, either. What follows are some rough thoughts on article “Dartmouth alumni battles become a spectator sport,” NYT, 21 June 2006. Dartmouth does get mentioned in the news for interesting things like research, especially in engineering, economics, and medicine; and advances in campus [...]

23rd June 2006 | Tags:
Posted in Uncategorized, journalism, politics | 2 Comments »



Let’s Parse: Last Night’s Dream

I don’t like to talk about myself on this blog. But I had this bizarre dream last night. And if we parse it out here—or part of it, anyway—we’re talking more about the dream than about me. Right? Part of Tim’s dream last night: Tim stands in a circular hall, watching a federal hearing. At [...]

28th March 2006 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »