My sister just sent my attention to this terrific story on NPR about 3-year-old boy who memorizes and recites poetry. Watch the video of Samuel Chelpka reciting “Litany” by Billy Collins and you’ll understand quickly how phenomenal and just plain awesome this is. I need more poetry in my life, especially like this. Thanks, Sis!
The RSS feed on this blog is broken. I don’t know how to fix it. Can anyone help? Somewhere along the way, I think when I moved from Moveable Type to WordPress, I thought it would be an awesome idea to sign up with Feedburner to handle my RSS feed. The idea, as I recall, [...]
It’s that time of year again. I’m 10,000 words into another NaNoWriMo project (I’m not calling it a novel because, well, it just isn’t and probably never will be) and already bumping into some kind of wall. Such fun! What’s not so fun is Laura Miller advising people against NaNoWriMo. Why? So people can read [...]
I haven’t had the pleasure of travelling outside the U.S. since all this “border security” and TSA madness, but Paul Lukacs has, and he has a great story about being detained by the feds for not answering questions: I was detained last night by federal authorities at San Francisco International Airport for refusing to answer [...]
Two weeks ago I noticed this little bit at Crooks and Liars: New Documents Show Bush Administration Planned War in Iraq Well Before 9/11/2001. The documents seem to be just as described — the Bush administration was making plans to invade Iraq at least as early as January, 2001. According to the National Security Archive, [...]
If you’re a University of Chicago Law Professor, married to a doctor, with a combined household income of over $250k/year, um, stop whining. Seriously. You sound like a complete asshat. It’s hard to believe this man is allowed to teach anyone anything. Apparently, his “research interests” include “corporations, securities regulation, bankruptcy, law and economics, and [...]
Glenn Greenwald on Obama’s assassination program: I actually can’t believe that there is even a “debate” over whether an American President — without a shred of due process or oversight — has the power to compile hit lists of American citizens whom he orders the CIA to kill far away from any battlefield. The notion that the [...]
Unknown source: Texting has surpassed email, phone, and face-to-face conversation as the main communication vehicle for 12-17 year olds. And girls 14-17 years old send 100 texts/day? Really? These data, along with the fact that the source of the data is apparently not the least bit important, suggest we should just give up on the [...]
Just a few notes on the way to the cigar stand: Judges who pay attention to what people are wearing in court only make themselves look ridiculous and make us all lose respect for the judiciary. Similarly, stories speculating about whether law school is a bad investment are ridiculous because the evidence is overwhelming: Law [...]
Hoptober is back! Hoptober is made up of Centennial, Cascade, Sterling, Willamette and Glacier hops, while pale and wheat malt are mashed with rye and oats. Its creative elements spark a bonfire of citrus notes, fruity cheers and a bold finale. “The wide array of hops creates a series of flavors that slowly unfold on [...]
