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Bing and Bowie
I posted this the other day for an onward and upward. I can’t stop watching the first two minutes. I so want this to be true! Bing just happened to have this neighbor, DAVID BOWIE, who just happened to drop by, and they had this exchange with some gentle music in the background. Oh sure,… Continue reading
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Save Your Marriage With One Easy Trick!
Aha! Finally a headline worthy of the title of linkbait. (Well, okay, there WAS that one about the secret orgy. I have no standards!) But I’m serious about saving a marriage – or any sort of relationship in which one shares a bed or other sleeping arrangements. Wonderful Reader weebluebirdie read my post about the… Continue reading
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What Are Life’s Most Unanswerable Questions?
Okay, I’m planning a Jacke Wilson Show episode where we focus on unanswerable questions. What are the big ones? Which trouble you the most? Which ones don’t bother you at all? As always, we’re digging a little deeper here. Are there any surprises? What do these questions – and our response to them – tell us about… Continue reading
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Dreaming the Impossible Dream: Weirdness and the University of Chicago
Rebecca Schuman, education columnist for Slate, takes a look at kids these days. “The helicopter generation has gone to college,” she wails, “and the results might be tragic for us all.” I confess I started skimming at this point. But this certainly caught my eye: I do not want to live in a world where… Continue reading
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Zen and the Art of Statutory Interpretation
Q: When is a document not a document? A: When it’s a fish. Tang Dynasty master answering a student’s question in 800 A.D.? Nope. Supreme Court case being considered in 2014. Continue reading
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The Dark Horse Rises
The boy was being kicked out of school. But that was okay: he could get a job of some kind. He was only 16 and had no real prospects, but he was able-bodied. All he needed was a piece of paper. Something for the prospective employers. Something to say, hey, things didn’t work out for… Continue reading
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