This is creative thinking at work. How do you arrest someone for cleaning a tunnel – even if it looks like graffiti? I imagine the call to Police HQ was pretty amusing and resulted in a lot of head scratching. It often takes explicit subversion of our preconceptions to reveal…
School is out in Texas – what will the kids be working on this summer? We can all hope Something like this… It never ceases to amaze me what the human mind and body can accomplish. Enjoy ht Ezra Klein
This needs no comment. Appropriately placed rude gesture warning. OPOL
Been fighting the crud since Saturday. The best I can muster so far this week is an overdue iTunes Mix for your listening pleasure. I found a couple of particularly good new artists (for me) – Richard Shindell (also in Cry, Cry, Cry), and Pink Martini. Thanks to Rich Geist…
One of the annoying parts of running a blog are the spam comments from people who want to surreptitiously sneak a back-link to their site on your blog. Askimet handles most of this automatically (thank you – thank you – thank you) but every day one or two servings of…
Bambi Meets Godzilla is the best 90 seconds of student film – ever. This classic came up at dinner tonight and it warmed my heart the same way it did 30 years ago. Thank you Marv Newland, a man of many talents. [This post has nothing to do with Educational…
This video may be the best four minutes you will spend this week. I laughed, I cried, I sat in awe of the creative vision that pulled this together. Watch it full screen if you can. Safe for work. Enjoy. When someone’s thread crosses yours today – will they have…
literacy n. The condition or quality of being literate, especially the ability to read and write. Surpise! It turns out that the generation in school today is writing more and reading more. Several recent reports provide evidence to support this startling claim. The internet – a time pig that has…
Growing up in New England I was taught that it was rude to discuss politics, religion, or money with casual acquaintances. Later, when I entered the business world, I was never one to socialize much with co-workers beyond lunch or meals on the road. It isn’t that I have a…
Its time again for a mix of my favorite tunes from the past few months. There was an unusually large crop of great music this summer – and whittling it down to just 20 songs was tough. This mix is pretty rootsy although there is some rock, jazz, and folk…