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189 190 191 192</head> 193 194<body> 195 196<div class="hide"><a href="#content"><img src="images/pixel.gif" alt="click here to skip the menu and go to the page content" height="1" width="1" border="0" /></a></div> 197 198<div id="main"> 199<h1><a class="header" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/"><span class="rebecca">rebecca's</span> <span class="pocket">pocket</span></a></h1> 200<a name="content"></a><hr size="1" /> 201<p class="top"><small style="float: right"><a class="me" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/about/">about</a> / <a class="me" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/index.html">archive</a> / <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/RebeccasPocket">syndicate</a></small></p> 202 203<a name="content"></a> 204<br /> 205<h2> 206Friday, 28 February 2014</h2> 207 208 209 210<!-- 211<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 212 xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/" 213 xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"> 214<rdf:Description 215 rdf:about="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2014/02/resurrecting_sherlock.html" 216 trackback:ping="http://www.rebeccablood.net/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/rblood/managed-mt/mt-tb.cgi/1581" 217 dc:title="Resurrecting Sherlock" 218 dc:identifier="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2014/02/resurrecting_sherlock.html" 219 dc:subject="" 220 dc:description="Seasons 1 and 2 of the BBC Sherlock are genius, but Season 3 is...lazy. Can it be fixed? My latest...." 221 dc:creator="Rebecca Blood" 222 dc:date="2014-02-28T11:16:51-08:00" /> 223</rdf:RDF> 224--> 225 226<a id="a002152"></a> 227<div class="entry" id="entry-2152"> 228 229<p> 230<a class="nav" title="Resurrecting Sherlock" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2014/02/resurrecting_sherlock.html">»</a> Seasons 1 and 2 of the <a class="sup" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b018ttws">BBC Sherlock</a> are genius, but Season 3 is...lazy. <a href="https://medium.com/rebeccas-pocketbook/323e18b88aff">Can it be fixed</a>? My latest. <span class="me"><small>[ 02.28.14 ]</small></span> 231 232</p> 233 234</div> 235 236 237<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 238 239 240 241 242
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243 244 245 246 247<!-- 248<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 249 xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/" 250 xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"> 251<rdf:Description 252 rdf:about="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2013/08/a_restaurant_without_tips.html" 253 trackback:ping="http://www.rebeccablood.net/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/rblood/managed-mt/mt-tb.cgi/1580" 254 dc:title="A restaurant without tips?" 255 dc:identifier="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2013/08/a_restaurant_without_tips.html" 256 dc:subject="" 257 dc:description="I worked in food service for about 10 years. I always made great tips, and I have no problem with the tipping system. But I found this article on running a no-tip restaurant compelling, particularly his observations about the people who were most opposed to his alternate system. I'll add an anecdote of my own. One night I served a couple drinks. The man paid and I went on my way. When I returned to the table to see how they were doing, the man said to me "I'm going to tip you even though I know you have a closet full of designer jeans at home." I had a lot of choices at that moment. I took a few seconds to select from among them. And then I said, thoughtfully, "Well, as a matter of fact I don't have..." 258 dc:creator="Rebecca Blood" 259 dc:date="2013-08-19T09:39:18-08:00" /> 260</rdf:RDF> 261--> 262 263<a id="a002149"></a> 264<div class="entry" id="entry-2149"> 265 266<p> 267<a class="nav" title="A restaurant without tips?" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2013/08/a_restaurant_without_tips.html">»</a> I worked in food service for about 10 years. I always made great tips, and I have no problem with the tipping system. But I found this article on <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2013/08/tipless_restaurants_the_linkery_s_owner_explains_why_abolishing_tipping.single.html">running a no-tip restaurant</a> compelling, particularly his observations about the people who were most opposed to his alternate system.</p> 268 269<p>I'll add an anecdote of my own. One night I served a couple drinks. The man paid and I went on my way. When I returned to the table to see how they were doing, the man said to me "I'm going to tip you even though I know you have a closet full of designer jeans at home."</p> 270 271<p>I had a lot of choices at that moment. I took a few seconds to select from among them. And then I said, thoughtfully, "Well, as a matter of fact I don't have any designer jeans, but I think I deserve to have nice things as much as anyone else."</p> 272 273<p>At this point, his date (I presume they weren't married) took over. "She's on her feet 8 hours a day," she started out, and I walked away. (For the record, it was usually 12 hours or more.) As I remember, he was a white, middle-aged male. And that exchange, it seems to me, was about status and who should - and should not - have it. <span class="me"><small>[ 08.19.13 ]</small></span> 274 275</p> 276 277</div> 278 279 280<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 281 282 283 284 285
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323 324 325 326 327 328<a id="a002141"></a> 329<div class="entry" id="entry-2141"> 330 331<p> 332<a class="nav" title="NPR's Top 100 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2013/07/nprs_top_100_sci-fi_and_fantas.html">»</a> I'm not particularly nerdy, but I was still surprised that I've read only 23 out of NPR's <a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/139085843/your-picks-top-100-science-fiction-fantasy-books">Top 100 Science-Fiction & Fantasy Books</a>. (<a href="http://www.listchallenges.com/npr-top-100-science-fiction-and-fantasy-books?ref=share">Tally your total here</a>.) I enjoy both genres, so I'll use this as a reading list when my current stock runs dry. What did they leave off? Let me know so I can add it to my "to read" list.</p> 333 334<p>As a side note, I'm always a bit annoyed to see these genres lumped together, since they are so different from each other in type and tone. Actually, I guess that statement alone makes me pretty nerdy, eh? <span class="me"><small>[ 07.31.13 ]</small></span> 335 336</p> 337 338</div> 339 340 341<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 342 343 344 345 346
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347 348 349 350 351<!-- 352<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 353 xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/" 354 xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"> 355<rdf:Description 356 rdf:about="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2013/06/robert_downey_jr_pinups.html" 357 trackback:ping="http://www.rebeccablood.net/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/rblood/managed-mt/mt-tb.cgi/1577" 358 dc:title="Robert Downey Jr. Pinups" 359 dc:identifier="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2013/06/robert_downey_jr_pinups.html" 360 dc:subject="" 361 dc:description="internet " 362 dc:creator="Rebecca Blood" 363 dc:date="2013-06-30T07:17:31-08:00" /> 364</rdf:RDF> 365--> 366 367<a id="a002140"></a> 368<div class="entry" id="entry-2140"> 369 370<p> 371<a class="nav" title="Robert Downey Jr. Pinups" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2013/06/robert_downey_jr_pinups.html">»</a> So this is a thing: <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Robert+Downey+Jr.+Pinup&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=ez7QUdWeBITS9ATQw4HwAg&ved=0CDoQsAQ&biw=1412&bih=688">Robert Downey Jr. Pinups</a>. Oh, Internet you never disappoint me. <span class="me"><small>[ 06.30.13 ]</small></span> 372 373</p> 374 375</div> 376 377 378<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 379 380 381 382 383
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384 385 386 387 388<!-- 389<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 390 xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/" 391 xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"> 392<rdf:Description 393 rdf:about="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2013/05/genderswapping_media.html" 394 trackback:ping="http://www.rebeccablood.net/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/rblood/managed-mt/mt-tb.cgi/1576" 395 dc:title="Genderswapping Media" 396 dc:identifier="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2013/05/genderswapping_media.html" 397 dc:subject="" 398 dc:description="So this is a thing: Doctor Who: An Alternative History of 11 American Female Doctors The Other 11 Doctors (A British version) Casting Lord of the Rings, the genderswap version I had no idea, but I've run into this 3 times just today. Does anyone know the history of this? (hat tip K.R. Lary and Stuart Ian Burns)..." 399 dc:creator="Rebecca Blood" 400 dc:date="2013-05-29T13:59:03-08:00" /> 401</rdf:RDF> 402--> 403 404<a id="a002139"></a> 405<div class="entry" id="entry-2139"> 406 407<p> 408<a class="nav" title="Genderswapping Media" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2013/05/genderswapping_media.html">»</a> So this is a thing:</p> 409<ul> 410<li><a href="http://blogs.houstonpress.com/artattack/2013/05/doctor_who_american_female.php">Doctor Who: An Alternative History of 11 American Female Doctors</a></li> 411<li><a href="http://www.scifind.com/features/the-other-11-doctors/">The Other 11 Doctors</a> (A British version)</li> 412<li><a href="http://october-26.livejournal.com/371384.html?format=light">Casting Lord of the Rings, the genderswap version</a></li> 413</ul> 414 415<p>I had no idea, but I've run into this 3 times just today. Does anyone know the history of this? (hat tip K.R. Lary and <a href="http://feelinglistless.blogspot.com/">Stuart Ian Burns</a>) <span class="me"><small>[ 05.29.13 ]</small></span> 416 417</p> 418 419</div> 420 421 422<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 423 424 425 426 427
