Sue is totally taking her idea and running with it...
The Gift That Keeps On Giving | Eating Over The Sink with Samantha Bee and Allana Harkin: I owe everyone I know with children an apology.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Community Hatches 3-Year-Old Beetlejuice Easter Egg | Underwire | Wired.com
What's amazing is that anyone even noticed!
Community Hatches 3-Year-Old Beetlejuice Easter Egg | Underwire | Wired.com: If there was any doubt that Community was one of the smartest half-hour comedies to ever air on network television, allow us to enter this into evidence: The show spent three years setting up a joke about Beetlejuice, and that joke was simply an Easter egg hidden amongst other already amazing gags.
Community Hatches 3-Year-Old Beetlejuice Easter Egg | Underwire | Wired.com: If there was any doubt that Community was one of the smartest half-hour comedies to ever air on network television, allow us to enter this into evidence: The show spent three years setting up a joke about Beetlejuice, and that joke was simply an Easter egg hidden amongst other already amazing gags.
Delay in Clamping Umbilical Cord Has Benefits Months Later - NYTimes.com
Interesting. Too late for us to go back and try it, though.
Delay in Clamping Umbilical Cord Has Benefits Months Later - NYTimes.com: Waiting three minutes or longer before clamping a newborn’s umbilical cord reduces the prevalence of iron deficiency at four months, a large trial has found.
Delay in Clamping Umbilical Cord Has Benefits Months Later - NYTimes.com: Waiting three minutes or longer before clamping a newborn’s umbilical cord reduces the prevalence of iron deficiency at four months, a large trial has found.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Real Life Comics - 11/22/11
You want to go into the room and look, but you know that would make things worse...
Real Life Comics - The Online Comic -1999-2010 Greg Dean
Real Life Comics - The Online Comic -1999-2010 Greg Dean
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Remember ‘Pac-Man Fever’? Vocalist Gary Garcia has passed | Radio & TV Talk
Game over.
Remember ‘Pac-Man Fever’? Vocalist Gary Garcia has passed | Radio & TV Talk: In 1981, Atlanta jingle writers Jerry Buckner and Gary Garcia entered a Marietta Square restaurant and spied a Pac-Man video-game machine.
Remember ‘Pac-Man Fever’? Vocalist Gary Garcia has passed | Radio & TV Talk: In 1981, Atlanta jingle writers Jerry Buckner and Gary Garcia entered a Marietta Square restaurant and spied a Pac-Man video-game machine.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
The 10 Most Terrifyingly Inspirational '80s Songs | Cracked.com
I am pumping my fist as we speak...
The 10 Most Terrifyingly Inspirational '80s Songs | Cracked.com: Going on these rough descriptions, the only men capable of banging Bonnie Tyler were the Justice League of America.
The 10 Most Terrifyingly Inspirational '80s Songs | Cracked.com: Going on these rough descriptions, the only men capable of banging Bonnie Tyler were the Justice League of America.
Venditte's versatility prompts new rule | MLB.com: News
This is a few years old, but it's still rather neat.
Venditte's versatility prompts new rule | MLB.com: News: It is a rare instance, indeed, when a first-year professional ballplayer inspires the creation of a new rule. But ambidextrous pitcher Pat Venditte has done just that.
Venditte's versatility prompts new rule | MLB.com: News: It is a rare instance, indeed, when a first-year professional ballplayer inspires the creation of a new rule. But ambidextrous pitcher Pat Venditte has done just that.
Jason Gay: The 32 Rules of Thanksgiving Touch Football - WSJ.com
Our Thanksgiving tradition was to rake leaves while mom cooked the turkey.
Jason Gay: The 32 Rules of Thanksgiving Touch Football - WSJ.com: Just because your 7-year-old niece is playing quarterback doesn't mean you can't intercept her screen pass and run it back for a touchdown. She's got to learn sometime not to throw into triple coverage.
Jason Gay: The 32 Rules of Thanksgiving Touch Football - WSJ.com: Just because your 7-year-old niece is playing quarterback doesn't mean you can't intercept her screen pass and run it back for a touchdown. She's got to learn sometime not to throw into triple coverage.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Bret McKenzie Meets the Muppets - NYTimes.com
First, penguins can't fly, now they can't sing?
