I got invited to Google+ today. Google gives you suggestions of people to put in your circle. The first suggestions (see image below on the right) either serve as a sign I should stop using my personal email for work or Google is telling me to take a vacation.
(For those not familiar, Josh was my first adviser at Princeton, and Nolan & Larry are current committee members). Should Sarah Binder be offended she was on the second list of suggestions?
Newton, Pascal, and Einstein are playing hide-and-go-seek in heaven.
Einstein closes his eyes and starts counting.
Pascal goes and hides behind a cloud.
Newton stays where he is, and draws a 1mx1m square on the floor around him.
Einstein finishes counting and turns around.
“Ah ha, Newton! I found you!”
“No you haven’t, you’ve found one Newton over 1m2 . . . You found Pascal.”
Not one, but two state legislative tid bits today. For the first, I quote where I found the tid bit, Seth Masket‘s blog:
An amazing story out of the Colorado statehouse illustrating the dangers of narrow majorities: State Rep. Larry Liston, a Republican from Colorado Springs, just had surgery for a detached retina. His ophthalmologist told him he’s not allowed to go above 7,000 feet for the next two weeks while it heals. This means he can’t drive up to the Capitol in Denver, as I-25 exceeds that altitude at one point.
With Liston, the Republicans have a 33-32 majority. Now, the chamber has no majority party for the next two weeks, with just 2 1/2 weeks left in the legislative session. And there’s a lot of legislative business still to finish. Add to that the fact that Democrats control the state senate and the governor’s office, and there’s a lot of pressure on Liston’s retina.
Second, some of you may be aware of my love of PTI. This man is a national treasure
Its been a while since a state leg tid bit, so here are two…
One, did you know legislators strategically use prisons in redistricting. I actually find this extraordinarily clever. See here for more.
Second, the Oregon State Legislature:
Do you think a Harry Reid-John Boehner rendition of Rebecca Black’s Friday would prevent the shutdown? It would be hard though to sneak in “gotta have my cereal” into the congressional record. The “laboratories of democracy” should get on this.
I hope my graduate student friends find the humor in this. (Also, may be NSFW)
Yeah…So if you don’t understand what I do…this explains a lot
Hat tip to Lee Drutman via The Monkey Cage.
Its a good thing when you pile the books that make up your dissertation prospectus’ bibliography and you think: I like those books.