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428 429 430 431 432<!-- 433<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 434 xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/" 435 xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"> 436<rdf:Description 437 rdf:about="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2013/02/and_this_after_the_most_pleasa.html" 438 trackback:ping="http://www.rebeccablood.net/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/rblood/managed-mt/mt-tb.cgi/1575" 439 dc:title="And this after the most pleasant twos" 440 dc:identifier="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2013/02/and_this_after_the_most_pleasa.html" 441 dc:subject="" 442 dc:description="Lately it's often about food choices. Sometimes about clothing choices. Last night it was, briefly, because it was getting dark. 46 Reasons My Three Year Old Might be Freaking Out. Funny because it's true. (thanks, jjg!)..." 443 dc:creator="Rebecca Blood" 444 dc:date="2013-02-28T14:30:39-08:00" /> 445</rdf:RDF> 446--> 447 448<a id="a002138"></a> 449<div class="entry" id="entry-2138"> 450 451<p> 452<a class="nav" title="And this after the most pleasant twos" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2013/02/and_this_after_the_most_pleasa.html">»</a> Lately it's often about food choices. Sometimes about clothing choices. Last night it was, briefly, because it was getting dark. <a href="http://jasongood.net/365/2012/12/46-reasons-why-my-three-year-old-might-be-freaking-out/">46 Reasons My Three Year Old Might be Freaking Out</a>. Funny because it's true. (thanks, <a class="sup" href="http://www.jjg.net/about/">jjg!</a>) <span class="me"><small>[ 02.28.13 ]</small></span> 453 454</p> 455 456</div> 457 458 459<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 460 461 462 463 464
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465 466 467 468 469<!-- 470<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 471 xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/" 472 xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"> 473<rdf:Description 474 rdf:about="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2012/11/75th_anniversary_of_the_hinden.html" 475 trackback:ping="http://www.rebeccablood.net/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/rblood/managed-mt/mt-tb.cgi/1574" 476 dc:title="75th Anniversary of the Hindenburg" 477 dc:identifier="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2012/11/75th_anniversary_of_the_hinden.html" 478 dc:subject="" 479 dc:description="Last May was the anniversary of the Hindenburg Disaster. Here is the amazing Atlantic spread commemorating the day. Image 14 is the very essence of the 1930s-future...." 480 dc:creator="Rebecca Blood" 481 dc:date="2012-11-29T11:40:38-08:00" /> 482</rdf:RDF> 483--> 484 485<a id="a002137"></a> 486<div class="entry" id="entry-2137"> 487 488<p> 489<a class="nav" title="75th Anniversary of the Hindenburg" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2012/11/75th_anniversary_of_the_hinden.html">»</a> Last May was the anniversary of the Hindenburg Disaster. Here is <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/05/75-years-since-the-hindenburg-disaster/100292/">the amazing Atlantic spread</a> commemorating the day. <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/05/75-years-since-the-hindenburg-disaster/100292/#img14">Image 14</a> is the very essence of the 1930s-future. <span class="me"><small>[ 11.29.12 ]</small></span> 490 491</p> 492 493</div> 494 495 496<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 497 498 499 500 501
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502 503 504 505 506<!-- 507<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 508 xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/" 509 xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"> 510<rdf:Description 511 rdf:about="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2012/11/job_disparity_starts_at_the_be.html" 512 trackback:ping="http://www.rebeccablood.net/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/rblood/managed-mt/mt-tb.cgi/1573" 513 dc:title="Job disparity starts at the beginning of women's careers" 514 dc:identifier="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2012/11/job_disparity_starts_at_the_be.html" 515 dc:subject="" 516 dc:description="WSJ: Men Get the Jobs That Get Them Ahead, Study Finds. I've tended to believe that a lot of pay disparity is based on women's inability or unwillingness to negotiate as aggressively as men - your starting pay is the basis for all of your raises throughout your time at any company. When you start lower, you will stay lower, even if you and your male colleagues receive identical pay raises. But this article suggests that women simply are not given the same opportunities, no matter what their title, that are given to men. Pure and simple...." 517 dc:creator="Rebecca Blood" 518 dc:date="2012-11-16T13:45:15-08:00" /> 519</rdf:RDF> 520--> 521 522<a id="a002136"></a> 523<div class="entry" id="entry-2136"> 524 525<p> 526<a class="nav" title="Job disparity starts at the beginning of women's careers" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2012/11/job_disparity_starts_at_the_be.html">»</a> WSJ: <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/atwork/2012/11/14/men-get-the-jobs-that-get-them-ahead-study-finds/?mod=e2tw">Men Get the Jobs That Get Them Ahead, Study Finds</a>. I've tended to believe that a lot of pay disparity is based on women's inability or unwillingness to negotiate as aggressively as men - your starting pay is the basis for all of your raises throughout your time at any company. When you start lower, you will stay lower, even if you and your male colleagues receive identical pay raises.</p> 527 528<p>But this article suggests that women simply are not given the same opportunities, no matter what their title, that are given to men. Pure and simple. <span class="me"><small>[ 11.16.12 ]</small></span> 529 530</p> 531 532</div> 533 534 535<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 536 537 538 539 540
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541 542 543 544 545<!-- 546<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 547 xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/" 548 xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"> 549<rdf:Description 550 rdf:about="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2012/11/obamas_data-crunchers.html" 551 trackback:ping="http://www.rebeccablood.net/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/rblood/managed-mt/mt-tb.cgi/1572" 552 dc:title="Obama's data-crunchers" 553 dc:identifier="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2012/11/obamas_data-crunchers.html" 554 dc:subject="" 555 dc:description="The day of the election, I heard a Political Science professor say that the Obama campaign had an unbelievable amount of information about voters. What they were doing put Nate Silver in the shade, he said. Here's a glimpse of that data machine and how they did it. Details are sparse, but intriguing. Past voting records and consumer information played a role. I have to wonder what data they were buying. Credit card records would seem to offer the broadest picture into people's spending habits. And does this attention to behavioral data explain why I got so few robo-calls this year?..." 556 dc:creator="Rebecca Blood" 557 dc:date="2012-11-12T14:26:10-08:00" /> 558</rdf:RDF> 559--> 560 561<a id="a002135"></a> 562<div class="entry" id="entry-2135"> 563 564<p> 565<a class="nav" title="Obama's data-crunchers" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2012/11/obamas_data-crunchers.html">»</a> The day of the election, I heard a Political Science professor say that the Obama campaign had an unbelievable amount of information about voters. What they were doing put Nate Silver in the shade, he said. Here's <a href="http://swampland.time.com/2012/11/07/inside-the-secret-world-of-quants-and-data-crunchers-who-helped-obama-win/">a glimpse of that data machine</a> and how they did it.</p> 566 567<p>Details are sparse, but intriguing. Past voting records and consumer information played a role. I have to wonder what data they were buying. Credit card records would seem to offer the broadest picture into people's spending habits. And does this attention to behavioral data explain why I got so few robo-calls this year? <span class="me"><small>[ 11.12.12 ]</small></span> 568 569</p> 570 571</div> 572 573 574<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 575 576 577 578 579
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580 581 582 583 584<!-- 585<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 586 xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/" 587 xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"> 588<rdf:Description 589 rdf:about="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2012/11/2012_halloween_costume_winner.html" 590 trackback:ping="http://www.rebeccablood.net/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/rblood/managed-mt/mt-tb.cgi/1571" 591 dc:title="2012 Halloween Costume Winner" 592 dc:identifier="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2012/11/2012_halloween_costume_winner.html" 593 dc:subject="" 594 dc:description="Seriously, the most awesome Hallowe'en costume ever. (thanks, jjg!)..." 595 dc:creator="Rebecca Blood" 596 dc:date="2012-11-01T10:34:03-08:00" /> 597</rdf:RDF> 598--> 599 600<a id="a002131"></a> 601<div class="entry" id="entry-2131"> 602 603<p> 604<a class="nav" title="2012 Halloween Costume Winner" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2012/11/2012_halloween_costume_winner.html">»</a> Seriously, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5SaIv4qIrU">the most awesome Hallowe'en costume ever</a>. (thanks, <a href="http://www.jjg.net" class="sup">jjg</a>!) <span class="me"><small>[ 11.01.12 ]</small></span> 605 606</p> 607 608</div> 609 610 611<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 612 613 614 615 616
