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Alan W. Pollack’s “Notes On” Beatles Series

Way back in the early days of my use of the Internet (around 1996-97), I spent *a lot* of time on Usenet (basically, a precursor of today’s message

Dear Chinese Spammers…

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Music Monday – “It’s like rain/On your wedding day/In a place you chose/That’s not known for rain.”

Two New York sisters (who are obviously future copy editors) re-work one of Alanis Morrisette’s most famous songs so that it’s finally accurate. Or to put it another

“A Mother’s Prayer” – by Tina Fey

And a father’s prayer too (especially that part about not lying with drummers)… 😉

From The “News That Does Not Surprise Me” Department…

“Lifetime of Reading Slows Cognitive Decline” “Habitual participation in cognitively stimulating pursuits over a lifetime might substantially increase the efficiency of some cognitive systems,” writes a research team

How Facebook Changes Your Brain

An interesting article about the ways that Facebook affects our thinking… We learn to see the present as a “future past” and focus on how we will document,

Saturday Snap – Definitely Ready For Grade One!

Hard to believe Pace is done Kindergarten next week – this year has really flown! He wrote this out without prompting the other day. Obviously, he’s got that

Poetic Variations

Google Poetics Book spine poetry (Google Images) Invented Poetry Forms

Random Thoughts on 2013 #tedxregina #yqr (and My Hypothetical TED Talk Topics)

Went to TEDxRegina yesterday and honestly, my thoughts on the afternoon, with a couple exceptions, are pretty much the same as my thoughts on the inaugural one in

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