Monthly Archive: June 2014
Eric Cantor Bites the Dust
Little known Tea Party candidate David Brat knocked off House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in tonight’s Virginia primary. According to Salon, Cantor spent $5 million dollars to retain his seat, while his opponent spent a...
Jammin’: An Amateur’s Guide to Making Fruit Preserves
Sweet lessons learned over several seasons of picking and preserving fruit: a primer with pictures.
There’s Always This
Why stop the shooter when you can just give every kid a bullet proof blankie? No word yet on the release date of the bomb defusing teddy bears.
Stupid Tuesday questions, Beau Brummel edition
“This is the kind of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put,” said Winston Churchill. Except he probably never said it.
Stopping the Shooter
Mad Rocket Scientist looks at the latest mass shooting, and it’s surprising conclusion.
Peter Jackson, JJ Abrams, and The Sterility of Fanboy Criticism
Fanboy Criticism is a growing form of art criticism that makes the oddest of demands from today’s artists:
The complete cessation of the artistic impulse.
A Call for Fewer Calls for Critical Thinking
The people who most bemoan the lack of critical thinking in others are those least likely to perform it themselves.
Helicopter Nation: The Rising Costs of Raising Children
We expect more from parents than we used to. This is not necessarily and completely a good thing.
Sunday!
Jaybird finished Skin Game. Wow! What with the thing? And the other thing! Holy cow! What about the guy? Golly!
Pursuing Rainbows
What do you do when a group of 4- and 5-year-olds make a request of you that you think is impossible? You trust them.
Father and Sonset
Sunset over Montauk’s west jetty, as seen from the deck of the catamaran Mon Tiki, June 7, 2014
You can choose any one spell, potion, artifact, ritual, plant, or animal from any of the Harry Potter books. Which would you pick?
Felix Felicis is basically cheating.
