http://serendipity.vox.com/library/posts/2008/09/page/1/ (AKA: without a plan, winging it, or just plain stumbling around) en Vox Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:07:38 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/just-cant-get-enough.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(karen) http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/just-cant-get-enough.html?_c=feed-rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/just-cant-get-enough.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:07:38 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0686dddece00fa969f1d6a0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00b8ea0686dddece00fa969f1d6a0003-50si" alt="Cover of this week&#39;s New Yorker " /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Couric: You've cited Alaska's proximity to Russia as part of your foreign policy experience. What did you mean by that? Sarah Palin: That Alaska has a very narrow maritime border between a foreign country, Russia, and, on our other side, the ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/just-cant-get-enough.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0686dddece0100a7ff805f000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> new yorker palin couric thanks scott http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/opting-out.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(karen) http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/opting-out.html?_c=feed-rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/opting-out.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:55:06 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/video/6a00b8ea0686dddece00fad6adf1050005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00b8ea0686dddece00fad6adf1050005-50si" alt="Bill Maher and Paul Krugman &quot;We Need Better Government&quot;" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I know that some people are finding it hard to decide who to vote for in November. I'm not sure why, since the choices seem so clear to me, but I hear and see the hesitancy around me and I've heard too many people say that they are just going to s... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/opting-out.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0686dddece00fae8e05187000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> vote politics election 2008 palin obama krugman mccain http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/attack-of-the-shiny-object.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(karen) http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/attack-of-the-shiny-object.html?_c=feed-rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/attack-of-the-shiny-object.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:00:25 -0700 I often use the term "shiny object" to describe situations in which I willingly - sometimes gratefully - allow myself to be distracted from the thing I'm supposed to be thinking about but don't because it’s too hard, too serious or too important... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/attack-of-the-shiny-object.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0686dddece00fa969abf4f0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> politics election motherhood palin obama mccain shiny object http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/55-shopping-days-left.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(karen) http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/55-shopping-days-left.html?_c=feed-rss http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/55-shopping-days-left.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:19:30 -0700 I tend not to write about politics for a number of reasons, one because I never feel as informed about the subject as I wish I was and two, I think that arguments about politics are similar to arguments about religion: heated, emotional and full ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://serendipity.vox.com/library/post/55-shopping-days-left.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0686dddece00fa969989620003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> vote politics yes obama mccain