Daring Fireball is quoting sources as reporting the death of Adam Yauch, aka “MCA” of the Beastie Boys, aka “Sir Stewart Wallace”, aka “Nathan Wind”.
To be honest, I’ve never been a huge fan of the Beastie Boys, with the exception of two songs. One is “Rock Hard”. And the other? Like you couldn’t guess.
No, really, I haven’t been obsessively checking the university’s website waiting for that last grade.
Once every hour half-hour quarter-hour five minutes isn’t obsessive, is it?
The email from the professor came in at 10:29 AM yesterday, about the same time I was checking the website for the 1×101010 time.
As a reminder, the grade I was waiting on was the one for the big final paper; the “Capstone” project as they refer to it, which is supposed to be a summation of what you’ve learned up to the end of your academic career. At least in terms of ethical analysis, critical thinking, research skills, ability to write prose that makes sense, and maybe something to do with your actual major.
And?