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Podcasts from How Stuff Works: Stuff You Missed in History Class, thanks to DVS in SWAPA. Need iTunes specifically to listen to 'em.
A short essay on memorization (specifically of poetry), and why this isn't the "spitback" we (we?) hated in High School: A Word on Rote Memorization by Mark Bauerlein. Wish I'd had this handed to me in high school chemistry. Thanks maybe to supergee? I forget. Maybe to Jed.
On retouching photos, in which a 46-year old woman is edited. Was this successful? Why did they do it? Impossibly Beautiful from Shakesville, via supergee.
Something that made me think about where I've been slacking in my own family responsibilities (this is a good thing, here, as I have been doing just that in certain ways): Dude, man up and start acting like a mom: How I learned to stop sulking and embrace my life as a stay-at-home father by Aaron Traister on Salon. Can't remember who posted this first, but thank you.
China Miéville has some reasons I hadn't heard of to appreciate J.R.R. Tolkein. This is via Supergee too, but seems right up Jed's alley also. And Chris Cobb's?
Continuing in the literary vein, an essay by Terri Windling on Beauty, Beast, and Marriage. Again with probably from Jed or Supergee.
The Achipelago of Weird, a metaphoric approach to coping with people who think you are just out there, and vice versa. Great phrasing; the comments fill out this idea a little, and add what I would've added had I been there for the discussion. lepi and mysteryelfx might appreciate this one especially. Well, many of you, but those two occasional readers of my blog come immediately to mind.
Three Swarthmore Reunion pics that make me happy: Folk Dancers, musicians and physics teachers (yes, Jim).
A short essay on memorization (specifically of poetry), and why this isn't the "spitback" we (we?) hated in High School: A Word on Rote Memorization by Mark Bauerlein. Wish I'd had this handed to me in high school chemistry. Thanks maybe to supergee? I forget. Maybe to Jed.
On retouching photos, in which a 46-year old woman is edited. Was this successful? Why did they do it? Impossibly Beautiful from Shakesville, via supergee.
Something that made me think about where I've been slacking in my own family responsibilities (this is a good thing, here, as I have been doing just that in certain ways): Dude, man up and start acting like a mom: How I learned to stop sulking and embrace my life as a stay-at-home father by Aaron Traister on Salon. Can't remember who posted this first, but thank you.
China Miéville has some reasons I hadn't heard of to appreciate J.R.R. Tolkein. This is via Supergee too, but seems right up Jed's alley also. And Chris Cobb's?
Continuing in the literary vein, an essay by Terri Windling on Beauty, Beast, and Marriage. Again with probably from Jed or Supergee.
The Achipelago of Weird, a metaphoric approach to coping with people who think you are just out there, and vice versa. Great phrasing; the comments fill out this idea a little, and add what I would've added had I been there for the discussion. lepi and mysteryelfx might appreciate this one especially. Well, many of you, but those two occasional readers of my blog come immediately to mind.
Three Swarthmore Reunion pics that make me happy: Folk Dancers, musicians and physics teachers (yes, Jim).