even more quiddities and agonies of the ruling class - a new rolling new york times thread

just came here to post that article. fucking amazing.

since this was my daughter's cruise, we went with her decision
since this was my daughter's cruise, we went with her decision
since this was my daughter's cruise, we went with her decision
since this was my daughter's cruise, we went with her decision
since this was my daughter's cruise, we went with her decision
since this was my daughter's cruise, we went with her decision
since this was my daughter's cruise, we went with her decision

There was even one outstanding chocolate dessert which always resonates well with me

I'm sorry, sir, this is Inside Higher Ed. Yelp is down the hall.

resonates

lol eephus

ty for amazing link

this guy is incredible

http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/provost-prose/smart-phones-and-not-so-smart-users#sthash.T6bdzv5A.frMHEy6w.dpbs

I have indicated on numerous occasions that I am a car person. I read car magazines for relaxation, I go to automobile shows, and of course I appreciate the economic impact of the automobile industry. I am also a person who has driven/owned/leased great cars and also some that were very mediocre. More often than not, the least impressive cars that I have driven over the years have been American cars. And, unfortunately at the top of my least impressive list is the Chevrolet Vega

http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/provost-prose/gm#sthash.5SCein7f.dpbs

Dr. Berliner's areas of specialty include the economics of higher education. As of 2009, he is a TIAA/CREF Fellow,[4] and he has served as an associate editor of The American Economist. He is also known for his large collection of over 300 dreidels [5] that have been displayed in museum exhibitions.[1]

how hard can it be to get 300 dreidels

he just _belongs_ as an nyt columnist. it would be amazing!

there are 2,294 dreidels on ebay right now, why is this guy wasting his money on car magazines

a provost examines the world, what fucking editor didn't bother to say that out loud

this is also a thread xp with people who write their own wikipedia pages

a rare moment when the word Babbitt just jumps to mind.

http://news.hofstra.edu/2014/05/12/provosts-blog-tony-questions/

I’m a great believer in having as much transparency in situations like this as possible. What determines which shows are nominated and which are not? If there is the ability to nominate more shows, as there was this year, why didn’t that happen? I just don’t know the answers to these questions and in the meantime, I have developed doubts and questions about what happened and why it happened. In reality, how political is this process and how much is it truly merit based?

Nothing that has happened this year will deter my watching the Tony Awards broadcast next month.

in his defense he is like 200 years old

wish they could have this guy do music reviews

Last Thursday, I went to see Aladdin on Broadway which is a great Disney production. My wife and kids had seen the production previously, so I just went by myself.

he did not have to volunteer this sad story just to complain about smart phones

My younger daughter was fine in England. We loved being there. The accent was strange to her but people were talking English and she had no trouble communicating. Communicating was not a problem for me either and I was also smart enough not to drive a car and adjust to driving on the "wrong" side of the street.

this blog is the best thing

http://news.hofstra.edu/2013/10/14/the-provosts-blog-ice-breaker/

Once the person has played with the dog or you have talked about the dog, it is the perfect opening to a more substantive conversation. For example one dog-initiated conversation quickly turned to the topic of responsible testing and the conversation was certainly worthwhile.

sounds like a great dinner companion, a real cut-up

The initial rerouting had us staying in Portland from late Friday until Tuesday. I followed up with the airline on the phone (an 8 hour experience from start to finish) and we were given an alternative where we would arrive in Philadelphia on Sunday evening. The alternative involved flying from Portland to Minneapolis and subsequently flying from Minneapolis to Philadelphia, at which point I would rent a car to drive back to New York. We made it almost on time to Minneapolis and prepared to embark on the flight to Philadelphia.

http://news.hofstra.edu/2014/01/27/the-provosts-blog-because-of-the-bad-weather-just-after-new-years-day/

Someone should introduce him to Marilyn Hagerty, the food critic.

his talents are clearly wasted as a mere provost

The initial rerouting had us staying in Portland from late Friday until Tuesday. I followed up with the airline on the phone (an 8 hour experience from start to finish) and we were given an alternative where we would arrive in Philadelphia on Sunday evening. The alternative involved flying from Portland to Minneapolis and subsequently flying from Minneapolis to Philadelphia, at which point I would rent a car to drive back to New York. We made it almost on time to Minneapolis and prepared to embark on the flight to Philadelphia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTVDOx35FNg

He did a music review!

http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/provost-prose/one-direction#sthash.tCIJF9pK.dpbs

I was appreciative as well. First, for the time with my daughter. Second, for her taste in music. And third, that I still have an open enough mind to experience and enjoy what I never thought I would appreciate. I’m glad to still be going in more than one direction.

lol at making sure the last line refers back to the title, good job.

