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Summer of Fitness 4: Old Habits

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Andrew D Devenney
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Always, always, without fail, I find myself falling back into old habits. It’s so fucking frustrating. Ultimately, it’s not like it’s that difficult to make good choices when eating. I’m just too fucking lazy to the core sometimes. The working … Continue reading →

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Assyrian Fair Warning of Annihilation Broadcasting System

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Andrew D Devenney
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While cleaning up random files on my computer, I stumbled across a text file that had an old email signature of mine from the 1990s. I believe I wrote it when I was an undergrad. Even after all these years, … Continue reading →

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Straight White People Fireballing Monsters for EXP and Loot

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Andrew D Devenney
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This is by far the single best description of the Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms campaign setting I have ever come across, from a review of Ed Greenwood’s Silverfall at my new favorite website, Requires Only That You Hate: First, … Continue reading →

Posted in Books & Writing | Tagged reviews, role-playing, shit writing, snark | Leave a reply

Summer of Fitness 3: My Body is a Temple Ruin

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Andrew D Devenney
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Part of the motivation for my renewed interest in fitness these last few years is health related — a desire to combat the onset of obesity-linked diseases and remain healthy and active as my son gets older. Father Time marches … Continue reading →

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IPod Reloaded

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Andrew D Devenney
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I haven’t done this in a while, and I need an excuse to do something — anything — so I can jump start my work on this lazy Friday afternoon before the Rapture tomorrow. So…a little what’s on my iPod … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged eclectic, iPod, self-indulgence, techno | Leave a reply

Summer of Fitness 2: Food as Filler

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Andrew D Devenney
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I like to claim that I am not an emotional eater, but, if we’re being honest, that’s not true. It’s just that it’s not your stereotypical sadness, depression, or angst that makes me want to eat. It’s restlessness. It’s indecision. … Continue reading →

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Devenney NEH Grant

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Andrew D Devenney
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Perhaps in a fit of lunacy, I have decided to jump with two feet into the deep end of the crowdsourcing and open peer review pools. Last fall, I had applied for a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer … Continue reading →

Posted in Research | Tagged academics, crowdsourcing, european-integration, grants, NEH, open peer review, self-indulgence | Leave a reply

Link of the Day for May 10th: Zoomable Timeline for Big History

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Andrew D Devenney
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This is what you should be looking at today: ChronoZoom — Perfect Big History visualization for my students… (h/t @electricarchaeo on Twitter for bringing this to my attention) … Continue reading →

Posted in Delicious, History, Teaching | Tagged awesome, big history, history, interactive, timeline | Leave a reply

Summer of Fitness 1: The Flu Edition

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Andrew D Devenney
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Much to my annoyance, the very week I begin my big summer fitness push (Fuck Fat III: The Summer of Fitness), I get sick. Bloody typical. And, as is usually the case with me, my head cold/sinus infection/minor case of … Continue reading →

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Link of the Day for May 9th: Terrorist Home Videos

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Andrew D Devenney
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This is what you should be looking at today: Bin Laden Intelligence | Jamie Dupree Washington Insider — “The Pentagon this weekend not only handed out some videos seized from Osama Bin Laden’s hideout, but tried to give reporters more … Continue reading →

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