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Monthly Archives: May 2009
Feline intent, bored piles, apple-braining
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
The mini-Annals of Improbable Research (“mini-AIR“) is always a delight and I encourage you to read it if only for the article that generated this sentence: “J.D. Salinger would never have written a short story called ‘A Perfect Day for Horseface Loach.’”
Sugarbaker Mad Libs
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
NPR brings the funny waste of time. Assemble your own Julia Sugarbaker rant with the following list of things: an appetizer a famous criminal an inexpensive retailer a small amount of money a metal a breakfast cereal an environmental problem a popular gadget a junk food a reality show a kind of candy a sporting [...]
Not sure I can claim any depth but I am definitely slow.
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
Extroversion has long been considered healthier than introversion, and introverts often try to push against our natural tendencies in order to fit in, to seem “normal” so people will stop scolding us. Extroverts are unintentional bullies, demanding that everyone join their party or be considered queer, sad or stunted. Introversion and extroversion are inborn traits, [...]
If the internet has accomplished nothing else
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
…it has at least enabled and encouraged our love of lists. Fifteen Books Don’t take too long to think about it. Fifteen books you’ve read that will always stick with you. First fifteen you can recall in no more than 15 minutes. Here’s mine: Kristin Lavransdatter The Hitchhiker’s Guide Cosmos Mama Makes Up Her Mind [...]
Different
Sunday, May 24th, 2009
Things should look a bit different around here now. If they do not look different, then one of us has a problem and by “one of us” I mean “you.”