“Daddy, THAT gum costs. $1.59. If you buy THIS gum for me, you’ll save 30c!” “I know how we can save $1.59!” “You’re mean.” “No, I’m cheap.” Similar:My Minecraft-obsessed tween made this blocky foam pig at art camp. Next up: Stage Right summer musical th…AestheticsParallel structure in writing: Use it!These comic panels cover the issue…
22 Words | Middle-class Problems Similar:I've Stopped Creating Syllabi. Now I Create Syllabuses.At some point, using “syllabi” as the pl…AcademiaInheritance (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 7, Episode 10) Data's mom talks a lot, young …Rewatching ST:TNG Within minutes of hea…EmpathyAquiel (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 6, Episode 13) LaForge adopts a murder victim's dog…Rewatching ST:TNG LaForge gets…
RT @SamekAshley: On a side note I’m going to feel really weird tweeting during mass #el227 #openliturgy Similar:What kids do when Dad won't hand over the iPod So I’m not being selfish… this is …EducationShe doesn't have keys or a phone or an ID. Why does my tween need a purse?To stash her Lemonheads and…
When the theater major called his journalism minor a “safety,” the journalism majors (including former music & theater majors) laughed. Similar:And the girl has succeeded in getting me to wear t…And the girl has succeeded in getting me…TweetsJudge: Apple conspired to fix eBook prices.Judge: Apple conspired to fix eBook pric…BooksIn Defense Of Metaphors In Science…
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…
“Mr. Frisbie,” I called to him, and he stopped and turned around, taking off his bowler hat and smiling as he shook my hand. I got right to the point. “I’m trying to come up with a column for the dog days of summer,” I told him. “Something quick and fun but smart. But I’m…
Similar:The #Blender3D #eevee denoising filter gives off a pretty amazing Caldecott prize-winning …The filter won’t replace real hand-drawn…AestheticsKittenwar”May the cutest kitten win…” –Kittenw…AestheticsPippin! Last show today at 2pm.CultureI'd love to do a shift at these gorgeous #neovictorian workstations, created in #Blender3D…AestheticsPreemptive Strike (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 7, Episode 24) Lt. Ro's loyalties are te……
SHU’s Phil Komarny: Every get, starts with a give: We have all heard the phrase, you get what you give, and in the world of social media that phrase takes on a much more weighty meaning. Go ahead, prove me right, create a twitter account and follow 100 or so people. Just read, don’t interact.…
Student who dropped by to troubleshoot her blog politely averted her eyes each time I typed my admin password. #kidstoday Similar:little drops — Why Dove's "Real Beauty Sketches" Video Makes Me Uncomfortable… and Kind …Very insightful…. A reminder that even…AestheticsPa. agency explains why it enacted new 'no force-on-force rule' for Bushy Run, other sitesAttending the…
For a while, we were part of a homeschool co-op, where the organizer — a parent to two darling girls who happily sat through lessons — would discipline fidgety boys like my Peter by withholding their recess breaks. During a group activity, I overheard another parent say “Peter, don’t work ahead.” We didn’t sign up…
I still haven’t seen the video, but this event is the pop-culture gift that keeps on giving. Every child dreads this day: sooner or later, your parents will come to you, innocently wide-eyed, to ask you about twerking. How you handle this difficult conversation is extremely important and could have a significant impact on the…
Mrs. Miller doesn’t read the entire newspaper. “Some people put in things that don’t interest me, like who is going to host church next time,” she said. She reads letters from former hometowns and from her older sister, 89-year-old Ada Coblentz, who writes for the Budget and recently noted she had a chest cold. Both…
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If you are a gentleman, never lower the intellectual standard of your conversation in addressing ladies. Pay them the compliment of seeming to consider them capable of an equal understanding with gentlemen. You will, no doubt, be somewhat surprised to find in how many cases the supposition will be grounded on fact, and in the…
My 11yo, of the opening chapters of a YA novel with an orphan heroine: “That’s a rip-off of Annie, Oliver, and Les Miz.” (Eyeroll.) (But she asked me to read her more chapters.) Similar:Making a villain's lair in #Blender3D (this weekend's relaxation)Aesthetics"All for the Best" RehearsalHere’s a brief clip of a rehearsal of “A…AmusingNOT a…
A typographic engineer, Connare was working at Microsoft in 1993, when he was asked for his input on a new program’s fonts. “When I loaded the CD a little dog came up. He talked in a speech balloon like you would get in a newspaper cartoon strip, but it was in the system font Times…
Draft: “As my classmates tormented, I shrank into my turtle-like shell.” Suggestion: “The school mocked; I turtled.” (Yes, I am #marking.) Similar:Synergistic Synthesis XVII Sub B1 Chair by Kenneth SmytheAfter my daughter’s theater workshop, I …AestheticsThespian robot doesn't let stiff acting stop it from applying for Screen Actors Guild cardA clever little stunt, getting a…
RT @avantgame: So, to conclude: SuperBetter works, clinical evidence, the company has disbanded, I don’t own the IP, if someone wants to bu… Similar:RT @JordanFor: One of the counters from the Civil…RT @JordanFor: One of the counters from …TweetsHow hate and misinformation go viral: A case study of a Trump retweetOn Sunday night, President Donald…
Similar:Hollow Pursuits (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season Three, Episode 21) Misfit Crewmember Faces…Rewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break….AmusingBeautiful set. Support the humans who do arts in your community (instead of settling for …Beautiful set. Support the humans who d…PersonalEach of these #retro #neovictorian #steampunk control panels takes me about an hour. #gree…AestheticsFull Bloom opens tonight.PersonalIn October, 2002,…
Even after the proliferation of print, the humble pen continued to flourish. History owes a lot to the literates who, entirely off their own steam, chose to document the times they lived in. Without people such as Samuel Pepys, there would be huge caverns in our knowledge of major events that happened in relatively recent…