February 2012
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I got laser eye surgery a few years ago. Before that, I was practically blind. Now I’m very slightly nearsighted in one eye and very slightly farsighted in the other, but not enough to need glasses.
I had glasses roughly from age 9 to age 30. I wore contacts a little now and then, but mostly glasses.
I love being able to see properly in the bath and not having spots on my glasses in...
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Race and incarceration in the USA: the effect on...
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Philip N. Cohen posted this chart comparing the rates of incarceration across racial groups in the USA (via Sociological Images). Cohen writes:
to understand the disparate impact of this change on Black men in young adulthood primarily — and secondarily, Latino men — here are the rates of incarceration for men by age and race/ethnicity (Blacks here exclude...
Maureen Johnson: WOULD YOU LIKE A NAME OF THE STAR... →
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I have been SHOUTING about this on Twitter, but I wanted to CODIFY this into a COMPREHENSIVE BLOG POST which I invite … no, BEG you to share.
So, March 1st is World Book Day. In England, World Book Day is celebrated by the giving out of £1 book tokens to students and many other wonderful…
1 pound? For 100% of the excellence that is the name of the...
Woman: Can I have birth control?
Government: No.
Woman: I got pregnant because I didn't have birth control and I don't want the fetus. Can I have an abortion?
Government: No.
Woman: I gave birth to my child but since I wasn't expecting it, I can't afford daycare. Can I have help paying for it?
Government: No.
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Awesome nature sounds generator.
you can choose any combination of sounds you like - for example, fire + wind in leaves + forest birds - and click “Export to file” to save it on your computer.
No need to go camping or...
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Every time someone yells at me for "spoiling" the...
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The book’s been out since the 1890’s
It’s not a spoiler
Occupy All Streets: Mind-Blowing Charts From the... →
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In another sign that Democrats have embraced income inequality as a cause célèbre, the Senate Budget Committee held a hearing on the subject Thursday. The committee’s ranking Republican, Jeff Sessions of Alabama, managed to look concerned during two hours of testimony about the kneecapping of…
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The Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson
Okay, so I got a dirt-cheap copy of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo for my Kindle and I read it and liked it. It was an exciting and well-written mystery story that was thought-provoking and interesting. I recommend it entirely. I decided to read the rest of the series.
The next book, The Girl Who Played With Fire was also pretty good. You learn a bit more about the girl in the titles and...
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TBS Renews Conan Through April 2014 | @Ditzkoff →
Maybe I’m just getting a bit cynical, but perhaps TBS offered that deal to Conan simply because Letterman is nearing retirement, Craig Ferguson doesn’t want his time slot, and TBS is afraid that CBS would be after Conan as Letterman’s replacement.