Bret McKenzie Meets the Muppets - NYTimes.com: “So I was like, ‘Can we get the penguins to sing?’ And they’d say: ‘No. Penguins don’t sing.’ ”
Bret McKenzie Meets the Muppets - NYTimes.com: “So I was like, ‘Can we get the penguins to sing?’ And they’d say: ‘No. Penguins don’t sing.’ ”
Buy a House at the Very Top of a Volcano For Less Than $1M - On the Market - Curbed National
Hey, no lawn to mow...
Buy a House at the Very Top of a Volcano For Less Than $1M - On the Market - Curbed National: But lo' and behold this curious desert dwelling located between Vegas and Los Angeles in Valley Springs, Calif.
Buy a House at the Very Top of a Volcano For Less Than $1M - On the Market - Curbed National: But lo' and behold this curious desert dwelling located between Vegas and Los Angeles in Valley Springs, Calif.
A Conspiracy of Hogs: The McRib as Arbitrage | The Awl
I do like McRibs, but only for a limited time. McDonald's wisely pulls them from the market before people can get sick of them.
A Conspiracy of Hogs: The McRib as Arbitrage | The Awl: The McRib's unique aspects and impermanence, many of us believe, make it seem a likely candidate for being a sort of arbitrage strategy on McDonald's part. Calling a fast food sandwich an arbitrage strategy is perhaps a bit of a reach—but consider how massive the chain's market influence is, and it becomes a bit more reasonable.
A Conspiracy of Hogs: The McRib as Arbitrage | The Awl: The McRib's unique aspects and impermanence, many of us believe, make it seem a likely candidate for being a sort of arbitrage strategy on McDonald's part. Calling a fast food sandwich an arbitrage strategy is perhaps a bit of a reach—but consider how massive the chain's market influence is, and it becomes a bit more reasonable.
Netflix to Back ‘Arrested Development’ - NYTimes.com
Well, we might have to subscribe to Netflix after all.
(I don't understand the TV business. You'd think 20th Century Fox would make more money showing this on FX than with this Netflix concept.)
Netflix to Back ‘Arrested Development’ - NYTimes.com: Nearly six years after Fox canceled the quirky sitcom “Arrested Development,” the series is being resuscitated by a new distributor, Netflix, the online streaming service.
(I don't understand the TV business. You'd think 20th Century Fox would make more money showing this on FX than with this Netflix concept.)
Netflix to Back ‘Arrested Development’ - NYTimes.com: Nearly six years after Fox canceled the quirky sitcom “Arrested Development,” the series is being resuscitated by a new distributor, Netflix, the online streaming service.
'Cougar Town' cut down: ABC wants fewer episodes | Inside TV | EW.com
Well, it's better than zero episodes...
'Cougar Town' cut down: ABC wants fewer episodes | Inside TV | EW.com: Now comes word that the comedy’s episode order has been reduced from 22 to 15 half hours this season.
'Cougar Town' cut down: ABC wants fewer episodes | Inside TV | EW.com: Now comes word that the comedy’s episode order has been reduced from 22 to 15 half hours this season.
Saturday, November 19, 2011
As Art, Tania Bruguera Lives Like a Poor Immigrant - NYTimes.com
Sing along with the common people,
Sing along and it might just get you through,
Laugh along with the common people,
Laugh along even though they're laughing at you,
And the stupid things that you do.
Because you think that poor is cool.
As Art, Tania Bruguera Lives Like a Poor Immigrant - NYTimes.com: Ms. Bruguera is performing a yearlong art piece meant to improve the image of immigrants and highlight their plight. And she is bringing her high-concept brand of provocation to a low-wattage precinct of taco stands and auto-body shops, where the neighbors have responded with varying degrees of curiosity, amusement and befuddlement.
Sing along and it might just get you through,
Laugh along with the common people,
Laugh along even though they're laughing at you,
And the stupid things that you do.
Because you think that poor is cool.
