Heuresis

“You know, there are certain days that remind me of why I ran...”
—  Barack Obama, remarks...

Nov 25th

Mr. Bacon’s Big Adventure Board Game:...

Nov 25th

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“Can Ants Count?” Apparently, yes, in the sense they seem to have little pedometers in...

Nov 25th

Why I love Facebook.

Nov 25th

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oliver-sirens on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Nov 24th

Barry Underwood, “Bow Falls” (photo, 2009). Part...

Nov 23rd

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One of my absolute favorite pieces of political comedy from SNL, from October 1984. Jesse Jackson...

Nov 22nd

Alissa Rubin of the NYT interviews a female...

Nov 22nd

Bestest Friend: So, how are you getting to Chicago? Did you decide to drive? Blogger: No, no! I’m...

Nov 21st

News from Nepal: preparations underway for...

Nov 21st

Teenager calls police after his parents...

Nov 20th

Bad news for Mississippi's black colleges

Nov 19th

“With remarkable economy of prose, Palin cast health care...”
— Richard Kim and Betsy Reed,...

Nov 19th

Nov 18th

Cooling towers, Limerick Generating Station, Limerick, PA,...

Nov 18th

Final page of Montaigne’s essay, “Of...

Nov 17th

"Most sophisticated computer attack ever"...

Nov 17th

Dan Wasserman, “Dems and women (editorial...

Nov 16th

“The thing, of course, that plagues the whole issue… is...”
— Talal Asad, from “Islam,...

Nov 16th

A man is lifted off his feet by a gust of wind on the beach...

Nov 16th

i12bent: Artist Georgia O’Keeffe walking with her dogs,...

Nov 16th

NASA -The 2009 Leonid Meteor Shower In North America, the...

Nov 15th

How to break through zip-ties, pick locks,...

Nov 15th

H1N1 and religion: ritual improvisation and...

Nov 15th

“The technique of the voiceover allows the character to...”
— Simon Critchley, “Calm...

Nov 14th

An amicus brief for the validity of...

Nov 14th

De Familie Barbapapa : Barbapapa en Barbamama I just...

Nov 14th

Yves Marchand & Romain Meffre Photography - The Ruins of...

Nov 12th

“Minoring in religious studies and thinking you know about...”
— Mary Karr, quoted in Boris...

Nov 12th

xkcd on Legos and organ donors. This is brilliant. Thank you...

Nov 6th

Joey’s Famous Philly Cheesesteaks and more!...

Nov 1st

Baron de Meyer’s “Dance Study,” ca. 1912....

Nov 1st