One of the difficulties of being strapped for connectivity is that there’s lots I’ve been meaning to say but have been too lazy to say without wireless. And then along comes a post that makes me think, at first blush, that it has been said. Glen Whitman over at Agoraphilia said “Pointing out flaws...

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A fine, fine episode from “They Just Don’t Get It”.

Garrison Keillor sues Rex Sorgatz. What an idiot!

The comments are just great.

2021-09-14 Quick update: I was wrong to say “sues”. At least, I can find no trace of the cease-and-desist letter leading to any kind of court action.

Great gig. Ask not what rock can do for school, ask what school could have done for rock.

Fresh from Motorcity ... Rock vs. School: Because a waste is a terrible thing to mind. (A completely stupid headline, by the way.)

Just read this. And weep. Because even if you don’t think it is true, I know that it is.

I used to think, fresh-faced youth that I was, that if you just took the time to explain things to the public, they would make the “right” decisions. I’ve long since abandoned that view. Ben Goldacre explain...

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Neat! The Human Flower Project reports on the Capitola California Begonia Festival, making the delicious point that bulb growers aren't really interested in the flowers, at least commercially. So the Festival is a classic example of recycling rubbish.

2021-09-08: There’s a sad coda to this st...

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