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617 618 619 620 621<!-- 622<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 623 xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/" 624 xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"> 625<rdf:Description 626 rdf:about="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2012/10/the_aftermath_of_sandy.html" 627 trackback:ping="http://www.rebeccablood.net/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/rblood/managed-mt/mt-tb.cgi/1570" 628 dc:title="The Aftermath of Sandy" 629 dc:identifier="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2012/10/the_aftermath_of_sandy.html" 630 dc:subject="" 631 dc:description="Incredible images from the Atlantic of the landfall and aftermath of Sandy. The Red Cross could use your donation right now to help people affected by the storm rebuild their lives. Donate online or send $10 to the Disaster Relief fund by texting REDCROSS to 90999...." 632 dc:creator="Rebecca Blood" 633 dc:date="2012-10-30T10:35:12-08:00" /> 634</rdf:RDF> 635--> 636 637<a id="a002130"></a> 638<div class="entry" id="entry-2130"> 639 640<p> 641<a class="nav" title="The Aftermath of Sandy" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2012/10/the_aftermath_of_sandy.html">»</a> <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/10/hurricane-sandy-after-landfall/100396">Incredible images from the Atlantic</a> of the landfall and aftermath of Sandy. The Red Cross could <a href="http://www.redcross.org/charitable-donations">use your donation</a> right now to help people affected by the storm rebuild their lives. Donate online or send $10 to the Disaster Relief fund by texting REDCROSS to 90999. <span class="me"><small>[ 10.30.12 ]</small></span> 642 643</p> 644 645</div> 646 647 648<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 649 650 651 652 653
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654 655 656 657 658<!-- 659<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 660 xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/" 661 xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"> 662<rdf:Description 663 rdf:about="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2012/10/trick_or_treat_cookies.html" 664 trackback:ping="http://www.rebeccablood.net/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/rblood/managed-mt/mt-tb.cgi/1569" 665 dc:title="Trick or Treat Cookies" 666 dc:identifier="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2012/10/trick_or_treat_cookies.html" 667 dc:subject="" 668 dc:description="The Awesome: Trick or Treat Cookies for Hallowe'en...." 669 dc:creator="Rebecca Blood" 670 dc:date="2012-10-19T10:20:36-08:00" /> 671</rdf:RDF> 672--> 673 674<a id="a002129"></a> 675<div class="entry" id="entry-2129"> 676 677<p> 678<a class="nav" title="Trick or Treat Cookies" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2012/10/trick_or_treat_cookies.html">»</a> The Awesome: <a href="http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2012/10/18/trick-or-treat-cookies-for-halloween/">Trick or Treat Cookies for Hallowe'en</a>. <span class="me"><small>[ 10.19.12 ]</small></span> 679 680</p> 681 682</div> 683 684 685<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 686 687 688 689 690
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691 692 693 694 695 696<a id="a002126"></a> 697<div class="entry" id="entry-2126"> 698 699<p> 700<a class="nav" title="Texting while watching is dangerous to your children" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2012/10/texting_while_watching_is_dang.html">»</a> After declining for at least 40 years, injuries to children under age five rose 12% between 2007 and 2010. The possible cause? <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444772404577589683644202996.html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_read">Mobile devices</a>.</p> 701 702<p>I'm sure it's true. I often see both parents and nannies lost in their smartphones while their very little children run, climb, and play at the park. What resonates most strongly with me is the section at the end of the article which paints an alarming picture of both the depth and length of distraction these devices provoke. <span class="me"><small>[ 10.05.12 ]</small></span> 703 704</p> 705 706</div> 707 708 709<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 710 711 712 713 714
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715 716 717 718 719<!-- 720<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" 721 xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/" 722 xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"> 723<rdf:Description 724 rdf:about="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2012/10/the_jack_olantern_tree.html" 725 trackback:ping="http://www.rebeccablood.net/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/rblood/managed-mt/mt-tb.cgi/1568" 726 dc:title="The Jack O'Lantern Tree" 727 dc:identifier="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2012/10/the_jack_olantern_tree.html" 728 dc:subject="" 729 dc:description="Halloween is coming. You wish you had a wonderful book for your children to celebrate the season. Now you do! The very talented Linda Stanek is making her latest e-book, The Jack O' Lantern Tree, available to everyone for free from October 4-8. Please download it and read it to your kids (or your own inner child). It's available for download to Kindle or computer. If you're new to the Kindle universe, go here to learn how: http://www.amazon.com/gp/kindle/pc. Click "Free Reading Apps" in the menu bar if you have a Mac, iPad or Android...." 730 dc:creator="Rebecca Blood" 731 dc:date="2012-10-04T14:32:41-08:00" /> 732</rdf:RDF> 733--> 734 735<a id="a002128"></a> 736<div class="entry" id="entry-2128"> 737 738<p> 739<a class="nav" title="The Jack O'Lantern Tree" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2012/10/the_jack_olantern_tree.html">»</a> Halloween is coming. You wish you had a wonderful book for your children to celebrate the season. Now you do! The very talented Linda Stanek is making her latest e-book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00977IK8G/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00977IK8G&linkCode=as2&tag=rebeccaspocke-20">The Jack O' Lantern Tree</a>, available to everyone for free from October 4-8.</p> 740 741<p>Please download it and read it to your kids (or your own inner child). It's available for download to Kindle or computer. If you're new to the Kindle universe, go here to learn how: http://www.amazon.com/gp/kindle/pc. Click "Free Reading Apps" in the menu bar if you have a Mac, iPad or Android. <span class="me"><small>[ 10.04.12 ]</small></span> 742 743</p> 744 745</div> 746 747 748<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 749 750 751 752 753
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754 755 756 757 758 759<a id="a002122"></a> 760<div class="entry" id="entry-2122"> 761 762<p> 763<a class="nav" title="Collecting Cookbooks" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2012/10/collecting_cookbooks.html">»</a> I could have written <a href="http://activehistory.ca/2012/08/speak-recipe-reading-cookbooks-as-life-stories/">Speak, Recipe: Reading Cookbooks as Life Stories</a>, so beautifully does it capture my attitude toward old cookbooks and the histories - both cultural and personal - they embody.</p> 764 765<p>Food is such a revealing window into culture, history, commerce, and geography. Cookbooks freeze all of those facets in a specific place and time. Part proscriptive text, part aspirational literature, and sometimes part diary, for me cookbooks stand with film, television, advertising, and fashion as important, multi-layered, cultural documents. <span class="me"><small>[ 10.03.12 ]</small></span> 766 767</p> 768 769</div> 770 771 772<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 773 774 775 776 777
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778 779 780 781 782 783<a id="a002124"></a> 784<div class="entry" id="entry-2124"> 785 786<p> 787<a class="nav" title="New Report: Vinyl and PVC contain toxic chemicals" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2012/10/new_report_vinyl_and_pvc_conta.html">»</a> Another new report shows <a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/11745/20120827/back-to-school-supplies-contain-toxic-chemicals-report.htm">unsafe levels of toxic chemicals in many school supplies and outerwear</a>. Avoid any product made with vinyl or PVC, especially for your children.</p> 788 789<p>The report recommends that parents:</p> 790 791<ul> 792<li>Always buy products that do not contain vinyl 793<li>Check for universal recycling symbol. If the product has been labeled as V or PVC, then avoid the product. 794<li>If you are unsure if the product has vinyl then email or call the 1-800 number of the manufacturer or the retailer and ask them about the material used in the product. 795</ul> 796 797<p>(via <a href="http://www.twitter.com/KPbabydoctor" class="sup">@KPbabydoctor</a>) <span class="me"><small>[ 10.01.12 ]</small></span> 798 799</p> 800 801</div> 802 803 804 805 806 807 808 809
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810 811 812 813 814 815<a id="a002123"></a> 816<div class="entry" id="entry-2123"> 817 818<p> 819<a class="nav" title="New study shows 'worrisome' level of arsenic in rice" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2012/10/new_study_shows_worrisome_leve.html">»</a> So, <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-rice-arsenic-consumer-reports-20120919,0,396689.story">bad news on the rice</a> - all types, brown, white, organic, conventional, crackers, etc.</p> 820 821<blockquote>The new findings from a Consumer Reports investigation show "significant" and "worrisome" amounts of inorganic arsenic in nearly every rice product tested.</blockquote> 822 823<p>We've been eating quite a bit less than we once did, but this is still terrible news. I agree with the call for the FDA to set limits on this. <span class="me"><small>[ 10.01.12 ]</small></span> 824 825</p> 826 827</div> 828 829 830<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 831 832 833 834 835
