RT @nowviskie: @tcarmody @amandafrench @jenhoward…

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@nowviskie I feel strangely culpable, since the la…

@nowviskie I feel strangely culpable, since the last @sramsay tweet emphathized with my tears over “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.” Similar:RT @DDeClaudio: Who do you think controls the news…RT @DDeClaudio: Who do you think control…TweetsCarolyn Gombell Is Not a Real Person: #JusticeforCarolyn Is a Campaign Against Twitter Ref…Fascinating use of social media. To…

Roadside Sobriety Test Gone Wild

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Jimmy Kimmel Reveals “Worst Twerk Fail EVER – Girl Catches Fire” Prank

Brilliant. The combination of a looks-too-good-to-be-true video, the patina of respectability that comes when a TV talking head introduces the clip, and the internet as a means for spreading links illustrates just how easy it is to fool lots of people — including professionals who should know better. I did show the original video to…

This Is Not a Book: Thomas Jefferson & Apple’s App Store

Humanities professors from the University of Virginia describe their frustrating attempts to give away their innovative textual study tool via Apple’s App Store. The reason the App Review Team gave (again and again) was that our app was “simply” or “just a book” (their words), and that it therefore had to be formatted in Apple’s…

Where Are the Women?

Thanks for the suggestion, Nicole. The 4th Estate Project’s study of 2012 election-year coverage found that major U.S. newspapers and TV news programs featured up to seven times as many quotes from men as women. Men’s voices were dominant even in stories on abortion, birth control, Planned Parenthood, and women’s rights. The 2013 Status of…

My geekling is enthusiastically hurling herself ar…

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My wife & daughter are in the kitchen, yelling…

My wife & daughter are in the kitchen, yelling & crying in fake Italian accents. (Practicing their toy shop tantrum scene from Pinocchio.) Similar:Proto iPads and Paper Coexist in Classic Star TrekRewatching the classic Trek episode “The…CybercultureAnd the girl has succeeded in getting me to wear t…And the girl has succeeded in getting me…TweetsParallel Structure…

@penguins season tickets! @stagerightgbg is raffli…

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Snickering over Monday’s quiz question about the R…

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“Daddy, THAT gum costs. $1.59. If you buy THIS gum…

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15 Twitter Users Overreacting to Life’s Small Problems

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RT @SamekAshley: On a side note I’m going to feel…

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When the theater major called his journalism minor…

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Date a girl who reads.

I earned a +8 or +9 spousal bonus when I told my wife this little essay, by Rosemarie Urquico, made me think of her. It’s easy to date a girl who reads. Give her books for her birthday, for Christmas and for anniversaries. Give her the gift of words, in poetry, in song. Give her…