August 2009
41 posts
Tenuous differentiation between literature and “junk”.
Despite the student freedom, Ms. Atwell constantly fed suggestions to the children. She was strict about not letting them read what she considered junk: no “Gossip Girl” or novels based on video games. But she acknowledged that certain children needed to be nudged into books by allowing them to read popular titles like the...
Husband Hal
by Catherine Getches Saturday, August 22, 2009
“Impressed and alarmed by advances in artificial intelligence, a group of computer scientists is debating whether there should be limits on research that might lead to loss of human control over computer-based systems… . How would it be, for example, to relate to a machine that is as intelligent as your spouse?”
— The New...
Dear National Park Services,
It is too hot for five out of six water fountains along the path from the Lincoln Memorial to the Washington Monument to be broken.
Sincerely,
Julia
Someone with a flexible September should do this:... →
While I’m getting over the bottle’s bulk and learning to prefer it over its screw top predecessors, I’ve yet to receive the outflow of compliments this review suggests.
As part of Gadling’s Green month it’s part of our responsibility to test out all things green, from the new green hotels down the street to green travel destinations to new green materials and gear....
hysteron proteron, n
zagorin:
1. A figure of speech in which the natural or rational order of its terms is reversed, as in bred and born instead of born and bred.2. The logical fallacy of assuming as true and using as a premise a proposition that is yet to be proved.
[Late Latin, from Greek husteron proteron, latter first : husteron, neuter sing. of husteros, latter, later; see ud- in Indo-European roots +...
Worse than SyFy...
Radio Shack is rebranding itself as The Shack.
Do it for Htown, Chamillionaire feat Slim Thug and...
Big Happie Hair: Bump Its! →
