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January 2012

Uh-Oh.

According to Bleacher Report, former GU standout Adam Morrison is the second-worst NBA draft pick of the last decade. In + more

“House: After Five Years of Living”

Take a gander at a short film made by Charles and Ray Eames of their home—Case Study House No. 8—in + more

Blue Marble 2012

Courtesy of NASA, here’s a link to an 8000 x 8000 HD image of Earth, shot January 4. Enjoy.

, , , , , Chameleon

The comma has a way of bedeviling even the most careful of writers, particularly when grammarians can’t come to an + more

Buckle Up

It pains me to admit it, but words aren’t always necessary to deliver a compelling message.

And the Winner Is…

If the entries in our Stupidest Song Ever contest are any indicator, the last word has precisely three readers. The + more

What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Scientists from Skynet Case Western Reserve University have created an army of cyborg cockroaches.

Hello? Anyone?

The somewhat less-than-overwhelming response to yesterday’s post can only mean that a compelling case for the use of “ask” as + more

When Did “Ask” Become a Noun?

I’m being serious here, folks. At what point in our history did someone say to himself, “Hey, you know what + more

Onward…indeed!

One of my favorite reads in 2011 was Onward by Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz. Its subtitle sums up the author’s + more

Because Hitler is So 1939

It’s one thing for gullible college students (but I repeat myself) to go around wearing Che Guevara T-shirts; it’s quite + more

“…the condition of encroaching ignorance.”

Philosopher Stan Persky says that the “social purpose of reading books is to become a more effective participant in creating + more

What the #@!!*&##!?

Well, it happened again. This time, however, I wasn’t about to conclude our staff meeting until my point was made. + more

Time Marches Inexorably On

Today is the birthday of our fearless leader, who was born the same year Hugh Hefner opened his first Playboy + more

Men, You Might Not Want to Read This

From today’s edition of the Charlotte Observer: There’s a perfectly good explanation, of course. Which is probably why Baron Davis + more

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