Thursday, January 6, 2011
...Calling all 25-30 year-olds
If anyone out there ages 26 - 40 reading this remember the different names of maps we had to study in grade school geography, I literally forget it all, send me a message
Here's a list of things kids born in 2011 will never know of
Fax machines maybe.. Video rental stores sure.. But forgetting friends is a part of life, as is a watch. And sometimes a hand written sentiment is much more meaningful than a blog post or a tweet.
I think some of these tech-related futurists are a little off, but for the most part correct.
I’d miss the paper maps if I was a kid in the future. They don’t know what they’re missing. I remember in the 7th grade, it was a big deal to get a map that (name escapes me) was able to be touched with mountain ranges and land masses having a feeling on the fingers. That was technology as a geography student in the early 1990s. My child Ayden will laugh at me one day, as he plugs in his pinky finger to do his homework on his whoknowwhatPad.
Of course the progression of humanity into a world that knows of no 20th century items depends on a progressively improving economy.. And so far in ‘11 I am not seeing that.
Here's a list of things kids born in 2011 will never know of
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Midnight on the East Coast, night begins to take hold over America..
Edison Lighthouse: Love grows where my Rosemary Goes.. But nobody knew but him.
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011
40,000 crabs dead on England's beaches
Fireworks are not to blame. Instead the working theory is hypothermia. And while that is a working theory, other theories are rampant as the worldwide plight of fish and birds seemingly continues.
40,000 crabs dead on England's beaches
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Chris Isaak — Somebody’s Crying
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OATS LIKE MOTHER MADE
Me: Tara, do you want any Mother's Oats?
Tara: What the f&* is Mother's Oats!?
Me: Oatmeal
Tara: No, I have my teeth.
Later in the night... Tara: Why can you just say oatmeal?
Tara: What the f&* is Mother's Oats!?
Me: Oatmeal
Tara: No, I have my teeth.
Later in the night... Tara: Why can you just say oatmeal?
Photo of the day from washingtonexaminer of a rather large (as so noted throughout the blogger community tonight) gavel being exchanged between Pelosi and Boehner—a Boehner not pronounced like it’s spelled:
Taking a side on HUCK FINN
Scholar reissues Huckleberry Finn minus the “N”-word
This is causing huge debate nationwide tonight.. the decision to publish a new edition of Mark Twain’s novel Huckleberry Finn without the ‘n word’ within has brought up old wounds, and fresh debates over what is censorship and whether it’s right.
In my opinion, the obstacle of looking at history is that we look at it within the prism of the current time. In this instance, that seems to be occurring.
I believe, as much as I know some will be offended in literature classes, Huckleberry Finn should stay in tact as it was.. If we begin this now, the proverbial “slippery slope” comes up in my mind. And changing novels of a classic nature because of some not so historically good words about African Americans doesn’t seem like the right choice.
I believe we should keep Huck as it was.. Let Finn stand and be judged based on our current events, and an intelligent and true look at the words of the book within the context of that time.
Retracted autism study an 'elaborate fraud,' British journal says
Fine.
Ok.
But now what? The mystery surrounding autism isn’t going away. This study of a study will only complicate an already complicated fight over what exactly causes autism and what doesn’t.. While the ‘hoax’ of the vaccine link to autism is now being widely reported, what about the other question of WHAT CAUSES AUTISM AND WHY IS IT SKYROCKETING.
Retracted autism study an 'elaborate fraud,' British journal says
Update on the life of Lady Bailey
Dogs hate vets… But you’d hate your temperature taken that way too..
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