Unhappy Meals - Michael Pollan - New York Times
I just finished Michael Pollan’s excellent, excellent book “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” (thanks, Sarah!) while on the train returning from New York, yesterday. It’s a thoughtful book by a clearly thoughtful person, and he does some excellent research, soul-searching, and reporting, while avoiding the traps of becoming [...]
… the last paper portions of the last application for journalism school, that is.
Saturday morning I take a proctored writing test at Columbia University, in New York. And then comes the waiting. The earliest notification should come by March 1st; the others by or on April 1st.
Finally, winter weather. I’m sitting on our couch, drinking tea and about to go start my at-work time, despite having been awake since 6 to spend some time on the phone with our offshore team in India. Outside, the birds have clued in to the presence of birdseed in our feeders, and the [...]