Day: October 3, 2005
Google Moon
Do not fail to zoom in as far as you can go.
The Social Logic of Ivy League Admissions
I am amazed that, even at this point more than thirty years after I graduated, anyone would want to treat me like a Harvard alumnus (and I try to make that clear to the alumni fund solicitors!). Yes, I went there, and I do not hang my head in shame and mumble unintelligibly when anyone asks me where I went to school, although I am certainly familiar with that behavior from my own past. But I have not gone to a reunion of my class since the 10th and the tales I swap convivially are from times and places far from there. I no longer even know from what college most of those in my social circle graduated, and I keep up with those of my college-mates with whom I do not because of where they went to school but what sort of a life they have gotten for themselves since. And, it goes without saying, there are far worthier charities to which I target my charitable giving than the crucible of the ruling class.
The Origins and Common Usage of British Swear-words
From that introduction, you would think the article does not flinch in the face of such words. Nevertheless, a number of those discussed are asterisked out.