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836 837 838 839 840 841<a id="a002125"></a> 842<div class="entry" id="entry-2125"> 843 844<p> 845<a class="nav" title="National Drug Takeback Day" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2012/09/national_drug_takeback_day.html">»</a> I remember, a few years ago when I was cleaning out the medicine cabinet, searching for a safe way to dispose of my expired drugs. The City of San Francisco website advised that they were working on a solution, and could everyone please just hang onto their drugs for a while longer. Sure! Glad to help!</p> 846 847<p>No more. Tomorrow, Saturday September 29, is <a href="http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_disposal/takeback/index.html">The 5th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day</a>. Yes, it's that happy time of year when, from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm, you can drop off your unwanted prescription drugs at designated collection sites, getting them out of your house and keeping them out of everyone's drinking water. Search for a nearby site, and finish up (or start) your Fall housecleaning with a bang. <span class="me"><small>[ 09.28.12 ]</small></span> 848 849</p> 850 851</div> 852 853 854 855 856 857 858 859
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860 861 862 863 864 865<a id="a002121"></a> 866<div class="entry" id="entry-2121"> 867 868<p> 869<a class="nav" title="Digital Estate Planning" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2012/09/digital_estate_planning.html">»</a> When I die, what will happen to <a href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/" class="me">Rebecca's Pocket</a>? To my photos on Flickr? To my Facebook page? What will happen to yours? <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443713704577601524091363102.html?mod=e2tw">Experts recommend that you name a "digital executor"</a> and that you make a list of all your digital assets, along with logins and passwords. They also recommend that you clearly state your wishes: should your Facebook page be shut down, or would you prefer that it be left as memorial for your friends and family?</p> 870 871<p>To simplify matters, you might also consider using a password management system so that your digital executor need only type in your master password to access all your online accounts. Then they need only consult your long list in the instance that your computer goes down in flames with you. 872 <span class="me"><small>[ 09.28.12 ]</small></span> 873 874</p> 875 876</div> 877 878 879<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 880 881 882 883 884
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885 886 887 888 889 890<a id="a002120"></a> 891<div class="entry" id="entry-2120"> 892 893<p> 894<a class="nav" title="How to eat better for less money" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2012/09/this_is_a_title.html">»</a> Here's a terrific guide that reminds me of my own <a href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/thriftyo/2007/04/the_organic_thrifty_food_plan_1.html" class="me">Eating Organic on a Food Stamp Budget</a> project from 2007. It's called <a href="http://www.ewg.org/goodfood/index.php">Good Food on a Tight Budget</a> and it aims to give you the resources you need to eat healthily - and well - while keeping your food costs down. There are tools for meal planning, shopping guides, cost guides, recipes, and more. <span class="me"><small>[ 09.26.12 ]</small></span> 895 896</p> 897 898</div> 899 900 901<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 902 903 904 905 906
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907 908 909 910 911 912<a id="a002119"></a> 913<div class="entry" id="entry-2119"> 914 915<p> 916<a class="nav" title="How to do it right" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2012/09/how_to_do_it_right.html">»</a> In case you haven't seen this everywhere else: <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/22-things-youre-doing-wrong">22 Things You're Doing Wrong</a>. That fitted sheet thing is a vale of tears, especially with flannel sheets, but the origami bag-close is just awesome. <span class="me"><small>[ 09.24.12 ]</small></span> 917 918</p> 919 920</div> 921 922 923<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 924 925 926 927 928
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929 930 931 932 933 934<a id="a002117"></a> 935<div class="entry" id="entry-2117"> 936 937<p> 938<a class="nav" title="Tweets in Space" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2012/09/tweets_in_space.html">»</a> Now no one will <a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/09/tweetsinspace-messaging-aliens/">ever come visit us</a>. <span class="me"><small>[ 09.21.12 ]</small></span> 939 940</p> 941 942</div> 943 944 945 946 947 948 949 950
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951 952 953 954 955 956<a id="a002116"></a> 957<div class="entry" id="entry-2116"> 958 959<p> 960<a class="nav" title="Happy Birthday to the Hobbit" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2012/09/happy_birthday_to_the_hobbit.html">»</a> <a href="http://t.co/35s6rYyL">75 years of "Hobbit" covers</a>. The 1965 cover is the one I remember from my childhood. <span class="me"><small>[ 09.21.12 ]</small></span> 961 962</p> 963 964</div> 965 966 967<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 968 969 970 971 972
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973 974 975 976 977 978<a id="a002114"></a> 979<div class="entry" id="entry-2114"> 980 981<p> 982<a class="nav" title="Soccer fan extravaganzas" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2012/09/soccer_fan_extravaganzas.html">»</a> <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443696604577646143196168230.html?mod=e2tw">Tifo</a>! Who knew it had a name and such cultural reach? <span class="me"><small>[ 09.14.12 ]</small></span> 983 984</p> 985 986</div> 987 988 989<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 990 991 992 993 994
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1017 1018 1019 1020 1021 1022<a id="a002108"></a> 1023<div class="entry" id="entry-2108"> 1024 1025<p> 1026<a class="nav" title="50 Things Every Creative Should Know" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2012/08/50_things_every_creative_shoul.html">»</a> <a href="http://www.the-50.org/">50 Things Every Creative Should Know</a>. A pretty good list. (via <a class="sup" href="http://www.fiberfarm.com/blog">JMF</a>) <span class="me"><small>[ 08.07.12 ]</small></span> 1027 1028</p> 1029 1030</div> 1031 1032 1033<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1034 1035 1036 1037 1038
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1039 1040 1041 1042 1043 1044<a id="a002103"></a> 1045<div class="entry" id="entry-2103"> 1046 1047<p> 1048<a class="nav" title="A compilation of Macaroni and Cheese recipes" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2012/07/a_compilation_of_macaroni_and.html">»</a> Oh my goodness, yes: F<a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dailydish/2011/08/from-the-culinary-sos-archive-mac-n-cheese-galore.html">rom the Culinary SOS archive: Mac 'n' cheese galore</a>! <span class="me"><small>[ 07.20.12 ]</small></span> 1049 1050</p> 1051 1052</div> 1053 1054 1055<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1056 1057 1058 1059 1060
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1061 1062 1063 1064 1065 1066<a id="a002098"></a> 1067<div class="entry" id="entry-2098"> 1068 1069<p> 1070<a class="nav" title="Top 5 Economic Charts of 2011" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/12/top_10_economic_charts_of_2011.html">»</a> Wall Street Journal: <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2011/12/31/top-5-economic-charts-of-2011/?mod=wsj_share_twitter">Top Five Economic Charts of 2011</a>. <span class="me"><small>[ 12.31.11 ]</small></span> 1071 1072</p> 1073 1074</div> 1075 1076 1077<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1078 1079 1080 1081 1082
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1083 1084 1085 1086 1087 1088<a id="a002097"></a> 1089<div class="entry" id="entry-2097"> 1090 1091<p> 1092<a class="nav" title="Identical twins, one of them transgendered" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/12/identical_twins_one_of_them_tr.html">»</a> Wow, read the story of the identical twin boys, one of whom has <a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2011/12/11/led-child-who-simply-knew/SsH1U9Pn9JKArTiumZdxaL/story.html">known from early childhood that she was transgendered</a>. It is hard to imagine what this family has faced, but how blessed Nicole and Jonas are to have parents who love them so much. (thanks, <a cless="sup" href="http://www.jjg.net">jjg</a>!) <span class="me"><small>[ 12.16.11 ]</small></span> 1093 1094</p> 1095 1096</div> 1097 1098 1099<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1100 1101 1102 1103 1104
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1105 1106 1107 1108 1109 1110<a id="a002096"></a> 1111<div class="entry" id="entry-2096"> 1112 1113<p> 1114<a class="nav" title="Why is the USPS failing?" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/12/why_is_the_usps_failing.html">»</a> I was speculating to my husband recently on the reasons for the dire financial straits of the United States Postal Service. Well, the Internet, of course, but the alternative delivery services seem to be doing fine in the same environment. Why is it different to be UPS than the USPS?</p> 1115 1116<p>And then it dawned on me: the Postal Service has a mandate to deliver mail to every person in the United States. That means a Post Office and a Postmaster and probably a Mail Carrier in every small town. Other delivery services can focus on profitable markets and let small-town customers make the drive to the nearest big town if they want to use their service.</p> 1117 1118<p>Pure speculation, of course -- my specialty. So I was extremely gratified to read this analysis which <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/12/tech-has-saved-the-postal-service-for-200-years-today-it-wont/249946/">draws the same conclusion</a> (and points to an outline of some <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/12/who-killed-the-postal-service/249508/">other significant factors</a>).</p> 1119 1120<p><strong>Update:</strong> Here's an Economist article that makes <a href="http://www.economist.com/node/21526393">many of the same points</a>. <span class="me"><small>[ 12.14.11 ]</small></span> 1121 1122</p> 1123 1124</div> 1125 1126 1127<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1128 1129 1130 1131 1132