As Art, Tania Bruguera Lives Like a Poor Immigrant - NYTimes.com: Ms. Bruguera is performing a yearlong art piece meant to improve the image of immigrants and highlight their plight. And she is bringing her high-concept brand of provocation to a low-wattage precinct of taco stands and auto-body shops, where the neighbors have responded with varying degrees of curiosity, amusement and befuddlement.
A Radical Rethinking of Thanksgiving Leftovers - NYTimes.com
We'll probably have enough leftovers to try all of these recipes...
A Radical Rethinking of Thanksgiving Leftovers - NYTimes.com: Here are 20 (you read that right) handy-dandy minirecipes designed to stimulate both your overindulged appetite and your tryptophanned-out brain.
A Radical Rethinking of Thanksgiving Leftovers - NYTimes.com: Here are 20 (you read that right) handy-dandy minirecipes designed to stimulate both your overindulged appetite and your tryptophanned-out brain.
Friday, November 18, 2011
BBC News - Dam Busters dog renamed for movie remake
Whoa, let's call it "Darn Busters", please.
BBC News - Dam Busters dog renamed for movie remake: In the remake, the dog will be called "Digger" instead of "Nigger".
BBC News - Dam Busters dog renamed for movie remake: In the remake, the dog will be called "Digger" instead of "Nigger".
Bad News for the Women of Tomorrow
Parks & Rec is the lowest rated comedy for kids 2-11! Violet loves the theme song, though.
Which TV Show Rich People Hate the Most, and 27 Other Unexpected Ratings Facts -- Vulture: Young girls need better role models: Despite its content and 10 p.m. time slot, ABC's Revenge averages a 0.6 rating with girls 2-11, doubling the 0.3 NBC's Parks and Rec pulls at 8:30 p.m.
Which TV Show Rich People Hate the Most, and 27 Other Unexpected Ratings Facts -- Vulture: Young girls need better role models: Despite its content and 10 p.m. time slot, ABC's Revenge averages a 0.6 rating with girls 2-11, doubling the 0.3 NBC's Parks and Rec pulls at 8:30 p.m.
'Community' Dan Harmon Q&A: 'Our fans influence the show' - TV Interview - Digital Spy
'Community' Dan Harmon Q&A: 'Our fans influence the show' - TV Interview - Digital Spy: "I [also] do try many times a season to put Alison [Brie] in a situation, wardrobe-wise, that I know is going to end up as an animated GIF file!"
Here's a link to Alison Brie animated gifs if you don't know what he's talking about.
Also see this Venn diagram explaining why Community should not be cancelled...
Here's a link to Alison Brie animated gifs if you don't know what he's talking about.
Also see this Venn diagram explaining why Community should not be cancelled...
Columbia Band Briefly Barred After Changing Lyrics of Fight Song - NYTimes.com
Team sucks, band blamed...
Columbia Band Briefly Barred After Changing Lyrics of Fight Song - NYTimes.com: The Columbia band got into trouble by offending its own team, even if perhaps deservedly.
Columbia Band Briefly Barred After Changing Lyrics of Fight Song - NYTimes.com: The Columbia band got into trouble by offending its own team, even if perhaps deservedly.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Just a marching band
The cutest 35 seconds you'll see today...
Just a marching band: Nothing going on over here, just a marching band
Just a marching band: Nothing going on over here, just a marching band
Online Retailers Upgrade Packaging to Provide Shopping's Magic Moment in a Box - WSJ.com
It's not a theatrical shopping experience unless there are jazz hands involved...
Online Retailers Upgrade Packaging to Provide Shopping's Magic Moment in a Box - WSJ.com: Online retailers are thinking inside the box—and about the box itself.
Online Retailers Upgrade Packaging to Provide Shopping's Magic Moment in a Box - WSJ.com: Online retailers are thinking inside the box—and about the box itself.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Legoland staff plays joke on boss by replacing his car with Lego Volvo - latimes.com
Makes sense. People who work at Ford should drive Fords, people who work at Toyota should drive Toyotas...
Legoland staff plays joke on boss by replacing his car with Lego Volvo - latimes.com: Legoland California employees pulled a prank on general manager Peter Rochetti this week by switching his Volvo XC60 with a life-size model that mechanics had been restoring.
