“Why is it called the ‘Death Star’? I thought it was gonna be a star. That’s not a star. Looks more like the ‘Death Moon’ to me.”
—Olivia, age 6
culture
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“sabotaging such codes is akin to a government secretly commanding lockmakers to make their products easier to pick”
“From one millennial to another…”
Tim Urban in Huffington Post on unhappiness of Gen Y (millennials):
It’s pretty straightforward — when the reality of someone’s life is better than they had expected, they’re happy. When reality turns out to be worse than the expectations, they’re unhappy.
“Info-blitzkrieg”
“The info-blitzkrieg has spawned a… newly minted condition: ‘continuous partial attention.’”
“What great culture doesn’t love to eat, and isn’t proud of their food?”
Anthony Bourdain on Fareed Zakaria GPS
“204 apply. 32 qualify.”
I love the World Cup.
Awenderniful
Just learned a new word while grading papers: “Awenderniful” 100 points to anyone who can correctly define it.
So which is it? A street or a road?
“Latin Americans spend twice as much time tweeting as the rest of the world”
“Necessary reading for anyone wanting to know more about Missouri and Don James’ successful Husky teams”
Barnes Hollow is an amalgamation of beauty, wildlife and can usually tell you that is considered part of Don James’ successful Husky teams.
Golly.
“Using Facebook makes you miserable”
Dr Kross and Dr Verduyn therefore conclude that, rather than enhancing well-being, Facebook undermines it.
“On the difficulty of conciseness”
Blaise Pascal:
I have made this longer than usual because I have not had time to make it shorter.
“The $330,000.00 hamburger”
“US Soccer is winning”
Currently, the USMNT is on an 11-game winning streak — the longest ever.
“There are more possible chess games than there are atoms in the universe.”
–Rasskin-Gutman