http://cambridgeguy.blog.com "A tradition of excellence for ___ years, and a tradition of mediocrity for even longer." Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:16:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Maybe this will take the pressure off during the coming holidaze season--a press release from Wake Forest University: "Samuel Gladding is no Scrooge, but he is on a mission to redefine what it means to be “happy” during the holidays. Gladding, chair of the counseling department at Wake Forest University ... http://cambridgeguy.blog.com/2009/11/24/dont-worry-dont-be-happy-by-steve-nadis/ Times must be tough cause last week I took our car into an auto body shop to deal with your average fender bender. A couple of days later, I received a card from them, saying: “Thank you for choosing us to repair your vehicle. We sincerely hope our service meets ... http://cambridgeguy.blog.com/2009/11/22/hard-times-part-296-by-steve-nadis/ I just saw a hilarious movie starring the inimitable Danny McBridge, 'FIST FOOT WAY.' One review put it well: "It's like a Will Ferrell movie only funnier because Will Ferrell isn't in it." http://cambridgeguy.blog.com/2009/11/22/great-movie-review-lines-by-steve-nadis/ This just in from the University of Haifa: Why Israeli Rodents Are More Cautious than Jordanian Ones -- A series of studies carried out at the University of Haifa have found that rodent, reptile and ant lion species behave differently on either side of the Israel-Jordan border. (Editor's ... http://cambridgeguy.blog.com/2009/11/20/they-crawl-the-line-by-steve-nadis/ A friend who'd been living in Paris for the past 20 years asked for a copy of a book I published 16 years ago. It was available on amazon.com and one copy cost just a penny (plus modest shipping&handling fees). I bought that one up, as it was an outrage ... http://cambridgeguy.blog.com/2009/11/18/worth-every-penny-by-steve-nadis/ I just got assigned a fun article by a publication sometimes billed as the world's leading scientific journal. Which is all to the good except for one wrinkle. The head of a major astronomical observatory told me that if I went ahead with the story, he might be fired & ... http://cambridgeguy.blog.com/2009/11/13/the-man-who-killed-___-observatory-by-steve-nadis/ I started my book tour a year early, talking about string theory and geometry to my 2d-grader's math class. I figured it would be a pretty tough crowd but they behaved themselves well, sitting through the whole boring lecture without incident. http://cambridgeguy.blog.com/2009/11/12/string-theory-for-beginners-part-621-by-steve-nadis/ I'm not as active in my daughters' school as I'd like to be but, the fact is, I don't have time to take on much. At a recent meeting, they asked for a volunteer to run the next meeting. As no one else was stepping up to the plate, I ... http://cambridgeguy.blog.com/2009/11/07/another-fine-mess-part-327-by-steve-nadis-2/ I'm not as active in my daughters' school as I'd like to be but, the fact is, I don't have time to take on much. At a recent meeting, they asked for a volunteer to run the next meeting. As no one else was stepping up to the plate, I ... http://cambridgeguy.blog.com/2009/11/07/another-fine-mess-part-327-by-steve-nadis/ A friend came back from a restaurant in Portland, Maine, where he ordered a "bowl of slop." But he was disappointed in the final product. "Really?" I asked. "It didn't live up to your expectations?" http://cambridgeguy.blog.com/2009/10/26/another-case-of-over-hype/