Funny, I don’t look Midlandish

I can never resist an accent quiz. Tip of the hat to lowercase liberty for this one. What American accent do you have? (Best version so far)Midland (“Midland” is not necessarily the same thing as “Midwest”) The default, lowest-common-denominator American accent that newscasters try to imitate. Since it’s a neutral accent, just because you have [...]

More bizarre generalizations about lit-blogging

The New York Sun jumps late on the bandwagon: In one sense, the democratization of discourse about books is a good thing, and should lead to a widening of our intellectual horizons. The more people there are out there reading, making discoveries, and advocating for their favorite books, the better. But book bloggers have also [...]

Tufte love

Statistics make my heart go pitter-pat. Specifically, well done, well displayed, meaningful statistics that provide insight into a complex phenomenon — mmmm, what could be better? (It can even be a matter of life and death.) So it’s no wonder I fell deeply in love with Edward Tufte’s The Visual Display of Quantitative Information the [...]

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