you may notice a slight redesign at left. i highly recommend ben schak's electoral college blog, largely because it has nifty cartograms that allow you to truly experience the insignificance of the dakotas. i have also added a bunch of links under "down with appearance culture" that are highly recommended. if you have others in that realm, please comment. oh, and i have finally linked to megan. she's under ivory tower, because she's a grad student. but i suppose i should start generating a list of people i know who are *not* swarthmore-related. there are a few, after all.