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Happy Feet gets a higher rating than Blood Diamond.

No words.

Getting Things Done (GTD) is all the rage on the net these days. I haven’t read the book yet, but I’ve gleaned a lot of the ideas through various sites. The basic concepts seem sound, though many of the implementations seem over-the-top for the amount of information I need to manage. So [...]

Okay, not all of them, but a good bunch of them do. And now that they’ve opened it up to everyone, there’s nothing stopping you from being as hip as we already are. But more than that, you can join in an odd type of communication we’ve come up with that I hereby [...]

A brief interview with Robert Shields, author of the world’s longest diary. A few sample pages from the work: 1, 2,
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I was tempted to title this post either “the postmodernists are going to love this one” or “what I fear I will one day become,” though perhaps [...]

I noticed a bit of bathroom graffiti on campus today that, as an English teacher, makes me a little sad: “Jesus Love’s [sic] You!” For some reason, forming possessives and plurals troubles a wide range of students. It’s an error that cuts across all demographic lines. Now, it could be that [...]

This cool turtle ornament took a dive off the tree and crashed. I’ve tried to find one on the web, but without any luck. If you notice one in your holiday shopping, I’ll gladly pay you for it (plus shipping and a finder’s fee):