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Apr 13, 2011
"I (heart) boobies:" will SCOTUS take the case?
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Is it sad or awesome that it took a federal ruling to uphold a high school student's right to wear an awareness-generating bracelet that...
Apr 9, 2011
handsome in pink
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Everybody knows that baby boys wear pink and baby girls wear blue. Right? [via Maggie Koerth-Baker ]
Jul 26, 2010
half-formed thoughts on cyberbullying
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A work in progress. Your comments and suggestions are appreciated. Sticks and stones May break my bones But words will never hurt me. ...
Jul 9, 2010
the King is dead; long live the Cavs
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"I PERSONALLY GUARANTEE THAT THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS WILL WIN AN NBA CHAMPIONSHIP BEFORE THE SELF-TITLED FORMER ‘KING’ WINS ONE" D...
Nov 30, 2009
The Prodigal Fan
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In case you doubted the inherent and insatiable sociality of the human species, or, at least, will cheer for anything: Improv Everywhere...
Nov 19, 2009
the digital is the actual
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I'm not sure I'm really sold on the idea that augmenting one's own reality makes one less of a machine. And I'm not sure t...
Aug 9, 2009
easily offended
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Don't believe in God? You are not alone. Apparently, this sentiment offends the Governor of Iowa. Gov. Chet Culver weighed in on the con...
Aug 2, 2009
killing them softly with excerpts
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Introductory phrase, followed by relevant link. Blockquoted, thoughtfully chosen excerpt, highlighting the article's main argument, per...
Jun 23, 2009
marriage is a sham
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At least, the marriages allegedly arranged by a Northwest restaurateur. The owner of a chain of popular Thai restaurants in the Seattle are...
May 25, 2009
if you're reading this, you're a socialist
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At least, as Kevin Kelly defines the term. Instead of gathering on collective farms, we gather in collective worlds. Instead of state facto...
Mar 30, 2009
e-cigarettes: back to the future
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Life, always a few miles per hour below the speed of parody: Last summer, a Florida company began aggressively marketing e-cigarettes - whi...
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Mar 8, 2009
today's counterintuitive links
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1. Investing in tourism in Afghanistan. 2. Banking on banking television... comedies. 3. Facebook might be good for you. 4. Texting might no...
Feb 24, 2009
geniuses procrastinate
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I'm pretty sure Leonardo would've been a blogger if he'd had the chance. [via Arts and Letters Daily ]
Feb 20, 2009
this poem... sucks
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Elizabeth Alexander, unlike Maya Angelou, hasn't enjoyed a boost in sales from the inauguration, the news reports . Bafflingly, the art...
Feb 19, 2009
reaching wikivana
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The way to achieve a meaningful life is not through finding love, cultivating friendship, building a corporation, founding a nation, or crea...
Feb 11, 2009
unmitigated awesomeness
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Self-defense for women, jujitsu style. Watch for the... Dated genderisms Dry wit Butt-kicking [More via Cory Doctorow of BoingBoing. ]
Jan 12, 2009
Alex Trebek and I
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Sure, the details are a tad different , but our origins and our destinies are essentially the same.
Jan 8, 2009
in which Burger King saves society
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Just found out from PZ that Burger King is running a beautiful promotion: drop your Facebook Friends--10 of 'em--and get a free burger...
Dec 31, 2008
your happiness isn't (only) up to you
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Social networks can influence an individual's happiness in heretofore unimagined ways. Christakis also found that a person's happin...
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Dec 11, 2008
Phelps and Co. join the fracas
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A little while ago, I predicted more " shenanigans " in L'Affair Dome. Of course, I was right: A Kansas-based church that ha...
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