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Happy Birthday, Chuck

Thanks to Google, pretty much everyone knows it’s Charles Dickens’s 200th birthday today. To celebrate, consider purchasing a copy of + more

“Man as Industrial Palace”

Sure, the U.S. National Library of Medicine says that this is a 1926 chromolithograph of the human digestive and respiratory + more

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.

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

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

How to Catch Big Fish

The latest PROOF! issue (no. 6) tells the story of local fly-tying master John Newbury. PROOF! is a biannual publication + more

A Christmas Card from Terry Gilliam

Merry Christmas, everyone.

Public Service Announcement

With the price of coal nearing $80 per short ton (at least in northern Appalachia), here’s a way to save + more

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