Category Archives: Life
Ideology and Sim City
Monica Potts laments the “anti-liberal tilt” in computer games: Sim City, which preceded The Sims, has players create a virtual metropolis instead of a virtual family. As a Sim City expert, I can tell you that things function much more … Continue reading
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Doodling may make you smarter
Told you so, Ms. Reardon: Doodling is a way of passing the time when bored by a lecture or telephone call. Does it improve or hinder attention to the primary task? To answer this question, 40 participants monitored a monotonous … Continue reading
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The Preschool Search Commences
We’re trying to get the little (big) guy in a preschool program beginning around January. Minimal luck so far. I’ve had two school directors audibly laugh at me for trying to get a mid-year spot. Why so few preschool spots … Continue reading
Carlo Augustine Tedeschi
[Note: Sorry, I thought I had successfully posted this, but the original announcement seems not to have penetrated Kaiser Permanente's walls-o'-wifi-obliteration. I'm impressed though by the number of people who put 2 and 2 together just from the new profile … Continue reading
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The Where-Is-Your-God-Now Burger
True California cuisine. The Where-Is-Your-God-Now? Burger from MAKE MOVIES on Vimeo.
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Transitions
Hummers for SMARTs. Brilliant. Though if folks paid the real cost of their gas guzzlers at the pump, I’d be agnostic about Hummers.
If these trends continue… ayyyyyyy!!!!
All U.S. adults could be overweight in 40 years. The Simpsons aside, this study reminds me of a high school group English assignment where we had to craft a piece of satire à la “A Modest Proposal”. I don’t remember … Continue reading
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