Legoland staff plays joke on boss by replacing his car with Lego Volvo - latimes.com: Legoland California employees pulled a prank on general manager Peter Rochetti this week by switching his Volvo XC60 with a life-size model that mechanics had been restoring.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Rego-Forest Preservation Council: Forest Hills Tennis Stadium May Have A Sports & Entertainment Future
Yes, this! Exactly!
Rego-Forest Preservation Council: Forest Hills Tennis Stadium May Have A Sports & Entertainment Future: A non-profit known as the Stadium Arts Alliance is one of the contenders that submitted a proposal, in response to the West Side Tennis Club's Request For Proposals which ended on November 4th. The Stadium Arts Alliance would potentially lease the stadium and boost revenue for the WSTC. All particulars are not yet publicly known, but the US' 1st concrete tennis stadium would likely undergo restoration and conversion to accommodate tennis matches and hockey, with music and art festivals in the warmer months.
Rego-Forest Preservation Council: Forest Hills Tennis Stadium May Have A Sports & Entertainment Future: A non-profit known as the Stadium Arts Alliance is one of the contenders that submitted a proposal, in response to the West Side Tennis Club's Request For Proposals which ended on November 4th. The Stadium Arts Alliance would potentially lease the stadium and boost revenue for the WSTC. All particulars are not yet publicly known, but the US' 1st concrete tennis stadium would likely undergo restoration and conversion to accommodate tennis matches and hockey, with music and art festivals in the warmer months.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
The Jawa Report: Tea Party Versus #Occupy Checklist
Ha!
The Jawa Report: Tea Party Versus #Occupy Checklist: All conduct listed can be confirmed at the links listed or by simple Google searches.
The Jawa Report: Tea Party Versus #Occupy Checklist: All conduct listed can be confirmed at the links listed or by simple Google searches.
Why You Should Be Drinking Cheap Wine - Slate Magazine
The average annual consumption in the USA is only around one bottle per month?? We are definitely outliers.
Why You Should Be Drinking Cheap Wine - Slate Magazine: If hints of cassis, subtle earthiness, and jammy notes don’t interest you, you are not a lesser person. Wine is not art. There’s no reason to believe that aligning your tastes with those of a self-appointed elite will enrich your life, or make you more insightful or sensitive. If wine critics want to spend lavishly on the wine they like, that’s great. Leave them to their fun. Be grateful that you can gain just as much pleasure, if not more, without bankrupting yourself.
Why You Should Be Drinking Cheap Wine - Slate Magazine: If hints of cassis, subtle earthiness, and jammy notes don’t interest you, you are not a lesser person. Wine is not art. There’s no reason to believe that aligning your tastes with those of a self-appointed elite will enrich your life, or make you more insightful or sensitive. If wine critics want to spend lavishly on the wine they like, that’s great. Leave them to their fun. Be grateful that you can gain just as much pleasure, if not more, without bankrupting yourself.
Oh No They Didn't! - thirteen movie poster trends that are here to stay and what they say about their movies
Apparently, there are no original ideas in movie posters. Very cool.
Oh No They Didn't! - thirteen movie poster trends that are here to stay and what they say about their movies
Oh No They Didn't! - thirteen movie poster trends that are here to stay and what they say about their movies
Monday, November 7, 2011
Snow King in Jackson, Wyo., Struggles in Hard Times - NYTimes.com
This reminds me I need to get back to visit Wyoming someday.
Snow King in Jackson, Wyo., Struggles in Hard Times - NYTimes.com: Now the question is resonating here and across ski country, from upstate New York to Montana, where local hills and communities are struggling in the face of changed times and economic stress. What place do ski hills like Snow King have in the modern world?
Snow King in Jackson, Wyo., Struggles in Hard Times - NYTimes.com: Now the question is resonating here and across ski country, from upstate New York to Montana, where local hills and communities are struggling in the face of changed times and economic stress. What place do ski hills like Snow King have in the modern world?
American Catholics Prep For New Mass Translation | Fox News
This is going to be so confusing. I'll probably be saying things the old way for the rest of my life...
American Catholics Prep For New Mass Translation | Fox News: At the end of the month, parishes in English-speaking countries will begin to use a new translation of the Roman Missal, the ritual text of prayers and instructions for celebrating Mass. International committees of specialists worked under a Vatican directive to hew close to the Latin, sparking often bitter protests by English speakers over phrasing and readability.
