January 29, 2010
Newbery-winner Linda Sue Park interviews Two-time Newbery-winner Lois Lowry for Amazon.com. —- What I worry about most in this era of the 10-second sound bite and the 140-character Tweet is the impoverishment of language, that complexity and subtlety in thought and expression are being subsumed by the desire for speed and ease. I try to console myself with the hope that while the medium always changes, our need for story is constant and enduring. I feel so fortunate to be able to earn my living trying to nurture that need in young people. (via A Conversation: Lois Lowry and Linda Sue Park)

Newbery-winner Linda Sue Park interviews Two-time Newbery-winner Lois Lowry for Amazon.com.

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What I worry about most in this era of the 10-second sound bite and the 140-character Tweet is the impoverishment of language, that complexity and subtlety in thought and expression are being subsumed by the desire for speed and ease. I try to console myself with the hope that while the medium always changes, our need for story is constant and enduring. I feel so fortunate to be able to earn my living trying to nurture that need in young people. (via A Conversation: Lois Lowry and Linda Sue Park)

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January 27, 2010
IMMORTAL Meme of the Day | Metal Injection

IMMORTAL Meme of the Day | Metal Injection

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January 25, 2010
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Dr. Charles Gerba, a microbiologist at the University of Arizona, whose nickname is “Dr. Germ,” spoke to ABC News recently, about the germiest professions in America:

1. Teacher/day-care worker

The 10 Germiest Jobs in America: Is yours on the list? - Healthy Living on Shine

Raise your hand if you’re surprised.  I’m not.

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January 19, 2010
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2. Read the book you’ve been putting off.

3. Write in some other form: even a letter or a journal entry. Or a grocery list. Keep those words flowing put through your fingers.
Ten Tips for Writers’ Block « Margaret Atwood: Year of the Flood •
January 15, 2010
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

I already work around the clock!

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January 10, 2010
“ Let’s go through this one more time: You play quarterfinals on New Year’s Day, making it an absolutely spectacular college football day instead of making people watch The Outback Bowl or The Gator Bowl with five and six loss teams playing on New Year’s. You play the semifinals the next week. At that point six teams will have been eliminated without missing a day of class. Then you play the championship game two weeks later—the same weekend as the NFL conference championship games so there are no NFL games on Saturday. Depending on the school players from TWO schools might miss two or three days of classes at the very beginning of a semester. NO FINALS missed—none, zero.
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December 8, 2009
From their 2001 ‘Lifesblood’ EP to this year’s stunning ‘Crack the Skye’ full-length, they’ve continuously shown listeners that no matter how psychedelic their music becomes and how far out their lyrics get, they can still rock harder than 98 percent of their peers. Actually, Mastodon doesn’t truly have that many peers, when we think about it. (via Artists of the 2000s - Noisecreep) Pretty cool list, but I’d have expected Mastodon to be #1, and where is Shadows Fall?

From their 2001 ‘Lifesblood’ EP to this year’s stunning ‘Crack the Skye’ full-length, they’ve continuously shown listeners that no matter how psychedelic their music becomes and how far out their lyrics get, they can still rock harder than 98 percent of their peers. Actually, Mastodon doesn’t truly have that many peers, when we think about it. (via Artists of the 2000s - Noisecreep)

Pretty cool list, but I’d have expected Mastodon to be #1, and where is Shadows Fall?

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December 4, 2009
Jayme Lee, Kristy Doi, Jen Wasano and Rayna Kitaguchi | Do'Kyo at Harbor Court | Midweek.com

Four of my former students. I taught all four of these ladies and four of their siblings, too.  :)

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November 17, 2009
You know your offense is horrific when Yahoo! Sports says your top performer is a wide receiver who caught one pass for ten yards.

You know your offense is horrific when Yahoo! Sports says your top performer is a wide receiver who caught one pass for ten yards.

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November 3, 2009

The Autumn Wind (via KodiakAlpha)

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November 2, 2009
A funny thing happened on the way to Dethklok becoming the world’s greatest fictional death-metal band: It actually became a damn good real death-metal band. (via October 14, 2009 | Music | The A.V. Club)

A funny thing happened on the way to Dethklok becoming the world’s greatest fictional death-metal band: It actually became a damn good real death-metal band. (via October 14, 2009 | Music | The A.V. Club)

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October 28, 2009
Freaking brilliant. crispyteriyaki: Genius. (re-tumbled from hawaii, who got it from loveallthis)

Freaking brilliant.

crispyteriyaki:

Genius. (re-tumbled from hawaii, who got it from loveallthis)

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October 27, 2009
Officials of The Philadelphia Inquirer National Sudoku Championship are investigating suspicions of cheating. (via Nation & World | Possible cheating probed at national Sudoku match | Seattle Times Newspaper )

Officials of The Philadelphia Inquirer National Sudoku Championship are investigating suspicions of cheating. (via Nation & World | Possible cheating probed at national Sudoku match | Seattle Times Newspaper

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October 9, 2009

Today's wake-up song: American Hi-Fi's "Flavor of the Week"

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October 8, 2009

Song of the Day: "Cottleston Pie" sung by my favorite Muppet

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