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1133 1134 1135 1136 1137 1138<a id="a002094"></a> 1139<div class="entry" id="entry-2094"> 1140 1141<p> 1142<a class="nav" title="How to make Star Wars cookies with ordinary cookie cutters" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/12/how_to_make_star_wars_cookies.html">»</a> Yes, it's time to make <a href="http://www.sweetsugarbelle.com/blog/2011/11/star-wars-cookies-with-holiday-cutters/">Star Wars cookies using holiday cookie cutters</a>. You can thank me later. <span class="me"><small>[ 12.13.11 ]</small></span> 1143 1144</p> 1145 1146</div> 1147 1148 1149<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1150 1151 1152 1153 1154
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1155 1156 1157 1158 1159 1160<a id="a002085"></a> 1161<div class="entry" id="entry-2085"> 1162 1163<p> 1164<a class="nav" title="How N.K. Jemisin and Anthony Durham" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/11/how_nk_jemisin_and_anthony_dur.html">»</a> <a href="http://www.salon.com/2011/11/09/if_tolkien_were_black/singleton/">If Tolkien were Black</a>. African-American authors N.K. Jemisin and Anthony Durham are reimagining the fantasy genre - and in the process, winning awards and selling lots of books. I'm putting them on my "to read" list. <span class="me"><small>[ 11.11.11 ]</small></span> 1165 1166</p> 1167 1168</div> 1169 1170 1171<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1172 1173 1174 1175 1176
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1177 1178 1179 1180 1181 1182<a id="a002084"></a> 1183<div class="entry" id="entry-2084"> 1184 1185<p> 1186<a class="nav" title="The Mason Jar Trick" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/11/the_mason_jar_trick.html">»</a> <a href="http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/tip_blender_and_mason_jar/">Genius</a>. (via <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/schampeo" class="sup">@schampeo</a>) <span class="me"><small>[ 11.09.11 ]</small></span> 1187 1188</p> 1189 1190</div> 1191 1192 1193<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1194 1195 1196 1197 1198
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1199 1200 1201 1202 1203 1204<a id="a002080"></a> 1205<div class="entry" id="entry-2080"> 1206 1207<p> 1208<a class="nav" title="Blog Forum Gdansk 2011" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/10/blog_forum_gdansk_2011.html">»</a> <a href="http://www.blogforumgdansk.pl/title,BlogforumGdansk,pid,12.html">Join me this weekend in Gdansk</a>! I'll be keynoting at the <a href="http://www.blogforumgdansk.pl/title,prelegenci,pid,4.html">Blog Forum Gdansk</a>, October 15 and 16. I'd love to see you there. 1209 1210 <span class="me"><small>[ 10.10.11 ]</small></span> 1211 1212</p> 1213 1214</div> 1215 1216 1217<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1218 1219 1220 1221 1222
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1223 1224 1225 1226 1227 1228<a id="a002079"></a> 1229<div class="entry" id="entry-2079"> 1230 1231<p> 1232<a class="nav" title="Dear DC Comics" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/09/dear_dc_comics.html">»</a> <a href="http://michelelee.net/2011/09/24/dear-dc-comics/http://michelelee.net/2011/09/24/dear-dc-comics/">A 7-year-old comic fan reviews the new DC reboot</a> of her favorite hero, Starfire - and nails it. (via <a class="sup" href="http://twitter.com/#!/Medley">@medley</a>) <span class="me"><small>[ 09.30.11 ]</small></span> 1233 1234</p> 1235 1236</div> 1237 1238 1239<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1240 1241 1242 1243 1244
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1245 1246 1247 1248 1249 1250<a id="a002078"></a> 1251<div class="entry" id="entry-2078"> 1252 1253<p> 1254<a class="nav" title="Are you better off today than you were during the Nixon era?" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/09/are_you_better_off_today_than.html">»</a> The New Yorker: <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/johncassidy/2011/09/poverty-figures.html">Poverty and Income in America: The four lost decades</a>, John Cassidy</p> 1255 1256<blockquote>Median earnings for full-time, year-round male workers: 2010--$47,715; 1972--$47,550. That's not a typo. In thirty-eight years, the annual earnings of the typical male worker, adjusted to 2010 dollars, have risen by $165, or $3.17 a week. If you do the comparison with 1973 it is even worse.</blockquote><p> 1257 1258 <span class="me"><small>[ 09.28.11 ]</small></span> 1259 1260</p> 1261 1262</div> 1263 1264 1265<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1266 1267 1268 1269 1270
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1271 1272 1273 1274 1275 1276<a id="a002077"></a> 1277<div class="entry" id="entry-2077"> 1278 1279<p> 1280<a class="nav" title="An FPS with no bullets aims to give an on-the-ground view of war journalism" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/09/an_fps_with_no_bullets_aims_to.html">»</a> A journalist, filmmaker, and Australian game studio have teamed up to develop a first person shooter that uses a camera instead of a gun - <a href="http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/09/warco-an-fps-where-you-hold-a-camera-instead-of-a-gun.ars">requiring the player to film wartime events then create narratives</a> to explain them to at-home viewers. Action + media literacy + political education = awesome.</p> 1281 1282<blockquote>It's...about navigating through a morally gray world and making decisions that have human impact. It's about finding the story you want to tell, as each of our environments is filled with different story elements you can film and combine in your own ways.</blockquote> 1283 1284<p>I hope it's also about dodging bullets and noticing traps and staying alive. Remember, <a class="sup" href="http://defiantdev.com/">Defiant</a>, if you can't die, it's no fun. (thanks, <a class="sup" href="http://www.jjg.net">jjg</a>!) 1285 1286 <span class="me"><small>[ 09.26.11 ]</small></span> 1287 1288</p> 1289 1290</div> 1291 1292 1293<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1294 1295 1296 1297 1298
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1299 1300 1301 1302 1303 1304<a id="a002076"></a> 1305<div class="entry" id="entry-2076"> 1306 1307<p> 1308<a class="nav" title="Facebook News: Juror held in contempt after friending defendant" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/08/facebook_news_juror_held_in_co.html">»</a> A Texas juror was held in contempt of court after <a href="http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/juror_held_in_contempt_gets_community_service_for_contacting_defendant/">trying to friend the defendant</a> on Facebook during the trial. <span class="me"><small>[ 08.30.11 ]</small></span> 1309 1310</p> 1311 1312</div> 1313 1314 1315<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1316 1317 1318 1319 1320
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1321 1322 1323 1324 1325 1326<a id="a002075"></a> 1327<div class="entry" id="entry-2075"> 1328 1329<p> 1330<a class="nav" title="Asian honey may contain chloramphenicol or lead" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/08/asian_honey_may_contain_chlora.html">»</a> <a href="http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/08/honey-laundering/">Honey Laundering</a>! Seriously, though, be sure to buy your honey from local sources and read labels to make sure the packaged food you are buying doesn't contain honey, especially if you have small children. Honey imported from Asia may contain chloramphenicol (an animal antibiotic banned by the FDA in food) or lead. <span class="me"><small>[ 08.18.11 ]</small></span> 1331 1332</p> 1333 1334</div> 1335 1336 1337<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1338 1339 1340 1341 1342
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1343 1344 1345 1346 1347 1348<a id="a002072"></a> 1349<div class="entry" id="entry-2072"> 1350 1351<p> 1352<a class="nav" title="London during the Blitz" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/07/london_during_the_blitz.html">»</a> Have you read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553803190/ref=nosim/rebeccaspocke-20" class="sup">Blackout</a> and its continuation, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553807676/ref=nosim/rebeccaspocke-20" class="sup">All Clear</a>, by Connie Willis? They won the 2010 Nebula Award for Best Novel, the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, and were nominated for the 2011 Hugo Award for Best Novel. And my goodness are they good, a historical page-turner. Perfect summer reading. <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2016667/Colour-pictures-revealed-London-blitz-Nazi-bombers-World-War-II.html">Here</a> are <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/07/world-war-ii-the-battle-of-britain/100102/">photos</a> to accompany the books, two sets of pictures from London during the Bl
1352itz. Britain's finest hour indeed, and I didn't appreciate how much so until I read this novel. Even if you're not usually into genre fiction, I highly recommend them. (via <a class="sup" href="http://www.kottke.org">kottke</a>) <span class="me"><small>[ 07.25.11 ]</small></span> 1353 1354</p> 1355 1356</div> 1357 1358 1359<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1360 1361 1362 1363 1364
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1365 1366 1367 1368 1369 1370<a id="a002071"></a> 1371<div class="entry" id="entry-2071"> 1372 1373<p> 1374<a class="nav" title="Ardis Butler James, RIP" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/07/ardis_butler_james_rip.html">»</a> Why oh why did no one tell me the University of Nebraska, Lincoln has the <a class="sup" href="http://www.quiltstudy.org/education_research/">only academic quilt-studies program in the world</a> and - more importantly - the <a class="sup" href="http://www.quiltstudy.org/">International Quilt Study Center & Museum</a>? All in all, Ardis Butler James, its founder, has left <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/arts/ardis-butler-james-quilt-collector-dies-at-85.html">an impressive legacy</a>. <small> 1375 1376 1377/ <a class="me" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/07/ardis_butler_james_rip.html">1 Comments</a> /</small> <span class="me"><small>[ 07.18.11 ]</small></span> 1378 1379</p> 1380 1381</div> 1382 1383 1384<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1385 1386 1387 1388 1389