American Catholics Prep For New Mass Translation | Fox News: At the end of the month, parishes in English-speaking countries will begin to use a new translation of the Roman Missal, the ritual text of prayers and instructions for celebrating Mass. International committees of specialists worked under a Vatican directive to hew close to the Latin, sparking often bitter protests by English speakers over phrasing and readability.
DOGHOUSE | Ice Machine Engineering Manual
Straight to step 4 for me would be nice...
DOGHOUSE | Ice Machine Engineering Manual
(The comic is too big to include here.)
DOGHOUSE | Ice Machine Engineering Manual
(The comic is too big to include here.)
Friday, November 4, 2011
prog21: Things That Turbo Pascal is Smaller Than
It probably takes more than 39k to write "Hello World!" in C++...
prog21: Things That Turbo Pascal is Smaller Than: The entire Turbo Pascal 3.02 executable--the compiler and IDE--was 39,731 bytes.
prog21: Things That Turbo Pascal is Smaller Than: The entire Turbo Pascal 3.02 executable--the compiler and IDE--was 39,731 bytes.
mental_floss Blog - The Flashy Girl From La Florida: The Nanny’s Global Success
I watched a lot more episodes of The Nanny than I care to admit. But I also have to admit it was a much better show that one would think it should be.
Coconut Whipped Cream
I don't need to cut down on dairy, but coconut whipped cream sounds absolutely delicious!
Coconut Whipped Cream: Coconut milk makes just as thick and rich whipped cream as whipping cream, if not more!
Coconut Whipped Cream: Coconut milk makes just as thick and rich whipped cream as whipping cream, if not more!
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Music | The Karaoke Quotient | A Formula For Determining The Best Karaoke Song Of All Time | Overthinking It
I'll be sure to bring the spreadsheet along next time we go karaoke-ing.
Music | The Karaoke Quotient | A Formula For Determining The Best Karaoke Song Of All Time | Overthinking It: We have an intuitive understanding of why some songs work and some don’t–too long, too repetitive, too hard to sing or rap–and that mostly serves us well. However, I wasn’t content with this. Surely there must be a way to advance beyond these vague ideas about karaoke song choice. If only there were some mathematical formula for determining karaoke song quality, then singers everywhere would have a consistent and reliable methodology for choosing songs well and avoiding the embarassment of stinking up the place with “Yellow Submarine.”
And part 2:
Music | The Karaoke Quotient, Part 2: Is "Summer Nights" The Best Karaoke Song Of All Time? | Overthinking It
Music | The Karaoke Quotient | A Formula For Determining The Best Karaoke Song Of All Time | Overthinking It: We have an intuitive understanding of why some songs work and some don’t–too long, too repetitive, too hard to sing or rap–and that mostly serves us well. However, I wasn’t content with this. Surely there must be a way to advance beyond these vague ideas about karaoke song choice. If only there were some mathematical formula for determining karaoke song quality, then singers everywhere would have a consistent and reliable methodology for choosing songs well and avoiding the embarassment of stinking up the place with “Yellow Submarine.”
And part 2:
Music | The Karaoke Quotient, Part 2: Is "Summer Nights" The Best Karaoke Song Of All Time? | Overthinking It
The Divine Right of Queen Bees | Overthinking It
More than I've ever thought about these two movies...
The Divine Right of Queen Bees | Overthinking It: We’ve all heard that history is written by the victors. Politics demand that whoever possesses power must be illustrated as a hero, while his or her rivals are painted as villainous threats to the established order. So how is history rewritten when the other side wins? Clueless and Mean Girls would have been the same story, if not for their different outcomes.
The Divine Right of Queen Bees | Overthinking It: We’ve all heard that history is written by the victors. Politics demand that whoever possesses power must be illustrated as a hero, while his or her rivals are painted as villainous threats to the established order. So how is history rewritten when the other side wins? Clueless and Mean Girls would have been the same story, if not for their different outcomes.
Language Log - Real trends in word and sentence length
I could barely get through Washington's paragraph. I think my mind is already going.
