Drewnowski gave himself a hypothetical dollar to spend, using it to purchase as many calories as he possibly could. He discovered that he could buy the most calories per dollar in the middle aisles of the supermarket, among the towering canyons of processed food and soft drink. (In the typical American supermarket, the [...]
She did not jump into his lap, as she did with Goethe, or croon her name into his ear, as with Beethoven, or go for intimate walks, as with Karl Marx. Napoleon did not dedicate a battle to her, as Beethoven, Schumann and Brahms dedicated songs and the Grimms an edition of their [...]
Then she suggested he write his main application essay about something else altogether. “The Habitat for Humanity theme, the tug on your heartstrings, sounded too common,” says Andrew. So he tried another topic that would reveal more about his intellectual enthusiasms: how running helped him understand the existentialist philosophy he was reading about. [...]
If you don’t read RSS and have visited my site in the last couple hours, you might notice the design has changed a bunch. This is because I am trying out new designs. Sort of something to motivate me to blog more. Any suggestions?
I seem to be in a headline-capping mood today… On Technorati, there is this headline stating, “Pluto demoted: BLOGOSPHERE AGHAST“. Quite funny, and spot on. I never realized Technorati had the ability to make emergency headlines but this feature is actually quite nifty. Technorati Tags: blogosphere, headline, pluto, technorati
In a stroke of satirical genius, somebody has suggested making t-shirts that say things like “Declare Jihad on Illiteracy” or “I Love America” in arabic. Technorati Tags: america, funny, iloveamerica, patriot, usa