January 2011
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Irony Is Dead: MLK Day Edition
Wrap your head around this one: MLK Day has been designated a “make-up day” in some schools in the southern United States, so instead of taking part in celebrations of Dr. King’s life and reflecting on his legacy and unfinished work, students will instead go to school, like any other school day. The reason? Excessive snow, almost certainly due to climate change. (I lived in the...
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Things I Should Have Taught My Children: Tea and...
* When buttering toast, the butter must go on the side with the maximum surface area. Every slice of bread has one if you look close enough. * When making tea from a teabag, the boiling water must be poured OVER THE BAG. DO NOT dunk the bag into the cooling water, diner waitresses. * How to know if you have had enough tea: Are you sloshing when you walk yet? * I used to have an iron-clad rule...
“Loughner actually did, in practice, what way too many members of the Tea Party...”
– Sean T Collins, writing the smartest comment yet on last Saturday’s mass-murder in Arizona.
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