Archive for October, 2008
thoughts on politics from afar
I’ve avoided talking politics on this blog up until this point for a few reasons. For one, I’m already getting too emotionally invested in the election and from personal history, that’s a very bad thing. Second, this isn’t a political blog and I didn’t want the purpose of the blog to get hijacked by too [...]
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moving on
Not a ton to report here. This week I was supposed to do work at the main archive after spending a week at the newspaper archive. But the main archive is over an hour away due to some pesky engineering works so if I’m not out of the house by a certain time, it’s just [...]
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research economics revisited
Here’s how much it cost in time and money to get through 5 months worth of one newspaper for one chapter of my dissertation.
£128.60, 242 photocopies, over 50 typed articles, six weeks of research (but not every day).
Never again.
As I’ve said, this chapter is the only one where the event in question dominated so much [...]
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fall tv roundup, part 3
And finally, my thoughts on this season’s new offerings. In general, there’s a lot that’s good, although nothing is immediately as gripping as some of my favorite pilots (Lost, Desperate Housewives, and of course Alias).
I should say that I haven’t watched any of the comedy premieres and probably won’t. I prefer drama.
Life on Mars: I [...]
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fall tv roundup, part 2
Here are my thoughts for a few more returning shows.
Survivor: I had stopped watching Survivor after watching Survivor: Africa in college but got started again a few seasons ago when the sister of my favorite Project Runway contestant Nick Verreos was on Survivor: Fiji. That season was panned at the beginning but the very slow [...]
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fall tv roundup, part 1
I’m overdue for a post about television. Despite being in London, I’m pretty up-to-date with American television, although I have to admit, it’s weird getting geared up for a full 22-episode season of television. The British model of television is vastly different, based around much shorter seasons and miniseries; it has its merits and I’ve [...]
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“when an englishman tells you he’s a little bit concerned, it means he’s having a panic attack”
So I wanted to follow up on something I wrote in a comment to yesterday’s post. I’m terrified of leaving here without enough data. When I came in the spring, my goal was to gather enough information to write two case studies (which may end up being three chapters), begin research on one of the [...]
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research economics
At the risk of boring myself and my readers, I’ve gotta talk about my research methods. I think it’s clear that my research methods as well as the kinds of questions I ask need to be rethought. But research questions aside, I’m still trying to find out which methods of “capture” work best. I’ve cracked [...]
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note to self
Always have headache medication in plain sight so that when a migraine hits, you’re not searching high and low in your room for the motrin, things that exacerbate the headache. Well that’s today gone.
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realizations
I came to a realization yesterday as I rushed to Sloane Square to buy Pieminister pies at the Partridge’s market. (This might become a weekly ritual because they were that good.) Despite all the drama of the past four-plus months, I’m so glad I stayed. It’s been difficult, it’s been isolating, but I’d much rather [...]
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