Some evening browsing.

Here's some stuff I've been browsing this evening (as well as some random thoughts)...

- Apparently, Tom Lehrer was involved in some sort of British comedy show called "The Frost Report" (also featuring, favorite aging comedy icon, John Cleese). I am not quite clear on what he did for the show, but the BBC page has a large picture of the cast, and I'm pretty sure that the guy with the glasses by the piano is Tom Lehrer (however, I haven't seen enough giant headshots of him from that period to really be positive).

- I've been reading a blog called "Confessions of a Community College Dean." It's pretty amusing, although we disagree on many points. It's a good read, and I especially enjoyed this post about the giant defecating elephant (every university has at least one, you know). I think my friends in administration might relate more closely. He also links to a lot of decent educational blogs, so browsing his blogroll might be worthwhile.

- The pool was lovely. So were the beers that followed. I resolve to go swimming more, even when I'm not stranded in the frozen tundra that is Michigan State.

- I am not a fan of Dave Letterman, but this countdown sure was amusing. (Maybe it's the beer).

- I've been reading an interesting blog on education technology from Lanny Arvan, a professor at the University of Illinois.

- Prime numbers are sexy. Erica Klarreich, a science writer from California, shares that same belief in her article about the Riemann hypothesis.