I don't mean to nitpick, Tom, but is this really your plan?

Thanks to digitalwave for the birthday wishes!

Fannish Freecycle: Cast-signed Veronica Mars poster. Let me know if you want it!

Good article on perils of big data: "Street Bump offers us 'N = All' in the sense that every bump from every enabled phone can be recorded. That is not the same thing as recording every pothole. As Microsoft researcher Kate Crawford points out, found data contain systematic biases and it takes careful thought to spot and correct for those biases. Big data sets can seem comprehensive but the 'N = All' is often a seductive illusion."

( Ancillary Justice, Three Parts Dead, Chew: Taster's Choice )

Preliminary notes: (1) Survivorship bias, or why taking lessons only from the successful is a really bad idea, in an elegantly written narrative.

(2) Ugh, I hate grading.

(3) Note to self: Veronica Mars, for all its awesomeness and willingness to engage with class and gender politics, often enough cozied up to the creepy side thereof. ( S1 rewatch in anticipation of movie )

I did not notice at the time, but this is a depressing set of books.

( a book on gun guys )

( Confessions of a sociopath, bad evidence in criminal cases, America's secret wars, why your food is full of salt sugar and fat )

I had forgotten -- nay, I think I never knew -- what it was like to read TWoP recaps by a recapper who just plain likes the show. Sure, gentle mockery on occasion, but done with love. In the latest recap, the line "Okay, continuity guys. Now you're just showing off" made me grin like a madwoman.

Mmm, continuity.

No, I don't really have anything interesting to say about SV. ( Nor about Veronica Mars, really, but I'll say something anyway. )