Also his daughters really seem to dislike having birthday parties.

stole your babbit crack on facebook, sterl. this being about academics i figured i should cite it somewhere (but not there obviously, need to build up my cv).

Not NYT, but some good Q/A here (via Digby):

http://online.wsj.com/articles/technical-glitch-clogs-up-u-s-visa-system-1406763970

In Washington, D.C., Mira Edmonds said her au pair's arrival from France, which was scheduled for last Sunday, has been indefinitely delayed. Ms. Edmonds, who is a lawyer, and her husband work full-time and depend on child care for their two children, ages 3 and 6. "I don't know how we're going to cope if she isn't here soon," Ms. Edmonds said.

Why even have kids at that point

Nobody wants to have to leave their millions to charity when they die.

newsflash: dependable child care is important!

Too bad there are no sitters in this country!

http://gawker.com/have-you-seen-this-hamptons-mans-egg-salad-recipe-1615373473

Eisalat - German for egg salad

what a twist

Here's a good one, with a thin veneer of "I am being a good liberal by questioning gender roles."

http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/07/if-we-link-boys-with-bedlam-what-does-that-say-to-our-girls/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

Yes, he and his 3-year-old brother have been cooped up in trains a lot in the last 10 days — from Paris to Brussels to the North Sea to London — but there’s also something about the Victorian molding in my friend’s terraced home that looks enough like the parkour course at his school to encourage him to make the attempt.

Naturally, I am offended on behalf of my own children and instantly think of excuses (traveling is stressful, being on your best behavior all the time is exhausting), but I’m also offended on behalf of my friends’ kids.

the parkour course at his school

So much quid/ag in this phrase

not to mention it's being compared to "the Victorian molding in my friend's terraced home"

Lynn Messina is a novelist living in New York City. Her most recent book is “The Harlow Hoyden,” a comedy of manners set in Regency England.

I want to start getting offended on behalf of my friends' kids

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/28/business/less-prep-more-plugs-teenagers-favor-tech-over-clothes.html?_r=0

Not the teens, teens can do whatever they want, but this guy:

Analysts and trend-spotters agree that a major shift in teenage trends, and in teenage spending, is underway. John Morris, a retail analyst at BMO Capital Markets, says that his regular focus groups with teenagers about what trends they find most appealing often stray from clothing.

“You try to get them talking about what’s the next look, what they’re excited about purchasing in apparel, and the conversation always circles back to the iPhone 6,” he said. “You get them talking about crop tops, you get a nice little debate about high-waist going, but the conversation keeps shifting back.”

i keep trying to engage my children in conversations about their day but for some reason all they want to talk about is power rangers, tv and sweets

i think it's a major shift in toddler trends

i just got to the end of the article about how boys can be boisterous and was like... er that's it? no part 2? what was that column supposed to be about?

life, isn't it a hoot

boys' clothes have fire trucks on them! OMGZZZZZZOR

I'm not sure this observation is meaningful, seems like junk journalism. Depends on the culture in your household, I think. When I was a kid, we had "tech" - we played with video games, VCR's, boom boxes, tied up the phone lines, etc.

If you look at a lot of fashion online, you'll find that every site is swamped with teens. I'm not sure being obsessed with clothes is bad for kids, though. Preferable to producing a generation of brooding school shooters.

Teen culture on fashion sites can get annoying, but I'm hopeful that teens and pre-teens will eventually become more discriminating...I.e. obnoxious peer-pressure trends like ugly goobedy-gob-on-denim will become less common.

Hahaha WHAT? Teens will always like horrible things, because teens are horrible and also super great. They'll become "more discriminating" in the individual sense as they get older and fall in line with more mainstream trends, but teens as a group, I hope they never change.

yeah, lack of discrimination is what makes teens teens. if they had any goddam sense, pop culture would ossify.