Friday Random Ten, Part 2
1. Radiohead – I Can’t 2. Elvis Costello – Jacksons, Monk and Rowe 3. Dave Matthews Band – Joyful Girl (Ani Difranco cover) 4. Rolling Stones – Stealing My Heart 5. Allison Krauss – There Is A Reason 6. Bob Dylan – You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere 7. Ray Charles – Come Back 8. Curtis Mayfield [...]
...read moreMore on Boys in School
By Majikthise (be sure to read the comments) When a gender gap that favors boys, the proposed solutions generally involve changing girls to meet the prevailing ideal. This is usually the most sensible way to approach the problem. Girls are underperforming in math and science? Well, then we should keep up the emphasis on math [...]
...read moreIf I Lived In Springfield
I’d hang at Moe’s. But my hair is way better than that in person.
...read moreAnd David Horowitz Is Still A Tool
Reasonably related to Jill’s anti-intellectual conservatives post below, Cathy Young and David Schraub state exactly why this “tape my professors, win a hundred bills” schtick is completely indefensible. John Cole pinpoints why this “anti-PC” movement irritates the hell out of me: I don’t have a problem with identifying and criticizing those who use their lectern [...]
...read moreScotty McHuffy
I love seeing this guy get huffy with reporters, except when I sorta-kinda-not-really feel sorry for him. No way in hell I’d take that job. Watch the video. Plus, David Gregory says “taint.”
...read moreMy Cats Hate Me Because I Won’t Let Them Drink From the Sink Anymore, But Then, They Don’t Pay The Bills
You want a love story? Here’s a love story. The other night Ethan and I sat down to dinner when we suddenly heard the signature sound of a horking feline. I peered around the corner to see Pablo straining against a hairball and Doug idly looking on. I made the somewhat sensible/somewhat gross decision to [...]
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