Gary’s shared linksLink du jour: Newshour with Jim Lehrer takes an in-depth look at the Voice of America. I could have thought of a few more issues to raise, and a few more angles too look at some of the issues already presented, but all in all, this is exceptionally well done. (And it’s cool to see [...]
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Stratford, NJ I’ve given up on the song in the previous post. Unless I have it on an old back-up CD, it’s gone from my consciousness. More importantly, I was watching Channel 6 Action News this evening (the Delaware Valley’s leading news program), and guess who was in Philly tonight! SANTA CLAUS! I couldn’t believe [...]
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Washington, DC As much as I like ice rinks, and as much as I like pedestrian districts, and as much as I normally hate astroturf, I think that, in this case, they’re going to get rid of a beautiful thing. Is there such thing as too much planning? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/23/AR2006102301242.html Currently Reading The Prophet By Kahlil [...]
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http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/Banking/Homefinancing/P148861.asp http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/19/AR2006041902320.html
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48% of young Americans believe the majority population in India is Muslim. (It’s Hindu by a landslide.) Half of young Americans can’t find New York on a map.http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/roper2006/index.htmlI missed four this year; I think that’s the worst I’ve ever done. (How do you define “most fortified border,” and since when did prime-time TV shows measure [...]
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http://mensa-test.com/ I have 26 so far, but I am DETERMINDED! (I had a hint on #31. Otherwise, I probably would have never gotten it. I don’t think you will either, so I’ll give you the same hint I had. Think: Commonwealth sports.)
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Sometimes, when I get bored, I’ll spend an hour or two researching weird things online. Tonight, for some reason, I started randomly searching for old trees. I found this. Apparently some PhD student cut down the world’s oldest known living tree back in the 60s. That’s just messed up.
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/hi/story/index.html
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050809/ap_on_bi_ge/affordable_housing Unsustainable, yo.
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http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/rnr/87215427.html http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/minors/articles/2005/07/27/business_travelers/?page=1
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