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1390 1391 1392 1393 1394 1395<a id="a002069"></a> 1396<div class="entry" id="entry-2069"> 1397 1398<p> 1399<a class="nav" title="WSJ: YA is evil; Readers: YA saved my life; WSJ: We hear you" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/06/wsj_ya_is_evil_readers_ya_save.html">»</a> On Saturday, The Wall Street Journal published a <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303657404576357622592697038.html?mod=e2tw">scathing article on Young Adult fiction</a>. There is definitely some truth to the article, but as someone who is just barely familiar with the genre, it's impossible for me to judge just how accurate or representative the writer's examples are.</p> 1400 1401<p>Readers objected, of course, starting a thread on Twitter called <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23YASaves">#YASaves</a>. But here's the most interesting part of the story: the Wall Street Journal posted a subset of those tweets to their <a href="http://storify.com/wsj/yasaves/" class="sup">Storify account</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/WSJ/status/77227372394455040" class="sup">pointed to it </a>from their Twitter account, and <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/WSJ/status/77194671020965888" class="sup">invited further comment to their Facebook page</a>.</p> 1402 1403<p>So what do you think about the stodgy, conservative old Wall Street Journal proving to be the savviest of new-media newspapers? <small> 1404 1405 1406/ <a class="me" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/06/wsj_ya_is_evil_readers_ya_save.html">2 Comments</a> /</small> <span class="me"><small>[ 06.06.11 ]</small></span> 1407 1408</p> 1409 1410</div> 1411 1412 1413<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1414 1415 1416 1417 1418
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1419 1420 1421 1422 1423 1424<a id="a002068"></a> 1425<div class="entry" id="entry-2068"> 1426 1427<p> 1428<a class="nav" title="Uh-oh, spaghetti d'ohs" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/06/uh-oh_spaghetti_dohs.html">»</a> Is it food, is it art, or is it a weird new hybrid that dare not be named? <a href="http://vxronica.tumblr.com/post/5880728063/i-dont-like-hot-dogs-or-spaghetti-but-you-know">You be the judge</a>. (via <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/LATimesfood" class="sup">@LATimesFood</a>) <span class="me"><small>[ 06.03.11 ]</small></span> 1429 1430</p> 1431 1432</div> 1433 1434 1435<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1436 1437 1438 1439 1440
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1441 1442 1443 1444 1445 1446<a id="a002067"></a> 1447<div class="entry" id="entry-2067"> 1448 1449<p> 1450<a class="nav" title="Summer Reading 2011" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/06/summer_reading_2011.html">»</a> As you know, the last few years I've maintained an <a href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/reading_lists/summer_2006/" class="me"">ongoing</a> <a href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/reading_lists/summer_2007/" class="me">collection</a> of <a href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/reading_lists/summer_2010/" class="me">Summer</a> <a href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/reading_lists/summer_2009/" class="me">Reading</a> Lists through the season. This year my schedule simply won't accommodate that expediture of time. Rejoice, however! <a href="http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/">The Reader's Advisor Online</a> keeps a list of recommended reading throughout the year (scroll through the entry until you get to the section "Lists"). Check in every Monday to see the latest hotness in the literary world. To get you started, here's their <a href="http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/index.php/2011/05/29/ra-run-down-129/">Memorial Day entry</a>. <span class="me"><small>[ 06.01.11 ]</small></span> 1451 1452</p> 1453 1454</div> 1455 1456 1457<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1458 1459 1460 1461 1462
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1463 1464 1465 1466 1467 1468<a id="a002065"></a> 1469<div class="entry" id="entry-2065"> 1470 1471<p> 1472<a class="nav" title="Beware ANY plastic food container" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/05/beware_any_plastic_food_contai.html">»</a> Criminy. <A href="http://www.rodale.com/chemicals-plastic">All Plastics Are Bad for Your Body, New Study Finds</a>. At the very least, refuse to microwave your food in any plastic container, and when it comes time to restock your storage containers, invest in some nice, non-reactive, glass. 1473 <span class="me"><small>[ 05.17.11 ]</small></span> 1474 1475</p> 1476 1477</div> 1478 1479 1480<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1481 1482 1483 1484 1485
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1486 1487 1488 1489 1490 1491<a id="a002064"></a> 1492<div class="entry" id="entry-2064"> 1493 1494<p> 1495<a class="nav" title="Please consider donating your organs after your death" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/05/please_consider_donating_your.html">»</a> Such a lovely story about <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/17/health/17organ.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&seid=auto&smid=tw-nytimes">an organ donor, his family, and the people whose lives they saved</a>. <span class="me"><small>[ 05.16.11 ]</small></span> 1496 1497</p> 1498 1499</div> 1500 1501 1502<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1503 1504 1505 1506 1507
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1508 1509 1510 1511 1512 1513<a id="a002063"></a> 1514<div class="entry" id="entry-2063"> 1515 1516<p> 1517<a class="nav" title="Rooms with a view - SIngapore" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/05/rooms_with_a_view_-_singapore.html">»</a> <a href="http://freshome.com/2011/02/10/inspiring-home-with-one-garden-per-level-in-singapore/">Wow this is gorgeous</a>. I especially love the interior view into the swimming pool. I suppose this - or a reasonable facsimile - will be how I'll know if I'm ever rich. <span class="me"><small>[ 05.13.11 ]</small></span> 1518 1519</p> 1520 1521</div> 1522 1523 1524<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1525 1526 1527 1528 1529
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1530 1531 1532 1533 1534 1535<a id="a002059"></a> 1536<div class="entry" id="entry-2059"> 1537 1538<p> 1539<a class="nav" title="Sex may make you much, much healthier" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/05/sex_may_make_you_much_much_hea.html">»</a> Of course you know that sex makes you happier, but did you know it may also "relieve stress, improve sleep and burn calories...reduce pain, ease depression, strengthen blood vessels, boost the immune system and lower the risk of prostate and breast cancer"? Interestingly (or predictably) the more sex that men have, the longer they live; the more that women enjoy sex, the longer they live. Either way, <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704569404576298953365120630.html">it's time to get busy</a>. 1540 1541 <span class="me"><small>[ 05.03.11 ]</small></span> 1542 1543</p> 1544 1545</div> 1546 1547 1548<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1549 1550 1551 1552 1553
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1554 1555 1556 1557 1558 1559<a id="a002055"></a> 1560<div class="entry" id="entry-2055"> 1561 1562<p> 1563<a class="nav" title="Will avoiding nitrates prevent Alzheimer's Disease?" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/05/will_avoiding_nitrates_prevent.html">»</a> Is Alzheimer's disease diabetes of the brain? <a href="http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/alzheimers-diabetes-brain">One scientist thinks so</a>, but surprisingly, the way to protect yourself is not to cut back on sugar, but to avoid nitrates.</p> 1564 1565<blockquote>Years ago, a few scientists suggested that nitrosamines might cause diabetes. The concept was not pursued until now. We performed experiments in the laboratory and showed that very low, limited exposures to nitrosamines (the type found in food) cause Alzheimer's-type brain degeneration, dementia, diabetes, fatty liver disease and obesity. Adding high fat to the diet made the disease-causing effects of nitrosamines much worse.</blockquote> 1566 1567<p>(via <a class="sup" href="http://twitter.com/ebertchicago">@ebertchicago</a>) <span class="me"><small>[ 05.02.11 ]</small></span> 1568 1569</p> 1570 1571</div> 1572 1573 1574<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1575 1576 1577 1578 1579
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1580 1581 1582 1583 1584 1585<a id="a002039"></a> 1586<div class="entry" id="entry-2039"> 1587 1588<p> 1589<a class="nav" title="Happy Birthday to the Pocket" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/04/happy_birthday_to_the_pocket.html">»</a> I can hardly believe it, but today Rebecca's Pocket is <a href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/1999/04.html">12 years old</a>. I don't have as much time to update now as I did then, but it is still a pleasure. Whether you've been visiting here since my first post, or discovered the Pocket just last week, I appreciate your attention - and I hope we can meet together here 12 years from now. <span class="me"><small>[ 04.27.11 ]</small></span> 1590 1591</p> 1592 1593</div> 1594 1595 1596<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1597 1598 1599 1600 1601
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1602 1603 1604 1605 1606 1607<a id="a002044"></a> 1608<div class="entry" id="entry-2044"> 1609 1610<p> 1611<a class="nav" title="Random House to enter the video game business" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/04/random_house_to_enter_the_vide.html">»</a> It seems that book publisher Random House is jumping on the multi-platform bandwagon with a partnership with a video game company to create <a href="http://mhpbooks.com/mobylives/?p=30220">multiple properties around the same story</a>.</p> 1612 1613<blockquote>The Holy Grail here would be for Random House to produce a book that sells well, with us ultimately investing $35 million in a triple-A console game backed by a $12 million marketing campaign that draws a commitment from Hollywood for a movie or television event.</blockquote> 1614 1615<p>Well, I guess so. If you spent half that much marketing a single book might it not also draw some Hollywood attention? (via <a class="sup" href="http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/index.php">tra</a>) <span class="me"><small>[ 04.18.11 ]</small></span> 1616 1617</p> 1618 1619</div> 1620 1621 1622<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1623 1624 1625 1626 1627
