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Old news by now, but still shocking: Democratic congressional leaders Wednesday demanded Republicans join them in condemning a spate of threats and vandalism that has followed Sunday’s vote on a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. health care system. Aren’t these right wing nuts (“Wingnuts”?) the ones that called you a traitor if you said anything [...]
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Pierce this Great Eye is a blog by a very interesting artist that he uses to share things that provide inspiration. I really enjoy this post from March 24: pierce this Great Eye: darling tatiana
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Baumbach’s Kicking and Screaming was a sort of Bible for me and my college friends. Mr. Jealousy has a lot in common with the one big breakup in my life. The Squid and the Whale is eerily close to home for me also. Somehow this guy’s work resonates with my own experience in a rare [...]
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When Halley’s Comet blew through the neighborhood last, I was almost 10, and old enough to grasp the cosmic importance of seeing it with my own eyes. I did the math: the next time the “snowy dirtball” would do a flyby, I’d be dead or really freakin’ old. Unfortunately, I was not old enough to [...]
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Why this guy (and people like him) aren’t our policy makers I’ll never understand. This speech is inspiring because its grounded in science and tells us how much better we can be without beating us over the head with our failures: Pop sociologist and best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell has honed in on a profound new [...]
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