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magidRandom things I found interesting.
How fancy toast became a phenomenon in SF, and why. That last is fascinating, a use for social connection I hadn't imagined before.
Sometimes, it's about language (Sapir-Whorf still makes sense to me): English does seem poorer for not having more specific words for different kinds of love, like the Greeks.
A long article on possible reasons for increases in obesity rates (and no, it's not all about "willpower").
Impressive cut-out art, books in the round, as it were.
An editorial about the ethics of paying people appropriately (not only commensurate with their skills, but in a timely manner to boot).
I was a bit surprised to see so many familiar last names in this list of descriptions of etymology of some Jewish last names.
Sometimes, I just need the reminder that most of the time, it doesn't matter what other people think.
Actually LOL'd reading this blog post about conversation (that would be the original meaning of "literally," not the newly-acceded-to-usage definition that has turned it into its own opposite).
A field guide to uncommon punctuation, courtesy of McSweeney's.
Photos of old Finnish people with things on their heads.
Video of men in serious heels dancing to Spice Girls songs.
And on a slightly more serious (or at least, political) note, Kurdish men dress in dresses to support feminism.
How fancy toast became a phenomenon in SF, and why. That last is fascinating, a use for social connection I hadn't imagined before.
Sometimes, it's about language (Sapir-Whorf still makes sense to me): English does seem poorer for not having more specific words for different kinds of love, like the Greeks.
A long article on possible reasons for increases in obesity rates (and no, it's not all about "willpower").
Impressive cut-out art, books in the round, as it were.
An editorial about the ethics of paying people appropriately (not only commensurate with their skills, but in a timely manner to boot).
I was a bit surprised to see so many familiar last names in this list of descriptions of etymology of some Jewish last names.
Sometimes, I just need the reminder that most of the time, it doesn't matter what other people think.
Actually LOL'd reading this blog post about conversation (that would be the original meaning of "literally," not the newly-acceded-to-usage definition that has turned it into its own opposite).
A field guide to uncommon punctuation, courtesy of McSweeney's.
Photos of old Finnish people with things on their heads.
Video of men in serious heels dancing to Spice Girls songs.
And on a slightly more serious (or at least, political) note, Kurdish men dress in dresses to support feminism.