The Bond Night Edition

Churchill College MCR (Grad Student) Guest Night.  James Bond theme.  So much material…where to begin?

A room with a view...

The view this morning from the front balcony of our apartment.  Just a touch of winter precipitation to make things pretty.  Still in the process of recovering from the insanity that was Bond Night!  You will hear about it in due time...stay tuned.

The Thanksgiving Week Re-Cap Edition

So you might have thought, since we’re in the Old Country where giving thanks is frankly frowned upon, that we wouldn’t have anything exciting going on this week.  How wrong you were!!

Guess who's back...

So yeah...you might've noticed that I’ve been MIA for about a week now.  I hope you’ve all managed to fill the void with something almost as entertaining (not likely).  Anyway, I’m back in action tonight and ready to dish some scoop from the past week or so…

The Live at the O2 Arena Edition, featuring Linkin Park

A little different spin today…just to keep things fresh.  Instead of an academic event report, I’m bringing you the complete opposite…a hard rock concert report.

Michelle and I ventured over to London yesterday evening to take in Linkin Park at the beautiful O2 Arena.  The arena is quite impressive, very modern, and rather eccentric.  As always, you can check out all the photographic evidence in the photo album.

 A few observations from the night…

5,000 Hits!!

Sometime overnight here your favorite blog (by that I mean this one) reached the 5,000 page views mark!  This is truly momentous news.  Special thanks to my Mom for clicking and reading so often...accounting for 4,900 page views takes a lot of dedication...

Event-Induced Depression...

While I extended my event attendance streak (if you don't count Sunday) to an impressive 6 days with another doubleheader tonight, the most recent experiences have brought my mood down just a bit.  I attribute this downturn mainly to the topic of the events...careers.  While thinking about getting a job is bad enough...thinking about not being able to get one is even worse.  Nonetheless, a couple of notes from the last few outings...

Why Democracy for the Post-Socialist Societies Event at CRASSH

As I continued my Joe DiMaggio-esque streak (or is Cal Ripken-esque streak more appropriate?…since what it is I do really just requires showing up) of event attendance Friday, I realized what it is I love best about these things…the audience participation.  There’s nothing I enjoy more than a passion-filled, long-winded, pointless question or comment. 

Event Doubleheader (POLIS and CUID) and Assorted Observations

So, being the go-getter that I am, I managed to pull off the rare (or not) event twin bill today.  Now, you might be asking yourself at this point…does he do anything other than attend extracurricular events?  Long answer, yes with a but…short answer, no.

CRASSH/Judge Business School Event: Freedom and the Digital Revolution: can journalism be free in the digital age?

“May I ask you a question…what’s wrong with market incentives?” – John Murdoch, CEO of News Corp (aka Rupert Murdoch’s son)

I dropped in on another conference event this week on media in the digital age.  The above quote, delivered by the 37-year-old prodigy CEO of News Corp James Murdoch (well, prodigy might be a bit misleading…considering that he is the son of the much beloved owner of the huge media conglomerate), was by far the quote of the night and perfectly represented the growing animosity between the big media-dominated final discussion panel and the Cambridge audience.