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1628 1629 1630 1631 1632 1633<a id="a002043"></a> 1634<div class="entry" id="entry-2043"> 1635 1636<p> 1637<a class="nav" title="Upscale Hotels Drop the Bathtub in Favor of Elaborate Showers" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/04/upscale_hotels_drop_the_bathtu.html">»</a> The Wall Street Journal reports that <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703518704576258950884360930.html">luxury hotels are scrapping the bathtub in favor of increasingly elaborate showers</a>. This matches my experience - and makes me sad. Showers are great for washing up in the morning, but after a long day of travel, work, or sightseeing I crave a long, hot bath. And, as noted at the end of the article, many of these showers are pretty, but turn out to be very badly designed. <span class="me"><small>[ 04.15.11 ]</small></span> 1638 1639</p> 1640 1641</div> 1642 1643 1644<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1645 1646 1647 1648 1649
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1650 1651 1652 1653 1654 1655<a id="a002042"></a> 1656<div class="entry" id="entry-2042"> 1657 1658<p> 1659<a class="nav" title="US Industries that will not bounce back from the Great Recession" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/04/us_industries_that_will_not_bo.html">»</a> <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2011/03/28/top-10-dying-industries/">Top 10 Dying US Industries</a>. (<a href="http://www.ibisworld.com/Common/MediaCenter/Dying%20Industries.pdf" class="sup">Read the original report</a>. <small>[pdf]</small>)</p> 1660 1661<p>This is an ongoing game <a href="http://www.jjg.net" class="sup">my husband</a> and I play: industries that are dying and product categories that turn out, like the telegraph, to be transitional (for example, the <a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/04/13/135369923/smartphones-helped-to-kill-flip-camera" class="sup">small, stand-alone consumer video camera</a>). I thought of another last week when our new Yellow Pages was delivered. How are phone directories still in business at all? <span class="me"><small>[ 04.14.11 ]</small></span> 1662 1663</p> 1664 1665</div> 1666 1667 1668<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1669 1670 1671 1672 1673
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1674 1675 1676 1677 1678 1679<a id="a002041"></a> 1680<div class="entry" id="entry-2041"> 1681 1682<p> 1683<a class="nav" title="Grilled Cheese Recipes" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/04/grilled_cheese_recipes.html">»</a> LA TImes: National Grilled Cheese Day: <a href="http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-grilled-cheese-recipes-pictures,0,1349193.photogallery">12 recipes from the Test Kitchen</a>. Click through the description of the sandwich for the recipe. Also, "test kitchen"? At a newspaper in this business environment? <span class="me"><small>[ 04.13.11 ]</small></span> 1684 1685</p> 1686 1687</div> 1688 1689 1690<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1691 1692 1693 1694 1695
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1696 1697 1698 1699 1700 1701<a id="a002040"></a> 1702<div class="entry" id="entry-2040"> 1703 1704<p> 1705<a class="nav" title="Taking up body-building in one's 80's" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/04/taking_up_body-building_in_one.html">»</a> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/apr/02/i-am-a-90-year-old-bodybuilder">I am a 91-year-old bodybuilder</a>. Wow. And he's looking good.</p> 1706 1707<blockquote>At 85 I had a crisis. I looked at myself in the mirror, and saw an old man. I was overweight, my posture was terrible and there was skin hanging off me. I looked like a wreck.</blockquote> 1708 1709<p>(via <a class="sup" href="http://www.rc3.org/">rc3</a>) <span class="me"><small>[ 04.07.11 ]</small></span> 1710 1711</p> 1712 1713</div> 1714 1715 1716<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1717 1718 1719 1720 1721
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1722 1723 1724 1725 1726 1727<a id="a002038"></a> 1728<div class="entry" id="entry-2038"> 1729 1730<p> 1731<a class="nav" title="America 2049 starts this week" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/04/america_2049_starts_this_week.html">»</a> What do you get when you mix <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0674782/" class="sup">Harold Perrineau</a> from "Lost", <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001255/" class="sup">Victor Garber</a> from "Alias", <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0427728/" class="sup">Cherry Jones</a> from "24", and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0158632/" class="sup">Margaret Cho</a>...in an 3-month long <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_game" class="sup">Role Playing</a>/<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_reality_game" class="sup">Alternate Reality Game</a>...that human rights organization <a class="sup" href="http://www.breakthrough.tv/">Breakthrough</a> created for Facebook? That's not a convoluted in-joke, it's <a href="http://apps.facebook.com/twentyfortynine/?ref=ts">America 2049</a> and it just started on Monday.</p> 1732 1733<p>If all you want to know is "Why a game, and why Facebook?" <a href="http://www.salon.com/entertainment/movies/feature/2011/04/06/america_2049_breakthrough/index.html">you'll have to ask the organization's founder</a>, Mallika Dutt:</p> 1734 1735<blockquote> Human rights have to begin at home, and we really feel the best way to reach people at home is through the power of pop culture, which is what distinguishes us from other social groups. [...]</blockquote> 1736 1737<blockquote> There's a lot of literature out there right now about how gaming has the potential to be a transformative experience. We've always been looking at what's trending, what's changing, and where young people are, and try to connect to them that way. Right now the answers are games and Facebook.</blockquote><p> <span class="me"><small>[ 04.06.11 ]</small></span> 1738 1739</p> 1740 1741</div> 1742 1743 1744<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1745 1746 1747 1748 1749
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1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755<a id="a002037"></a> 1756<div class="entry" id="entry-2037"> 1757 1758<p> 1759<a class="nav" title="Next Restaurant - Paris 1906 - Hors d'oeuvres" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/04/next_restaurant_-_paris_1906_-.html">»</a> If you're as anxious as I am to dine at <a href="http://nextrestaurant.com/">Next Restaurant</a> - the perfect convergence of my great loves: fine food, food history, and theatre - you will enjoy this <a href="http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/April-2011/An-Annotated-Dish-from-Grant-Achatz-Upcoming-Restaurant-Next/index.php?cparticle=1&siarticle=0#artanc">tour through their first menu's (Paris 1906) hors d'oeuvres selection</a>. <span class="me"><small>[ 04.05.11 ]</small></span> 1760 1761</p> 1762 1763</div> 1764 1765 1766<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1767 1768 1769 1770 1771
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1772 1773 1774 1775 1776 1777<a id="a002036"></a> 1778<div class="entry" id="entry-2036"> 1779 1780<p> 1781<a class="nav" title="Extraordinary human goodness brings out goodness in others" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/04/extraordinary_human_goodness_b.html">»</a> Read this:</p> 1782 1783<blockquote>In October 2006 a 32-year-old milk truck driver barricaded himself in an Amish schoolhouse in Pennsylvania and shot 10 young girls execution style before putting his nine-millimeter pistol to his head and pulling the trigger.</blockquote> 1784 1785<blockquote>The crime shocked America, but what came next was perhaps more stunning. Within days grieving parents reached out to the widow of the killer, offering forgiveness and financial assistance.</blockquote> 1786 1787<p>A new University of British Columbia study suggests that just <a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Acts+human+goodness+contagious+study+finds/4527824/story.html">by reading about such an extreme act of human goodness, you are now primed to be better to others</a> - at least temporarily. <span class="me"><small>[ 04.04.11 ]</small></span> 1788 1789</p> 1790 1791</div> 1792 1793 1794<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799
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1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805<a id="a002035"></a> 1806<div class="entry" id="entry-2035"> 1807 1808<p> 1809<a class="nav" title="Toyama - On Virtue" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/04/on_virtue.html">»</a> <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/03/the-enduring-power-of-virtue/73149/">The Enduring Power of Virtue</a>, Kentaro Toyama.</p> 1810 1811<blockquote>Concern for virtue simmers within the public sphere, and it bubbles over on occasion. [...] Despite these occasional mentions, public discourse about virtue is muted. To abuse a recent parlour game, below is a graph of the rate of occurrence of the words "virtue" and "technology" in Google's Ngram Viewer, which plots frequency of words occurring in books over time. We see a rapid rise of technology in the last forty years against a two-century slide in virtue. [...] Somewhat similar results are had with "virtue" against "institutions," "policies," and "systems."</blockquote> 1812 1813<blockquote>But is virtue still relevant today? For many people, talk of virtue brings to mind chastity belts and shining armor. I prefer definitions, however, that distance themselves from the moralizing.</blockquote> 1814 1815<p>(via <a href="http://www.twitter.com/alanatcra">@alanatcra</a>) 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 <small> 1821 1822 1823/ <a class="me" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/04/on_virtue.html">1 Comments</a> /</small> <span class="me"><small>[ 04.01.11 ]</small></span> 1824 1825</p> 1826 1827</div> 1828 1829 1830<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835
