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A Plea for Peaceful Coexistence - The Pour Blog - NYTimes.com "Beer and wine are not in competition. Yet people in the wine business, who I assure you drink an awful lot of beer, don't often take it seriously as a beverage. And people in the beer business, perhaps in reaction to not-so-imaginary…
Gesturing helps grade-schoolers solve math problems Hand-waving is the key to any calculation. (tags: academia education math) Easily Distracted » Blog Archive » In Which I Pick Some Nits A historian reads Novik's Temeraire books. (tags: books SF) slacktivist: Gay-Hatin' Gospel (pt. 5) The…
A Blog Around The Clock : The Open Laboratory 2008 - all the submissions fit to print Some light reading to fill your infinite free time. (tags: science blogs writing) Pay Bankers Much Less - Finance Blog - Felix Salmon - Market Movers - Portfolio.com "I've now reached the point at which I…
slacktivist: TF: No heroes "Here is the scene LaHaye and Jenkins are stumbling toward: Nicolae sits in his office, meditating on his evil scheme and the worldwide suffering it will cause. In walks the hero. If that hero is anyone other than Buck Williams, then we're in for some fireworks. Pick a…