Monthly Archives: October 2004

Do people with single rooms have neater rooms than people with doubles and triples? Microeconomic theory suggests that coordination failures in cleaning up will make people with roommates messier. I’d like to study this at some point, but messiness is … Continue reading →

You know the how the photographer always used to ask for a “fun” pose after taking the serious class pictures? Two girls in a Singapore junior college decided to have a little kiss during this phase. This is kind of … Continue reading →

Lamers! Originally uploaded by Grobstein. Traveling back from Middletown after a lackluster debate experience at Wesleyan, it was kind of heartening to see this bus, operated by the Lamers bus company (check out their limo service, in which they say … Continue reading →

I’ve got a kitchen in my apartment, and I like to cook (and, perhaps more significantly, eat) my own food. However, I don’t have a car, the grocer in town sucks immensely, and taking PVTA to Whole Foods or Stop … Continue reading →

David Callahan is going to speak at Amherst tomorrow (7:30, Octagon, Babbott Room). His recent book “The Cheating Culture” is, as far as I know, a moralistic work of scare-mongering. (Why are Americans cheating more? Well, how do we know … Continue reading →

The paper of record ran a piece yesterday about Missmatched, a new company that sells girls’ socks that are not supposed to be worn in matched pairs. Great idea, of course. However, 1) none for boys!, 2) you can mismatch … Continue reading →