If there’s been one surprise about parenthood – and it really shouldn’t have been a surprise, and there’s been more than one – it’s that it makes things more complicated. Every day things. I have had to re-learn how I… Continue Reading
World: [W1] An exciting jailbreak in Canada… involving a hijacked helicopter! [W2] China is throwing its lot in with Ubuntu Linux. Or at least their own version of it. Culture: [C1] Teachers are ignoring the stigma against student grouping/tracking. Barry… Continue Reading
The Conference soon-to-be-formerly-known as the Big East Conference has decided on its new name: The American Athletic Conference. Or “The American” for short. They had previously considered The Metro and The United. They made the wrong choice, in my view.… Continue Reading
Some bloggers wonder what would happen in a post-sleep world. Garrett Jones thinks that work ours would go down because, as work-hours become less valuable, people would work less (as a percentage of awake-time). Matthew Yglesias argues that those at… Continue Reading
Well, the terminology anyway: AP Stylebook editors sat down with a number of groups who were concerned about their entry on the the term in recent years and “sought the views of a cross section of AP staffers” on the… Continue Reading
The Journal-Gazette of Fort Wayne has a good write-up on The Cancellation Bear. The website TV By the Numbers is making sport out of predicting which television series will survive or disappear, and the first weeks of a new TV… Continue Reading
Megan McArdle wonders: These days, a nearly-perfect GPA is the barest requisite for an elite institution. You’re also supposed to be a top notch athlete and/or musician, the master of multiple extracurriculars. Summers should preferably be spent doing charitable work,… Continue Reading
Princeton alum Susan Patton garnered some publicity by writing a letter to the Daily Princetonian suggesting that the women attending the school take the opportunity to find a mate there: A few weeks ago, I attended the Women and Leadership… Continue Reading
Entertainment: [E1] Are we reaching the end of product placement? I wouldn’t guess it from how characters seem to have a new smartphone every episode. [E2] Reading fiction can make us more empathetic. Fettleness: [F1] When I find myself worrying… Continue Reading
I spent this evening scrubbing the door of the garage they’re tearing down. I also got a bill from the cleaners for $1700. Lastly, the cleaners activated a pipe that sprung a leak and so there’s dirty water all over… Continue Reading