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I was planning to take a couple of days off, but five or six people have emailed me the link to this quote, and it's far too good not to feature: There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that…
For Free Throws, 50 Years of Practice Is No Help - NYTimes.com "Since the mid-1960s, college menâs players have made about 69 percent of free throws, the unguarded 15-foot, 1-point shot awarded after a foul. In 1965, the rate was 69 percent. This season, as teams scramble for bids to the N.C.A.A…
Why Advertising Is Failing On The Internet "My basic premise is that the internet is not replacing advertising but shattering it, and all the kingâs horses, all the kingâs men, and all the creative talent of Madison Avenue cannot put it together again." (tags: economics society culture internet…
Science Channel Refuses To Dumb Down Science Any Further | The Onion - America's Finest News Source "Along with Bunting's remarks, the Science Channel issued a statement claiming that it currently airs more than 150 programming hours that are tangentially, and often laughably, related to science…