February 2012
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January 2012
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The pedals go round and round: Winter afternoons →
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I can hear the kettle boiling over from my office, so I rise eagerly from my chair and follow a familiar path to the kitchen. Open cabinet, grab honey, pick up a mug from the drying rack by the sink. A dollop of honey goes into the bottom of the mug and begins to spread out, stopping only at the…
My old roommate has been waxing poetic in his past few Tumblr posts. If you find...
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“No editor ever questioned what I wrote [about virtual reality for the World Book...”
– Randy Pausch – The Last Lecture
Many know Randy Pausch, the famous professor from Carnegie Mellon who died of pancreatic cancer. I read his book, The Last Lecture, a few years ago, and this paragraph always stuck with me (and seems appropriate on a day where Wikipedia is in the headlines).
Randy...
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“[In October,] Humanity reaches a major milestone as the United Nations estimates...”
– Dave Barry – Year in Review
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“This was a year in which the cast members of Jersey Shore went to Italy and then...”
– Dave Barry – Year in Review
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December 2011
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The Lost Gospel :: McSweeney's →
What fun is your religion if you can’t enjoy some jokes about it? This McSweeney’s article may be a little sacrilegious at some points, but it’s very funny at all points.
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WISEMAN: Here...
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THIS VIDEO WILL TOTALLY GO VIRAL. :: McSweeney's →
Silver (Kids) Package: $59.99
This package features an impossibly adorable five-year-old girl. While still slightly loopy following a dental procedure, the girl will give herself an inspirational pep talk in the mirror about the awesomeness of being a five-year-old girl. Her cochlear implant will then be activated for the first time and she will be told, on camera, that she is GOING TO DISNEY...
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