http://www.courtney5.us/drew/ An erratically updated source for Drew-related news and commentary. en-us Copyright 2011 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:52:56 -0500 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:05:36 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Washington is so quiet when it snows. In honor of our weather today, a poem by Ko Un: Heavy Snow On days of heavy snow even the animals quietly withdraw into their homes despite their gnawing hunger. I stay home... http://www.courtney5.us/drew/archives/2009/12/heavy_snow.php http://www.courtney5.us/drew/archives/2009/12/heavy_snow.php Books, Movies, stuff like that Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:52:56 -0500 I have a theory that John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry is the central turning point for all of American history. There’s nothing implicit in our country—race, power, religion, violence, democracy and its limits—that isn’t contained in his raid or... http://www.courtney5.us/drew/archives/2009/12/john_browns_bod.php http://www.courtney5.us/drew/archives/2009/12/john_browns_bod.php Politics and other Obsessions Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:08:27 -0500 In my heart of hearts, I don’t think Rick Warren is a bad guy. He seems to mean well even if he’s ham-handed and wrong most of the time. So I was surprised that he didn’t have an opinion on... http://www.courtney5.us/drew/archives/2009/12/rick_warren_los.php http://www.courtney5.us/drew/archives/2009/12/rick_warren_los.php Politics and other Obsessions Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:35:10 -0500 When she was young, our dog, Frisby, was routinely struck by a condition known in our house as "puppy crazies." Sometimes prompted by some over-enthusiastic play, or sometimes for no discernible reason at all, she'd lose all control of her... http://www.courtney5.us/drew/archives/2009/11/saying_goodbye.php http://www.courtney5.us/drew/archives/2009/11/saying_goodbye.php Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:12:53 -0500 I wish my life was more like Mad Men. Except without the racism. And sexism. And adultery. So what I mean is that I want a new suit and a bottle of scotch in my office.... http://www.courtney5.us/drew/archives/2009/09/mad_men.php http://www.courtney5.us/drew/archives/2009/09/mad_men.php Books, Movies, stuff like that Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:49:31 -0500 As you may have heard, Obama is literally Hitler. To be clear, this comparison is odious and offensive and awful in ways too numerous to count, but it's also useful--precisely because it's odious and offensive and awful. That kind of... http://www.courtney5.us/drew/archives/2009/08/learning_from_t.php http://www.courtney5.us/drew/archives/2009/08/learning_from_t.php Politics and other Obsessions Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:44:45 -0500 In seventh grade we were assigned to choose a mystery novel, then present a report on it to the class. Since I was, even then, a snob, I chose Smilla's Sense of Snow, which Time Magazine had called the Best... http://www.courtney5.us/drew/archives/2009/08/revisiting_book.php http://www.courtney5.us/drew/archives/2009/08/revisiting_book.php Books, Movies, stuff like that Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:04:00 -0500 Research.... http://www.courtney5.us/drew/archives/2009/08/why_has_randall.php http://www.courtney5.us/drew/archives/2009/08/why_has_randall.php Books, Movies, stuff like that Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:21:14 -0500 I find it’s a lot easier to pick up things around the house when I think of it not as “cleaning” but as “fighting entropy.” “Let’s pull this room a little further from equilibrium,” I often find myself thinking. I... http://www.courtney5.us/drew/archives/2009/07/fun_with_the_se.php http://www.courtney5.us/drew/archives/2009/07/fun_with_the_se.php The Secret Life of Drew Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:18:13 -0500 Nick sent me this YouTube commercial. It is so, so true. Of course, as a liberal whose political views have been described as "just to the left of Marx"* I remain focused on planning my trip to socialist wonderland, Newfoundland... http://www.courtney5.us/drew/archives/2009/05/socialism.php http://www.courtney5.us/drew/archives/2009/05/socialism.php Politics and other Obsessions Wed, 20 May 2009 18:02:26 -0500 Tonight I was able to go to the Ward 6 Democrats meeting where a resolution to endorse marriage equality legislation was overwhelmingly endorsed, by a vote of 73-3. I was pleased to see that Bishop Harry Jackson (the scowlingest man... http://www.courtney5.us/drew/archives/2009/05/civil_debate.php http://www.courtney5.us/drew/archives/2009/05/civil_debate.php Politics and other Obsessions Tue, 19 May 2009 22:59:57 -0500 Yesterday I ran across David Schmader’s essay on “O Superman” at the Stranger. I’d never heard the song, but since then I’ve listened to it four or five times. It’s kind of amazing, and the video is strangely beautiful as... http://www.courtney5.us/drew/archives/2009/05/o_superman.php http://www.courtney5.us/drew/archives/2009/05/o_superman.php Books, Movies, stuff like that Sat, 16 May 2009 21:19:16 -0500 For years, I have subscribed to a simple investing philosophy: no matter how good my idea is, there are a million people who have already thought of it. It seemed to me that the price of any particular stock is... http://www.courtney5.us/drew/archives/2009/05/i_am_a_financia.php http://www.courtney5.us/drew/archives/2009/05/i_am_a_financia.php The Secret Life of Drew Wed, 13 May 2009 22:19:05 -0500 Today We Love DC reported that HBO has backed out of its sponsorship of Screen on the Green and it won’t be taking place on the mall this summer. This is very, very sad. It’s not much of an exaggeration... http://www.courtney5.us/drew/archives/2009/05/goodbye_screen.php http://www.courtney5.us/drew/archives/2009/05/goodbye_screen.php The Secret Life of Drew Tue, 12 May 2009 22:07:04 -0500 Good, thanks.... http://www.courtney5.us/drew/archives/2009/05/since_you_asked.php http://www.courtney5.us/drew/archives/2009/05/since_you_asked.php The Secret Life of Drew Sun, 10 May 2009 22:49:45 -0500