The top twenty are: France (44); Canada (40); Germany (33); Mexico (32); United Kingdom (30); Italy (28); Russia and the Holy See (tied at 19 each); Japan (18); Egypt and South Korea (tied at 16 each); Belgium (14); Brazil (13);… Continue Reading
“I hope that if Chris Christie some day runs for the Republican nomination, that he doesn’t lose any weight. I mean that because the United States culture continues to be replete with negative images of heavy men and heavy women… Continue Reading
NBC News has a piece asking whether the cost of private schooling (K-12) is worth the cost. This part jumped out at me: Despite a strong résumé that included solid grades and entrance exam scores, and an enviable list of… Continue Reading
Construction workers bolted a communications spire atop the New World Trade Center in Manhattan today, bringing the still-under-construction skyscraper to its final height of 1,776 feet. Rightly: New York has rebuilt, and are taller and better than before. The new… Continue Reading
Future: [F2] A green building that eats smog. [F3] Glenn Reynolds wants to know who has the mineral rites… on an asteroid? [F4] Science fiction notoriously gets it wrong much of the time, so it’s noteworthy when science fiction gets… Continue Reading
My name is Vikram Bath, and I can’t help myself. It’s been five years since my last post–a dirty rant from a PhD student in the skankiest corner of the Internet on a striving-for-the-D-list blog. Since then I graduated, became… Continue Reading
Burt and I are extremely excited to announce that we will have a third voice here at Not a Potted Plant: Vikram Bath. Vikram has not been a regular at The League or NaPP, but he’s an old voice for… Continue Reading
When Governor Mark Sanford abandoned his job to win back his lover and destroy his family, I can’t say that I approved of that. However, once the damage had been done and the smoke had cleared, I was actually sort… Continue Reading
This is a rather difficult post for me to write. Mostly, because it runs contrary to what I want to believe. It also challenges beliefs that I have had over the years and makes me wonder if I believed them… Continue Reading
Once something is published on the Internet, it’s too late to take it back. Ask Anthony Weiner. Pictured to the left is a 3D printer. As predicted here more than half a year ago, it is now a demonstrated reality… Continue Reading