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The Digital Essay

In my announcement yesterday that I would no longer write in the third person, I mentioned that I wanted to start a new feature that would work much better with first person narrative. The feature: The under 500-word essay. I hope to write a lot of them and to develop

The Weekend Eudemon

This is one of those weekends when I thank the heavens I'm alive. I'm not in New Orleans. I have three days off work. Both of my alma maters, University of Michigan and Notre Dame, start their seasons today. Temperatures are in the seventies. And, oh

Press Conference: TDE To Change Style!

Some found it annoying, some found it amusing, most couldn't care less. We've pondered the issue many times since starting this daily blog six months ago, and we've finally decided: We're going to ditch the third person narrative. Starting this weekend, Eric

Sad Obstinance? Or Otherwise Understandable Skepticism?

From a CNN story last Monday (12:10 a.m.): > Jesse St. Amant, the emergency management chief for Louisiana's southernmost Plaquemines Parish, said nearly 95 percent of the parish's 27,000-plus residents had fled by Sunday afternoon. Those who remained were being told that they

Yes, Sex Change Operations Were Covered

> The state of Minnesota is quietly getting out of the business of paying for three controversial treatments that affect the sex lives or sex organs of low-income patients. > Starting today, the state will no longer cover routine circumcisions, unless "required by religious practice," under its insurance

Cathedral of Salisbury, England

Gorgeous: > Salisbury is one of the finest medieval cathedrals in Britain. It is the mother church of the Salisbury Diocese, an area which covers most of the counties of Wiltshire and Dorset. > Started in 1220 it was completed by 1258, with the Spire, the tallest in England (123m/

Odd Consumer News

> To persuade hipster fools to spend $200 on a pair of jeans, Levi's has enlisted the help of Andy Warhol [http://65.61.159.201/culture/Andy-Warhol-Transubstantiating-the-Culture.cfm], the granddaddy of all things hip. Called "Warhol Factory X Levi's," the jeans are priced

New Orleans' Finest?

> At the Times-Picayune web site, Mike Perlstein and Brian Thevenot wrote that at a Wal-Mart on Tchoupitoulas Street, mass looting broke out after a giveaway of supplies was announced at that location. While some did indeed carry away food and essentials, others "cleared out jewelry racks and carted

Pretty Neat

We've played some cards over the years, including electronically. We found this very interesting: > Here's a fascinating account of a "side-band" attack on online Blackjack. At a certain point in the gameplay, the software dealer appeared to need substantially more calculations if there

Gross Godzilla

Sounds tasteless, but maybe it'll be funny. We don't plan on keeping our finger off the remote long enough to find out: > In a new Modernista commercial for Hummer's H3, a rampaging, Godzilla-like creative tears through a city until she meets up with