Language Log - Real trends in word and sentence length: So I wrote a script to harvest the inaugural addresses and state of the union addresses from the site of the American Presidency Project at UCSB, and some other scripts to (I hope) extract the texts of the speeches from their html wrappings, and to count word and sentence lengths.
Language Log - Real trends in word and sentence length: So I wrote a script to harvest the inaugural addresses and state of the union addresses from the site of the American Presidency Project at UCSB, and some other scripts to (I hope) extract the texts of the speeches from their html wrappings, and to count word and sentence lengths.
Worst California Biker Feud In A Decade Started As A Turf War At Starbucks
I hope they've decided on who gets the nearby Whole Foods...
Worst California Biker Feud In A Decade Started As A Turf War At Starbucks: Only in Santa Cruz would you have biker wars over who's going to control pumpkin spice lattes.
Worst California Biker Feud In A Decade Started As A Turf War At Starbucks: Only in Santa Cruz would you have biker wars over who's going to control pumpkin spice lattes.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
School Lunch Proposals Set Off a Dispute - NYTimes.com
So does this imply that the school lunch program is to blame making kids fat? We can address it by trusting parents to be able to feed their own kids. Our school simply didn't have a cafeteria; we all brown-bagged it (or lunch-boxed it) and nobody starved.
School Lunch Proposals Set Off a Dispute - NYTimes.com: A third of American children are obese or overweight, according to the government, and roughly 40 percent of the calories they eat are consumed in the school lunch period. Nutrition experts say if the nation wants to make progress on the obesity crisis among children, what they eat at lunchtime has to be addressed.
School Lunch Proposals Set Off a Dispute - NYTimes.com: A third of American children are obese or overweight, according to the government, and roughly 40 percent of the calories they eat are consumed in the school lunch period. Nutrition experts say if the nation wants to make progress on the obesity crisis among children, what they eat at lunchtime has to be addressed.
The Lost Art of Buying From a Butcher - NYTimes.com
I'm sure the meat is better if you buy it this way, but there's a reason people stopped wanting it to be so complicated!
The Lost Art of Buying From a Butcher - NYTimes.com: Butcher shops, once a vestige, are opening in many New York neighborhoods where buying meat has often been reduced to staring down a sea of plastic-wrapped foam trays. These new stores offer much more. To make the most of them, though, a basic understanding of the butcher’s craft is essential.
The Lost Art of Buying From a Butcher - NYTimes.com: Butcher shops, once a vestige, are opening in many New York neighborhoods where buying meat has often been reduced to staring down a sea of plastic-wrapped foam trays. These new stores offer much more. To make the most of them, though, a basic understanding of the butcher’s craft is essential.
On the Movie Set of Director Ilya Khrzhanovsky's Dau: Movies TV: GQ
Charlie Kaufman is an amateur...
On the Movie Set of Director Ilya Khrzhanovsky's Dau: Movies TV: GQ: Five years ago, a relatively unknown (and unhinged) director began one of the wildest experiments in film history. Armed with total creative control, he invaded a Ukrainian city, marshaled a cast of thousands and thousands, and constructed a totalitarian society in which the cameras are always rolling and the actors never go home
On the Movie Set of Director Ilya Khrzhanovsky's Dau: Movies TV: GQ: Five years ago, a relatively unknown (and unhinged) director began one of the wildest experiments in film history. Armed with total creative control, he invaded a Ukrainian city, marshaled a cast of thousands and thousands, and constructed a totalitarian society in which the cameras are always rolling and the actors never go home
Macy's Plans World's Largest Shoe Store as Part of $400 Million Redesign - DNAinfo.com
Disney World for women - right here in NYC!
Macy's Plans World's Largest Shoe Store as Part of $400 Million Redesign - DNAinfo.com: Macy’s Herald Square plans to create the world’s largest women’s shoe department as part of a massive $400 million redesign that will add new luxury retailers, a brew pub and a sit-down restaurant with views of the Empire State Building, the store announced Tuesday.
