“Bull” is more popular in 40% of the parts of the fiction corpus. However, in the nonfiction “Bull” was more popular in nonfiction by a significant amount. There is also a significant difference between how much “bull” is mentioned in living and posthumous works – 1495 and 573 mentions, respectively. Even taking into account the …
Author: Alex Lyman
Botnik story
“I don’t know how he was riding all day through fields of the poppies. He was very embarrassed and he could remember how he had started the motor car with his flat face. You mustn’t ever tell him. They do it. Nick felt so very impressive. It’s the car. We’ll see her husband in the …
Me Reading a Computer’s Reading of Vogue
For the reading, we were supposed to ‘read’ or look at a bunch of super interesting graphics about Vogue magazine but I ran into a problem. I have almost no context. I’ve never read Vogue. I have never even opened a magazine. It hasn’t been in my dentist’s office’s waiting room. None of my …
Digitizing Difficulty
There are distinct advantages and disadvantages to working with digital media as opposed to traditional sources. Digital media are often easier to work with. They make things infinitely more searchable and easy to transmit. Thanks to the church’s efforts in digitizing old records, family history work moves at an unprecedented pace. Digitized books make enormous …
Men Must Really Stink
I remember about a year ago, I was walking with two freshmen who were friends with my little brother. We were by Heritage Halls and a pickup truck drove by with 7-8 athletic looking guys in the back. One of the girls said something along the lines of, “I’d love to get my hands on …
Snapshots of Emotion
For me, what makes art art is its ability to evoke strong feelings in the audience. Art can snap us back to a memory; fill us with the feelings of a moment long past. One piece of art that is extremely powerful in my mind is the Star Trek: Voyager theme. When I hear it, I …
Moretti and Comic Books
Source: http://comicsalliance.com/sheldon-moldoff-golden-age-artist-death/ I love comic books. I have read thousands and thousands of issues. I know the secret identities of hundreds of superheroes. I consider myself something of an amateur comic book expert. Reading Moretti’s analysis of the British Literary genres, I noticed some of the trends applied to the history of comics. I …
Why are men so stubborn?
I remember growing up, that my mom would always pester my dad about his health. She wanted him to go to the doctor about his sleep apnea, about his cholesterol, about his feet. He never wanted to go. I didn’t understand that. Why not? Why not let the doctor make you better? Then I overheard …
Sexy: a Jiminy Cricket Story
In the Classic Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, the titular character is granted life by a magical blue fairy. Worried that this recently created boy would have difficulty discerning between right and wrong, the blue fairy assigns him a conscious. This conscious takes the form of Jiminy Cricket, a talking bug who advises Pinocchio on …
