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magidFascinating short article about a single-celled organism, Tetrahymena thermophila , with 7 different sexes, that can mate with any but their own (oh, look, 7 choose 2 combinations = 7C2 = 21; and there's a variety of alleles that have different probability distributions to determine their sex, which could be worked into some very nice word problems :-) /math nerd).
Reading this table on the issues around why it's problematic to have women come free to parties made it easier to figure out why I was so bothered by a night at a club (bar? not sure) that advertised a new monthly music night as "18+ gals/21+ guys". One might say that women are, on average, more mature than men, but it feels rather like getting young chicks for guys. Ick. (Or is this just a reflection of the societal bias toward cross-gendered relationships where the woman is the same age or younger than the man?)
Tuesday night I went to MIT's annual latke-hamantaschen debate, which ended in its usual draw after many, many laughs. I expect the video will be posted soon, so I won't try to summarize, though I was impressed with the wide range of arguments, as always.
PSA for Boston-local kosher consumers: Groupon has Rubin's $8 for $16, available for another day or so. (Not usable on Sundays or for catering, other fine print at the site.)
I saw a sign for "naval oranges," which of course had me thinking about whether those would be in the regular navy, or perhaps piratical fruit.
[I also imagine complimentary angles being rather like two Bertie Woosters, getting themselves into scrapes because they couldn't be anything but perfectly proper to the ladies.]
Microsoft has an ad for "cloud power." I have no idea what they're promoting, but every time I hear it, I think of special weather magicians, controlling the weather, or zooming around on individual clouds instead of flying carpets, or water-workers.
I was lying in bed a couple of nights ago, and suddenly had an idea for FIGMENT Boston: bringing supplies for a game of 1000 blank white cards (other classic cards here). People could take or leave their cards, and if they leave them, perhaps I'd bring the deck, along with tons of blanks, to Burning Man, as the Boston deck. I'd need: a weather-proof table, perhaps with a sun tent to put over it, lots of blank index cards, writing implements, possibly a poster (laminated?) with information about the game on it.
Reading this table on the issues around why it's problematic to have women come free to parties made it easier to figure out why I was so bothered by a night at a club (bar? not sure) that advertised a new monthly music night as "18+ gals/21+ guys". One might say that women are, on average, more mature than men, but it feels rather like getting young chicks for guys. Ick. (Or is this just a reflection of the societal bias toward cross-gendered relationships where the woman is the same age or younger than the man?)
Tuesday night I went to MIT's annual latke-hamantaschen debate, which ended in its usual draw after many, many laughs. I expect the video will be posted soon, so I won't try to summarize, though I was impressed with the wide range of arguments, as always.
PSA for Boston-local kosher consumers: Groupon has Rubin's $8 for $16, available for another day or so. (Not usable on Sundays or for catering, other fine print at the site.)
I saw a sign for "naval oranges," which of course had me thinking about whether those would be in the regular navy, or perhaps piratical fruit.
[I also imagine complimentary angles being rather like two Bertie Woosters, getting themselves into scrapes because they couldn't be anything but perfectly proper to the ladies.]
Microsoft has an ad for "cloud power." I have no idea what they're promoting, but every time I hear it, I think of special weather magicians, controlling the weather, or zooming around on individual clouds instead of flying carpets, or water-workers.
I was lying in bed a couple of nights ago, and suddenly had an idea for FIGMENT Boston: bringing supplies for a game of 1000 blank white cards (other classic cards here). People could take or leave their cards, and if they leave them, perhaps I'd bring the deck, along with tons of blanks, to Burning Man, as the Boston deck. I'd need: a weather-proof table, perhaps with a sun tent to put over it, lots of blank index cards, writing implements, possibly a poster (laminated?) with information about the game on it.