Tuesday, January 31, 2012
New Hampshire bill proposes warnings at Massachusetts border - Yahoo! News
New Hampshire bill proposes warnings at Massachusetts border - Yahoo! News: Under the proposal, which would not apply to roads to Vermont or Maine, the state's other two neighbors, the New Hampshire Transportation Department would post signs reading "Warning: Massachusetts Border 500 Feet."
Why Urban, Educated Parents Are Turning to DIY Education - The Daily Beast
Staring into the maw of the NYC public (and private) school system, I'm thinking that homeschooling looks better and better...
Why Urban, Educated Parents Are Turning to DIY Education - The Daily Beast: In the beginning, your kids need you—a lot. They’re attached to your hip, all the time. It might be a month. It might be five years. Then suddenly you are expected to send them off to school for seven hours a day, where they’ll have to cope with life in ways they never had to before. You no longer control what they learn, or how, or with whom.
Why Urban, Educated Parents Are Turning to DIY Education - The Daily Beast: In the beginning, your kids need you—a lot. They’re attached to your hip, all the time. It might be a month. It might be five years. Then suddenly you are expected to send them off to school for seven hours a day, where they’ll have to cope with life in ways they never had to before. You no longer control what they learn, or how, or with whom.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Sprinkle Bakes: Red Wine Lollipops
Sprinkle Bakes: Red Wine Lollipops: I did a good bit of searching online, and even in my personal stash of candy cookbooks -nada. I became obsessed with the idea of a red wine pop, and my mission soon became clear: get in the SB test kitchen and fill this terrible void in the confectionery world!
Made Better in Japan - WSJ.com
Made Better in Japan - WSJ.com: Japanese chefs are now cooking almost every cuisine imaginable, combining fidelity to the original with locally sourced products that complement or replace imports. When they prepare foreign foods, they're no longer asking themselves how they can make a dish more Japanese—or even more Italian, French or American. Instead they've moved on to a more profound and difficult challenge: how to make the whole dining experience better.
5 Reasons It’s Impossible to Find Funny Books | Cracked.com
I've noticed this, too...
5 Reasons It’s Impossible to Find Funny Books | Cracked.com: That's why it's so frustrating that, unlike movies and shows, it's almost impossible in this world to find funny damned novels.
5 Reasons It’s Impossible to Find Funny Books | Cracked.com: That's why it's so frustrating that, unlike movies and shows, it's almost impossible in this world to find funny damned novels.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
President John Tyler’s Grandsons Are Still Alive - Mental Floss
President John Tyler’s Grandsons Are Still Alive - Mental Floss: Born in 1790, John Tyler was our 10th President. He took office in 1841 after William Henry Harrison died. And he has two living grandchildren!
Amanda Hocking, the writer who made millions by self-publishing online | Books | The Guardian
Amanda Hocking, the writer who made millions by self-publishing online | Books | The Guardian: A couple of years ago, Amanda Hocking needed to raise a few hundred dollars so, in desperation, made her unpublished novel available on the Kindle. She has since sold over 1.5m books and, in the process, changed publishing forever
Monday, January 23, 2012
Basic Instructions - How to Help Your Child Pick a Role Model
I'm now tempted to enroll them in ninja school...
Basic Instructions - How to Help Your Child Pick a Role Model
Basic Instructions - How to Help Your Child Pick a Role Model
Thursday, January 19, 2012
The Ivy League - Book by Daniel Cappello | Selectism.com
The Ivy League - Book by Daniel Cappello | Selectism.com: If you’re a collector of Ivy related books then your shelves must be heaving by now.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
The Fantasy Novelist's Exam
Crap, I have to start my novel over now...
The Fantasy Novelist's Exam: Did you draw a map for your novel which includes places named things like "The Blasted Lands" or "The Forest of Fear" or "The Desert of Desolation" or absolutely anything "of Doom"?
The Fantasy Novelist's Exam: Did you draw a map for your novel which includes places named things like "The Blasted Lands" or "The Forest of Fear" or "The Desert of Desolation" or absolutely anything "of Doom"?
