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<\/a><\/div>\nIt\u2019s finals week at school, all my work\/exams is due\/takes place in the last two days, and I, of course, have done a less than masterful job of spacing out my work, so I won\u2019t have any really substantial posts until Sunday, in all probability. \u00a0I really appreciate all the apologist recommendations<\/a> you\u2019ve offered, and I\u2019ll be looking at them\/responding to you after I finish up the term. \u00a0In the meantime, three brief announcements:<\/p>\n\n- I can\u2019t complain too much because one of the papers I get to write is about Sweeney Todd<\/a><\/em>! \u00a0I\u2019m really\u00a0excited\u00a0about this one, which has ended up being largely about the appropriate way to live (or die) in an intrinsically immoral world. \u00a0Is madness the only moral choice or is it a cowardly retreat? \u00a0The only guaranteed wrong answer is the cheerful nihilism of Mrs. Lovett.<\/li>\n
- Google Chrome is running an excellent holiday promotion called \u201cChrome for a Cause.<\/a>\u201d \u00a0For every tab you open in Google\u2019s Chrome browser, Google will donate to your choice of one of five\u00a0charities. \u00a0I\u2019m donating to Doctors without Borders<\/a>, and I\u2019ve opened enough tabs for 5 vaccinations today alone!If you don\u2019t use Chrome, download it here<\/a>, and give it a try for the week. \u00a0It\u2019s delightfully fast and unobtrusive.<\/li>\n
- Finally, in case you need a reminder about how excellent Sweeney Todd<\/em> is, the following song (taped at a concert version with Patti LuPone and Neil Patrick Harris) features heavily in my essay:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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