Think differently

Posted by aaron cohen Sep 22, 2011 0

Think differently

It's important to look at all sides of a question.

When I asked Bogin to explain Shchedrovitsky, he asked a question. “Does 2 + 2 = 4? No! Because two cats plus two sausages is what? Two cats. Two drops of water plus two drops of water? One drop of water.”

Via Kottke

Posted by aaron cohen Feb 4, 2009 0

UC Berkeley Class About The Wire

Via TVTattle, UC Berkeley is offering a class on The Wire in which students will have to read Theodore Dreiser's 'An American Tragedy', among other works.

Posted by aaron cohen Dec 5, 2008 4

Civic Literacy Report – Civics Quiz

I like taking the tests on the internet that make me feel stupid (see what you do with this one), so a test on civics was right up my alley. At 81.8%, I scored better than 10 points above the November average, though fishing around in the findings, I learn that the average for the test is 49%. Ugly.

(Via DK)

One Liners

"The bill -- which mirrors the Los Angeles County bill -- goes into effect July 1."
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"It got me under the water but not much because I started kicking at its neck and I came back up again and I'm punching its nose again, punching, punching, punching."
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"China's two-year-old ban on ultra-thin plastic bags has arrived at the 'roof of the world'".
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In the Esquire article about Roger Ebert a few weeks back, Ebert mentioned his interview interview with Lee Marvin as one of his favorites, and now they've republished it online.
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"In a victory for the Save the Plastic Bag Coalition, a group of manufacturers, distributors and suppliers, Div. Five held that the California Environmental Quality Act required an environmental impact report given evidence increased paper bag use might significantly affect the environment."
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