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OrgTheory Spotlight: Cecilia Ridgeway

October 28, 2008 22:07

Today in OrgTheory, we highlight the work of Stanford sociologist Cecilia Ridgeway.From her faculty biography:Cecilia L. Ridgeway is the Lucie Stern Professor of Social Sciences in the Sociology Department at Stanford University. She is particularly interested in the role that social hierarchies in...

It's My Birthday And I'll Bake If I Want To

October 28, 2008 21:15

Friday's my birthday. I am telling you because I am telling no one else. We're going to a couple of Halloween parties of some friends of TD's. While I hate the fact that Halloween steals my thunder, what I hate even more is when a lot of people pay attention to me, except on occasions when such...

Belle for President.

Paul Gowder
October 28, 2008 16:38

Dudes, I've had enough. We're not making sufficient use of the wonderful Belle, purveyor of Cooking Wisdom and joy, and my hero in so many ways. She needs to stop being a grad student and start ruling. Belle for President. Or Queen. Whichever. (As long as I get to be minister of state...

belle's tips for cooking on a budget

October 28, 2008 09:32

This is for you, Paul.I have a post on Amber's blog talking about how I really try to contribute to my relationship in the non-economic ways that I can. Of course, after years of cooking and baking I have a pretty good stock of dry ingredients, tools, pans, etc. But I still have to buy fresh stuff...

where i've been

October 28, 2008 08:55

Working, not dealing with a backlog of emails and more work, and spending time with TD. Also, Amber's blog.I went to my first outdoor concert festival this weekend. It was everything I ever wanted from my first time. Magical, tender, and transcendent. I was occasionally moved to tears, and my body...

Cookblog III: What Price Popularity?

Paul Gowder
October 26, 2008 03:56

Before we start the next installment of Paul's Adventures in Chefdom, a plea to the public: Will someone please teach me how to shrink (e.g., halve) recipes? I get the obvious step (reduce all the ingredients proportionally). But presumably one doesn't cook, say, half the food for as long as one...

I shall call this recipe Memento Mori Chicken. Perhaps Suicide Chicken would be better.

Paul Gowder
October 22, 2008 07:37

As we learned from my last kitchen adventure, cooking is something I should only do under adult supervision. So I recruited some, in the form of my close friend Rachel. Another friend, Sarah, also tagged along, although she demurred from participating in the cooking, since she claims she can't...

you people all look alike

October 22, 2008 03:31

This kid reminds me of Rick Astley (who has the deepest voice and the dorkiest dance moves). I like the song (actually, both songs), because I am a sucker for earnest pop, but I don't predict a long career for him when he gets older and still looks that young. See, e.g., Fred Savage. See also, Wil...

l-o-v-e

October 21, 2008 23:09

My megapost on love is up at Scatterplot.

live blogging non-descript 10/21

October 21, 2008 18:21

And good morning, and welcome to another week in which Belle learns about new bands and gets hip and makes tons of '90s references, because that's when her musical education began and ended with large gaps because she grew up in Orange County, home of ska and thuggin' wannabes.You can listen to the...