Macy's Plans World's Largest Shoe Store as Part of $400 Million Redesign - DNAinfo.com: Macy’s Herald Square plans to create the world’s largest women’s shoe department as part of a massive $400 million redesign that will add new luxury retailers, a brew pub and a sit-down restaurant with views of the Empire State Building, the store announced Tuesday.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
E-readers get heavier with each book - Telegraph
Ow, my back!
E-readers get heavier with each book - Telegraph: E-readers are meant to let bookworms carry their entire libraries with them without any additional weight – but the devices actually get heavier every time a new text is downloaded.
E-readers get heavier with each book - Telegraph: E-readers are meant to let bookworms carry their entire libraries with them without any additional weight – but the devices actually get heavier every time a new text is downloaded.
Making the Grade: Why the Cheapest Maple Syrup Tastes Best - Yoni Appelbaum - Life - The Atlantic
When Sue's parents still lived in Maine, her dad would go out in the woods every year and tap trees for syrup. But they're in Florida now. We ran out of his last batch years ago.
Making the Grade: Why the Cheapest Maple Syrup Tastes Best - Yoni Appelbaum - Life - The Atlantic: The market for maple syrup offers an odd inversion. The thin, pale fluid labeled Fancy or Grade A Light Amber commands the highest prices. It is the white bread of condiments, an inoffensive accompaniment to more flavorful fare. The robust, thick syrup marked Grade B fairly bursts with maple flavor, but sells at a significant discount. So why does the nominally inferior grade offer decidedly superior flavor?
Making the Grade: Why the Cheapest Maple Syrup Tastes Best - Yoni Appelbaum - Life - The Atlantic: The market for maple syrup offers an odd inversion. The thin, pale fluid labeled Fancy or Grade A Light Amber commands the highest prices. It is the white bread of condiments, an inoffensive accompaniment to more flavorful fare. The robust, thick syrup marked Grade B fairly bursts with maple flavor, but sells at a significant discount. So why does the nominally inferior grade offer decidedly superior flavor?
How Celebrities Took Over Cartoon Voice Acting - Scott Meslow - Entertainment - The Atlantic
I always found it strange that the bland-sounding (but oh-so-very-not-bland-looking) Cameron Diaz can be used as a selling point for the Shrek movies.
How Celebrities Took Over Cartoon Voice Acting - Scott Meslow - Entertainment - The Atlantic: But when it comes to movies, recent years have seen big-screen Hollywood voice acting dominated by A-List actors like Bruce Willis, Angelina Jolie, and Robert DeNiro. The latest celebrity-dominated animated film comes now in the Shrek-inspired Puss in Boots, which represents the unholy trinity of Hollywood's recent favorite trends: 3D, prequels, and spinoffs.
How Celebrities Took Over Cartoon Voice Acting - Scott Meslow - Entertainment - The Atlantic: But when it comes to movies, recent years have seen big-screen Hollywood voice acting dominated by A-List actors like Bruce Willis, Angelina Jolie, and Robert DeNiro. The latest celebrity-dominated animated film comes now in the Shrek-inspired Puss in Boots, which represents the unholy trinity of Hollywood's recent favorite trends: 3D, prequels, and spinoffs.
Welcome To Unreader!
Google Reader used to provide a feed of items that you shared, as well as a feed of items that your friends shared. But Google got rid of those convenient and useful features in their ill-considered move to force people to share via Google+
But I thought of a workaround: I created this blog specifically to share items that I would have formerly shared in Reader. Mostly articles I find interesting and webcomics I find funny. Light on politics and light on my own personal stuff.
A "Blog This" bookmarklet (see the link below) lets me easily post any item to the blog. And anyone who's interested can subscribe to this blog's RSS feed and read it as before in Reader. Easy, right? And it should work at least until Google decides to fold Blogger into Google+ as well...
What is BlogThis! ? - Blogger Help
But I thought of a workaround: I created this blog specifically to share items that I would have formerly shared in Reader. Mostly articles I find interesting and webcomics I find funny. Light on politics and light on my own personal stuff.
A "Blog This" bookmarklet (see the link below) lets me easily post any item to the blog. And anyone who's interested can subscribe to this blog's RSS feed and read it as before in Reader. Easy, right? And it should work at least until Google decides to fold Blogger into Google+ as well...
What is BlogThis! ? - Blogger Help
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