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
A Wonderfully Pornographic New Twist On A Time-Honored Tourism Photo | Happy Place
Yeah, I'm not trying this the next time I'm in Pisa...
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A Wonderfully Pornographic New Twist On A Time-Honored Tourism Photo | Happy Place: We're glad that this photo also captured the girl on the right, doing the tired, old "Holding Up The Leaning Tower Of Pisa" pose.
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A Wonderfully Pornographic New Twist On A Time-Honored Tourism Photo | Happy Place: We're glad that this photo also captured the girl on the right, doing the tired, old "Holding Up The Leaning Tower Of Pisa" pose.
Who's the country's biggest brewer?- MSN Money
Let's all raise a black-and-tan!
Who's the country's biggest brewer?- MSN Money: A new beer maker has surged ahead to become the largest in America -- and it probably isn't the one you think.
Who's the country's biggest brewer?- MSN Money: A new beer maker has surged ahead to become the largest in America -- and it probably isn't the one you think.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Friday, January 13, 2012
Big East invites Princeton football - The Daily Princetonian
Don't believe everything you read...
Big East invites Princeton football: “Princeton has won more championships than any other university, and honestly, I’m not sure any of our current members have even won any,”
Big East invites Princeton football: “Princeton has won more championships than any other university, and honestly, I’m not sure any of our current members have even won any,”
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Give Your Employees Unlimited Vacation Days | Inc.com
I essentially have an unlimited-vacation deal, and it's fantastic. He's right; it's nice to be treated like an adult.
Give Your Employees Unlimited Vacation Days: Throw your preconceived notions about vacation out the window and give your employees the no-strings-attached, unlimited vacation days they deserve or you'll soon be a dinosaur.
Give Your Employees Unlimited Vacation Days: Throw your preconceived notions about vacation out the window and give your employees the no-strings-attached, unlimited vacation days they deserve or you'll soon be a dinosaur.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
After Beyonce Gives Birth, Patients Protest Celebrity Security at Lenox Hill Hospital - NYTimes.com
After Beyonce Gives Birth, Patients Protest Celebrity Security at Lenox Hill Hospital - NYTimes.com: The couple were visiting their twin daughters in the neonatal intensive care unit at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan on Friday night, as they have done daily since the babies’ premature birth on Dec. 28. But when they tried to leave the sixth-floor unit to go home to Brooklyn at about 11 p.m., the new mother, Rozz Nash-Coulon, recalled, a burly security guard suddenly blocked their way.
Why All Scorers Should Subtract N-1 And Multiply By 10 - Rhymes With Cars & Girls
I think I could manage to get below 9.0 in an ice-skating competition...
Why All Scorers Should Subtract N-1 And Multiply By 10: When faced with giving ‘scores’ of any sort, humans simply don’t seem to distribute the ‘scoring’ numbers in any sort of rational, efficient way. The most glaring place to spot this deficiency is in scoring of aesthetic sports such as diving, gymnastics or ice skating. Let’s say the ice skating scoring has a max of 10.0 points: even the worst imaginable performance will still probably get around an average 9.0 score. As long as you don’t, like, fall asleep in the middle of the performance, you basically get the first 9.0 points for free.
Why All Scorers Should Subtract N-1 And Multiply By 10: When faced with giving ‘scores’ of any sort, humans simply don’t seem to distribute the ‘scoring’ numbers in any sort of rational, efficient way. The most glaring place to spot this deficiency is in scoring of aesthetic sports such as diving, gymnastics or ice skating. Let’s say the ice skating scoring has a max of 10.0 points: even the worst imaginable performance will still probably get around an average 9.0 score. As long as you don’t, like, fall asleep in the middle of the performance, you basically get the first 9.0 points for free.
Buying the Body of Christ
Funny, it's never really occurred to me before to wonder where Communion wafers actually come from...
Buying the Body of Christ: The Cavanagh Company was founded in 1943, born of the same collision of modern possibility and ancient need that brings us most great inventions. That year, according to company lore, a Jesuit priest in Greenville visited the convent that supplied his parish with communion wafers. He found the nuns toiling away in a stuffy kitchen, baking twenty wafers to a cookie sheet and cutting them out one at a time. It had been this way for centuries.
