i’ve started a picture blog…

…of my kids. Check it out: jasandjam.wordpress.com.

stuff black people like

So after all the hub-bub about this site, someone went and created this. In case y’all was wondering what educated black folk like.

a must read for grad students

Isn’t it great that the blogosphere exists so that one person can read what has been lauded as a great book, synthesize it, and post something truly important for all of us to benefit from?
Anomie rocks.

i’m not feeling very creative…

and have little that’s original to say, so i’ll post this quiz that i saw on lilian’s page:

You Are a Question Mark

You seek knowledge and insight in every form possible. You love learning.
And while you know a lot, you don’t act like a know it all. You’re open to learning you’re wrong.
You ask a lot [...]

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This article in the Times has provoked a lot of discussion on and off the ‘net. As a student of criminology, it really isn’t saying anything that we haven’t known for a long time: the United States has the highest incarceration rates in the world, by a very wide margin. So good for the Times [...]