A while back commenter “steve” wrote: …seems to me the question is what is behind Romney’s unusual generosity. Is it altruism or is it enlightened self-interest or is it also a bit of a compulsion?…Motivation matters. Right there is fodder … Continue reading →
I was astounded to read this portrait of Obama that appeared in last Sunday’s NY Times magazine section. There’s plenty about how smart he is, and what a hard-driving perfectionist, but does the Times really think this sort of thing … Continue reading →
Ann Althouse notes that Walter Russell Mead has closed comments on his blog with the following explanation: To make the comments section work in its present form we would have to edit and curate much more aggressively than we do … Continue reading →
True confessions: this is me. You never know when you might need…: On my last flight, my suitcase weighed exactly and precisely 50 pounds. Whew. And that doesn’t count the box of things I sent ahead of me.
Continue reading →That’s the burning question of the day And here I hadn’t even known there was a choice. The only place I’d ever encountered body wash was in the locker room of a gym I used to attend years ago. The … Continue reading →
Remember when I took that awful fall? Now that it’s been nearly a month since then, I thought I’d report of my progress. Most of the abrasions on my face are healed, with just a couple of red marks that … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This fond reminiscence was sparked by a comment on the Periodic Table thread.] The college I attended had a fairly rigorous set of science requirements for its liberal arts candidates: two (count em, two) year-long lab science sequences, or … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I came across this post from 2006 the other day and thought it could bear a recycling.] When I was in junior high there was a large poster of the Periodic Table of the Elements that hung in the … Continue reading →
I’ve never before really thought about the origins of the phrase “to fall flat on your face” before. It was just an expression; what reason was there to take it literally? What’s more, the face isn’t flat. There are protuberances … Continue reading →
Boy, I really really really don’t agree with this list of the 50 greatest, as decreed by 846 critics, programmers, academics and distributors asked by the British Film Institute. Beginning with their #1, “Vertigo,” a ho-hum Hitchcock movie with really … Continue reading →
Five guys at the lake decide to recreate a photograph of themselves over and over, showing the passage of time [hat tip: Althouse].
Continue reading →One more thing about that Paleo diet we’ve been discussing with such vigor: it is my distinct impression that the digestive physiology of human beings has changed quite a bit since Paleo times, in ways both known and unknown. For … Continue reading →