Buying the Body of Christ: The Cavanagh Company was founded in 1943, born of the same collision of modern possibility and ancient need that brings us most great inventions. That year, according to company lore, a Jesuit priest in Greenville visited the convent that supplied his parish with communion wafers. He found the nuns toiling away in a stuffy kitchen, baking twenty wafers to a cookie sheet and cutting them out one at a time. It had been this way for centuries.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Exclusive: This Is The New 'They Might Be Giants' Music Video
Catchy in a very TMBG way...
Exclusive: This Is The New 'They Might Be Giants' Music Video: The music video tracks the unbelievably short life of an 18' paper and wood replica of the day-glo pink monster hearse that graces the cover of They Might Be Giants' new album Join Us.
Exclusive: This Is The New 'They Might Be Giants' Music Video: The music video tracks the unbelievably short life of an 18' paper and wood replica of the day-glo pink monster hearse that graces the cover of They Might Be Giants' new album Join Us.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Basic Instructions - How to Accept the Fact That You Are Getting Old
I refuse to believe that, too. Where's my flannel?
Basic Instructions - Basic Instructions - How to Accept the Fact That You Are Getting Old
Basic Instructions - Basic Instructions - How to Accept the Fact That You Are Getting Old
Friday, January 6, 2012
Cooling Soups - Cooks Illustrated
Don't put it in the fridge right away!
Cooling Soups - Cooks Illustrated: What's the best way to cool and store leftover soup?
Cooling Soups - Cooks Illustrated: What's the best way to cool and store leftover soup?
Convention Pact Includes Queens Casino - WSJ.com
I'm not a gambler, but it's ludicrous that there's a law that allows video poker but not real poker. (It's also somewhat ludicrous that someone wants to build a convention center in a fairly inaccessible part of Queens...)
Convention Pact Includes Queens Casino - WSJ.com: ALBANY—The Cuomo administration's plans to build a massive convention center in Queens may also pave the way for the city's first full-blown casino.
Convention Pact Includes Queens Casino - WSJ.com: ALBANY—The Cuomo administration's plans to build a massive convention center in Queens may also pave the way for the city's first full-blown casino.
Jason Gay: The 27 Rules of Conquering the Gym - WSJ.com
Blogging about going to the gym burns slightly more calories than just thinking about going to the gym...
Jason Gay: The 27 Rules of Conquering the Gym - WSJ.com: Sweating is a good way to begin 2012. Exercise, like dark chocolate and office meetings that suddenly get canceled, is a proven pathway to nirvana. But if you're going to join a gym—or returning to the gym after a long hibernation—consider the following:
Jason Gay: The 27 Rules of Conquering the Gym - WSJ.com: Sweating is a good way to begin 2012. Exercise, like dark chocolate and office meetings that suddenly get canceled, is a proven pathway to nirvana. But if you're going to join a gym—or returning to the gym after a long hibernation—consider the following:
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Euphemisms: Making murder respectable | The Economist
Euphemisms: Making murder respectable | The Economist: Euphemism is so ingrained in British speech that foreigners, even those who speak fluent English, may miss the signals contained in such bland remarks as “incidentally” (which means, “I am now telling you the purpose of this discussion”); and “with the greatest respect” (“You are mistaken and silly”).
Andy Kessler: The Rise of Consumption Equality - WSJ.com
It's interesting that while the richest of the rich can buy their $10 million home and $200K sports car, they still have to make do with the same iPhones and Droids that the rest of us do. I wonder if there's a market for super-luxury cell phones like there is for watches?
Andy Kessler: The Rise of Consumption Equality - WSJ.com: Given its memory, today's 32-gigabyte smartphone would have cost $1 million back then, certainly an exclusive item for the wealthy. Heck, even 10 years ago, 32 gig cost 10 grand.
Andy Kessler: The Rise of Consumption Equality - WSJ.com: Given its memory, today's 32-gigabyte smartphone would have cost $1 million back then, certainly an exclusive item for the wealthy. Heck, even 10 years ago, 32 gig cost 10 grand.
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