Category: Culture & Current Events
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Did NASA Find Extraterrestrial Life?
NASA Sets News Conference on Astrobiology Discovery “WASHINGTON — NASA will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 2, to discuss an astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life. Astrobiology is the study of the origin, evolution, distribution and future of life in the universe. “…
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Advertising Fail
Okay, American Spirit brand Cigarettes… I’m sorry, I’m all for freedom to destroy your lungs as you choose, but did you not see this one? I mean, seriously…
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Elizabeth Gilbert on the Nature of Genius
Elizabeth Gilbert put together one of the best talks I’ve seen in quite a while. Well worth 20 minutes when you get a chance. Prior to the Renaissance, prior to “rational” humanistic thought, people spoke of “having a genius” rather than “being a genius”. This was news to me. Genius is etymologically related to the…
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Obama: The Real Change
I could resist a post about politics. My apologies. Flame away. This one was just too good. This last Saturday, SNL ran a hilarious opener skit spoofing Joe Biden who (say what you will about Palin) I believe to be the best material to come along for political humorists since… Dubya himself. The skit was…
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Great Financial Advice
I have rules set up on my e-mail to filter newsletter-y mail to one folder and flyer-y e-mail (that I don’t want to unsubscribe from) into another (and several other rules). Every now and then I skim through these folders and then hit “delete all”. Today I decided to look at ING Direct’s newsletter for…