Tag Archives: NU_alum

Yes, A-M is on the list

Posted on Saturday, 18 May 2013 16:54 by David Gorsline

Cleaning out the e-mail folders and bookmarks: here’s a list of notable graduates and attendees of Northwestern University. That’s all.

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Happy Birthday, Michael

Posted on Saturday, 25 February 2012 18:13 by David Gorsline

I’ve missed a year or two, but I hope today is a special day for you. And I’m glad that the Catalogue of Ships archive is still available.

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No Tang for the 600,000

Posted on Friday, 27 January 2012 22:51 by David Gorsline

Martin Austermuhle pulls a screen capture from Stephen Colbert’s recent “analysis” of Newt Gingrich’s plans to enfranchise 13,000 Moon colonists, prospectively granting them statehood.

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Warning! Warning!

Posted on Tuesday, 24 January 2012 16:15 by David Gorsline

Dick Tufeld, voice of the Robot in TV’s Lost in Space (the only character who sounded remotely grounded in reality), has passed away. (News via Leta.)

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Reading list

Posted on Saturday, 2 April 2011 21:39 by David Gorsline

‘Tis Poetry Month once again, and Patrick Cooper points to Jay Parini’s list of ten American poems then “have left the deepest mark on US literature – and me.” Robert Lowell is more or less unknown to me, and Parini’s … Continue reading →

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