decorabilia

From time to time, this blog has discussed the morality of torture, which, for its proponents, hinges on one thing: whether it works. But e...

Yesterday, in the middle of a discussion of "you," specifically as it pertains to narrative fiction (and more specifically in The ...

The budget details from the Senate are out, and if you're an educator, or anyone who cares about educational quality in Washington... be...

Life, always a few miles per hour below the speed of parody: Last summer, a Florida company began aggressively marketing e-cigarettes - whi...

"Somebody's got to stand up to experts that are just--I think--I don't know why they're doing it, they're wonderful peo...

For inspiration on this first day of the Elite Eight, we turn not the spirits of the game, who are notoriously fickle, but rather to the spi...

Dear CBS: 63-62 with :26 left > 85-66 with 6:52 left. So what's with the manic back-and-forth? Regards, Me

But do they know why? That visit length--0 seconds--troubles me.

1. Today I encouraged students to write in a fresh way: to abandon punctuation, or to embrace it with inexplicable passion. It massively dis...

Two and half years ago I linked to an article describing how scientists had learned how to create "déjà vu on demand." That kind...

David Goldstein outlines the scary no-new-taxes budget coming out next week:

I've been a Discover Card holder for a decade now, mostly happy with the service. All my gas purchases go on the card, for a hefty 5% re...

I'm glad I was able to make it back from tonight's staff development / cult recruitment in time to watch Japan edge out South Korea ...

Anyone who's been following this year's state budget implosion will have seen this coming. The Olympia School District is investiga...

You are allowed only one neo- per noun. [via Mark Frauenfelder of BoingBoing ]

Teaching a little lesson on critical thinking and reading for information, I had students skim over a 419 scam email, without telling them i...

Earlier this year, I volunteered to observe teachers at other schools. We ended up visiting North Thurston High School, Bush Middle School,...

Old Father Gumption and his mistress, Lady Luck, have together whittled the NCAA bracket down to sixteen. Eight games arrive Thursday and Fr...

Q: What if delivery people ran the world? A: 1984 , plus a few dings, dents, and scratches.

Mom made two batches of Nanaimo bars for my 30th birthday. Below is how they're supposed to look, fresh outta the oven. Notice the smoo...