I find increasingly that I have a few standard lines that I repeat to myself as little koans of wisdom. One of these is “Don’t just look at the numbers; look to find the story behind the numbers.” This graphic, which is making the rounds on social media today, sums this idea up perfectly. A […]
No minimum page counts. No incentives. No countdown clocks. No video game ban threats. Instead, according to this article, just put books in front of kids in the places they’re most likely to get bored and watch what happens. This article’s theory is especially interesting in light of the typical library summer reading program which does […]
One trick I picked up about bbqing steak is to finish them by propping them up on their sides. Yum!
(full comic available here and worth the click)
Great site to show you a bunch of details and trivia based on how old you are.
Recently Reddit’s /r/atheism sub-reddit had a question asking users for a one or two sentence explanation for why they’re atheists. I’ve got a lot of reasons but my own two-sentence answer would be something like this: When I was a kid, my friend and I were really into Greek mythology. He pointed out that the […]
Five years ago on my dad’s 65th birthday, I posted a list of some of the many reasons I loved him – fond memories, funny memories, ways he’s helped me grow into the person I’ve become. It was probably the most personal thing I’ve ever posted to this blog. And since dad turned 70 this […]
* Jon Oliver on the mixed emotions football fans feel towards a game that’s more like a religion for most of them and the corrupt body that oversees the quadrennial tournament… * Twitter has enabled graphic hashtags of national flags for the World Cup. * Brazil’s inequality summed up in one stark football-related – although […]
Here are a few things that caught my eye this past week… What are the best new products nobody knows about? (Quora) How We Die – Then and Now: Comparing Causes of Death, 1900 v. 2010 (Infographic) What Radiohead Song Always Moves You To Tears? (Reddit) How Poverty Taxes The Brain (Infographic) Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” […]
So the concept of privilege has been on my mind lately. Thanks to the kind (and kind of) folks on my Facebook feed, I’ve been regularly sent articles about “white privilege“, “male privilege“, “heterosexual privilege” (uhm, for anyone keeping count, I get to tick the box for all three…plus most other types of privilege out […]
