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June 2016

June 03, 2016

7QT: Fake Bears, Faker Weapons, and Austen

--- 1 --- I was pleased to get to interview Richard Beck for my article...

May 2016

May 06, 2016

7QT: Moms, Pacifist Pilots, and other superheroes

--- 1 --- I'm very blessed to have a friend who joined the Dominican Sisters...

April 2016

April 29, 2016

7QT: Remixes, Underwear, & Fake Fingers

--- 1 --- I'm not going to make you wait for it (wait for it)....

March 2016

March 18, 2016

7QT: The Peculiar Virtues of Daredevil, Pool Table Mechanics, and Silly Names

--- 1 --- I didn't even know that there existed pay-to-play pool tables, but I...

March 11, 2016

7QT: Making swords, long eggs, and “curatorially unsound” decisions

--- 1 --- I already loved A Capella Science's "Outbound Probe" and now I've been...

February 2016

February 19, 2016

7QT: Horror, Lamentation, and Email Management

--- 1 --- I don't remember whether I've mentioned here that I like using Boomerang to...

February 12, 2016

7QT: Good books, fake books, and the best job in the world

--- 1 --- I'm excited about the discovery of gravity waves, and here's the most...

February 05, 2016

7QT: Kabbalah Meet-Cutes, Substitute Mourners, and Vocational Opportunities

--- 1 --- The nice thing about being noisy about your hobbyhorses is that your...

January 2016

January 15, 2016

7QT: Catapults, Chimes, and Cosplaying Kids

--- 1 --- I've been making some progress on the books I earmarked to read...

October 2015

October 30, 2015

7QT: Magic, Secrets, and Bureaucracy

--- 1 --- I already love Ikea, source of all my bookshelves, but I particularly...

October 23, 2015

7QT: Drunk Historians, Silly Bodybuilders, Clever Proofs

--- 1 --- I've usually avoided Drunk History (a show where heavily in their cups...

October 02, 2015

7QT: Costumes, Communal Singing, and Hamilton

--- 1 --- A friend of mine is looking for good semi-pregnant Halloween costumes (she's...

September 2015

September 11, 2015

7QT: Agreement Theorems and Exponential Suprises

--- 1 --- I loved this NYT piece on an Italian street whose residents created a...

September 04, 2015

7QT: Math Haikus and Deaf Musicals

--- 1 --- When I was googling things like "two people looking at each other,"...

August 2015

August 21, 2015

7QT: Innovation in Gross Robots and Stock Photos

--- 1 --- If folks don't want to wait til next year to play in...

August 14, 2015

7QT: The Odder Errors of Computers and Humans

--- 1 --- My family tends to share thoughts on the New Yorker caption contest every...

July 2015

July 31, 2015

7QT: Well Designed Studies, Metaphors, and Parties

--- 1 --- I've had some pretty good Sondheim birthdays, but this toddler's parents have...

July 24, 2015

7QT: Inventive takes on Electronics, Priesthood, and Stereoscopic Vision

--- 1 --- Thanks to anyone who contributed to my birthday fundraiser for GiveDirectly! I...

July 17, 2015

7QT: Time-travel, Esperanto, Dinosaurs, and Other Oddly Expressed Dreams

--- 1 --- First things first: the song of the week --- 2 --- Elsewhere...

June 2015

June 12, 2015

7QT: How Composing, Covers, and Costumes Work

--- 1 --- Hi folks! Did you want to read a novella-length article on how...

May 2015

May 15, 2015

7QT: Not Breathing, Not Marrying, and Opening Beers With Your Teeth

--- 1 --- So, remember how I mentioned that the last question at my book...

May 08, 2015

7QT: Strange Shakespeare and Hallucinogenic Honey

--- 1 --- We already had roses and a cat in contention, but I think...

May 01, 2015

7QT: Avengers, Revengers, and Re-stagers

--- 1 --- Guess where I was last night? After the movie, a couple girls...

March 2015

March 27, 2015

7QT: Matched! (Donations, Fiancé(e)s, and Symmetries)

--- 1 --- Here's a heads up -- the women who write at A Queer...

March 20, 2015

7QT: Saturn’s Rings, Visiting Nurses, and Tests for the Nearly Dead

--- 1 --- I've got a special weakness for clever methodology, and I loved this...

March 13, 2015

7QT: Preachy Swords and Pricey Peanut Butter

--- 1 --- I've been recommending Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip hop musical for a while (tickets...

March 06, 2015

7QT: Moss Troll Ichor and Human Hearts

--- 1 --- This week, I had a lot of fun reading an observational study...

February 2015

February 27, 2015

7QT: Stoicism Man, Semi-Imaginary Money, and Second Moons

--- 1 --- Did you know that Earth has a second moon? Because I sure as...

February 20, 2015

7QT: New Riffs on Prayer, Booze, and Logic

Last call to sign up for my book updates email list if you want...

February 06, 2015

7QT: Translation, Codebreaking, and other language games

If you're sorry to have missed my talk in San Francisco on "Cultivating Openness...