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1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841<a id="a002034"></a> 1842<div class="entry" id="entry-2034"> 1843 1844<p> 1845<a class="nav" title="On Morality" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/03/on_morality_1.html">»</a> Twitter reminds me of this 2006 post, which I linked at the time: <a href="http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2006/03/about_morality.html">On Morality,</a> written by an ethicist in an attempt to provide a primer on moral thinking for those liberals who might be squeamish about making moral judgements.</p> 1846 1847<blockquote>There is a straightforward moral case to be made not just against the current crop of Republican politicians, but also, I think, for liberal values. But as long as we cede moral language to conservatives, we will not be able to make this case effectively. Nor will we be able to speak to the legitimate fears of people who (correctly) think that morality is extremely important, who are worried that it's under seige, and who (mistakenly) suppose that only conservatives are willing to speak up for them, or that defending morality involves an obsession with preventing gay marriage, or something like that. [...]</blockquote> 1848 1849<blockquote>We all perform actions. And whether or not we reflect on the kinds of actions we think we should perform ... we will end up performing some actions and not others, living in accordance with certain principles, and developing a particular character. It will be true of one person that she ruthlessly pursues her own interests; of another that she drifts along, allowing her actions to be determined by the preferences of those around her; of another that she tries to preserve her image of herself as 'virtuous' only as long as it is not too inconvenient to do so; and of another that she tries to respond to others with generosity and honesty and respect, even when this is difficult. [...]</blockquote> 1850 1851<blockquote>This being the case, it makes sense to try to figure out which principles we think should try to live by and which sorts of persons we think we should try to be.</blockquote> <span class="me"><small>[ 03.31.11 ]</small></span> 1852 1853</p> 1854 1855</div> 1856 1857 1858<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863
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1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869<a id="a002033"></a> 1870<div class="entry" id="entry-2033"> 1871 1872<p> 1873<a class="nav" title="George Orwell on the excellence of British cuisine" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/03/george_orwell_on_the_excellenc.html">»</a> George Orwell: <a href="http://orwell.ru/library/articles/cooking/english/e_dec">In Defence of English Cooking</a>.</p> 1874 1875<blockquote>It is commonly said, even by the English themselves, that English cooking is the worst in the world. It is supposed to be not merely incompetent, but also imitative, and I even read quite recently, in a book by a French writer, the remark: 'The best English cooking is, of course, simply French cooking.'</blockquote> 1876 1877<blockquote>Now that is simply not true.</blockquote><p> <small> 1878 1879 1880/ <a class="me" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/03/george_orwell_on_the_excellenc.html">2 Comments</a> /</small> <span class="me"><small>[ 03.30.11 ]</small></span> 1881 1882</p> 1883 1884</div> 1885 1886 1887<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892
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1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898<a id="a002032"></a> 1899<div class="entry" id="entry-2032"> 1900 1901<p> 1902<a class="nav" title="Stop the abuse of Bradley Manning now" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/03/stop_the_abuse_of_bradley_mann.html">»</a> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/15/opinion/15tue3.html">The Abuse of Private Manning</a>. It's real, it's true, and it's shameful. (via <a href="http://waxy.org/links/">w.o/l</a>) <span class="me"><small>[ 03.16.11 ]</small></span> 1903 1904</p> 1905 1906</div> 1907 1908 1909<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914
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1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920<a id="a002031"></a> 1921<div class="entry" id="entry-2031"> 1922 1923<p> 1924<a class="nav" title="Beautiful early 20th century infographics" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/03/beautiful_early_20th_century_i.html">»</a> <a href="http://allmyeyes.blogspot.com/2011/02/black-history-charts-1900.html">Oh wow these are beautiful</a>. Black history/sociology charts hand-drawn in 1900 by W.E.B. Du Bois's students. <span class="me"><small>[ 03.09.11 ]</small></span> 1925 1926</p> 1927 1928</div> 1929 1930 1931<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936
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1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942<a id="a002030"></a> 1943<div class="entry" id="entry-2030"> 1944 1945<p> 1946<a class="nav" title="Exercise actually counteracts aging in all systems" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/03/exercize_actually_counteracts.html">»</a> The fountain of youth (again): <a href="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/02/can-exercise-keep-you-young/">Exercise</a>. <span class="me"><small>[ 03.07.11 ]</small></span> 1947 1948</p> 1949 1950</div> 1951 1952 1953<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958
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1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964<a id="a002029"></a> 1965<div class="entry" id="entry-2029"> 1966 1967<p> 1968<a class="nav" title="The truth about coconut oil" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/03/the_truth_about_coconut_oil.html">»</a> For years I've puzzled at finding coconut oil in my health food store - isn't it the very worst for your health of all the oils? But as it turns out, it's only partially hydrogenated coconut oil that should be considered poison. New research shows that saturated fat may not be as bad for you as was previously thought. And <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/02/dining/02Appe.html">delicious coconut oil - at least in small amounts - is good food</a>. <small> 1969 1970 1971/ <a class="me" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/03/the_truth_about_coconut_oil.html">1 Comments</a> /</small> <span class="me"><small>[ 03.04.11 ]</small></span> 1972 1973</p> 1974 1975</div> 1976 1977 1978<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983
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1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989<a id="a002028"></a> 1990<div class="entry" id="entry-2028"> 1991 1992<p> 1993<a class="nav" title="Are there reasonable limits on free speech in a civil society?" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/03/are_there_reasonable_limits_on.html">»</a> I understand the desire for a bright line in the matter of free speech, but I have to say, <a href="http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/02/westboro-baptist-church-ruling-dissenting-justice-samuel-alito/">I think I agree with Justice Alito's dissent</a> in the Westboro case. Particularly since, as the Justice notes, picketing the funeral was "central to respondents' well-practiced strategy for attracting public attention". Brutalizing innocent victims in order to promote your own cause is surely something more like advertising than self-expression.</p> 1994 1995<p>For what it's worth, I agree with his dissent in the crush video case, too. <small> 1996 1997 1998/ <a class="me" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/03/are_there_reasonable_limits_on.html">1 Comments</a> /</small> <span class="me"><small>[ 03.02.11 ]</small></span> 1999 2000</p> 2001 2002</div> 2003 2004 2005<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
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2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016<a id="a002027"></a> 2017<div class="entry" id="entry-2027"> 2018 2019<p> 2020<a class="nav" title="Frank Buckles, RIP" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/02/frank_buckles_rip.html">»</a> <a href="http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2011/02/28/us_obit_last_wwi_veteran_1/index.html">The last US veteran of World War I has died at age 110</a>. After returning home from the Great War, he was captured in 1941 while traveling overseas on business - and survived 3 years as a civilian POW in the Philippines. Frank Buckles, rest in peace. <span class="me"><small>[ 02.28.11 ]</small></span> 2021 2022</p> 2023 2024</div> 2025 2026 2027<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032
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2033 2034 2035 2036 2037 2038<a id="a002026"></a> 2039<div class="entry" id="entry-2026"> 2040 2041<p> 2042<a class="nav" title="Recommended: rc3.org" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/02/recommended_rc3org.html">»</a> <a href="http://rc3.org/2011/02/24/what-we-can-learn-from-mcdonalds-oatmeal/">This is why I love Rafe</a>. His writing is always so smart and sensible, and usually cuts through the prevailing ideology on both the right and the left. If he's not already, he should be in your daily rotation. <span class="me"><small>[ 02.25.11 ]</small></span> 2043 2044</p> 2045 2046</div> 2047 2048 2049<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 2050 2051 2052 2053 2054
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2055 2056 2057 2058 2059 2060<a id="a002021"></a> 2061<div class="entry" id="entry-2021"> 2062 2063<p> 2064<a class="nav" title="NYC Subway Quilt" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/02/nyc_subway_quilt.html">»</a> Quilts are unparalleled for their supreme practicality combined with skilled and intricate artwork. One day I'll learn to make them myself, and when I do, this quilt of the<a href="http://makesomething.ca/2011/01/31/whole-cloth-quilt-nyc-subway-map/"> New York City Subway map</a> - or one like it - will be on top of my list. (via <a href="http://www.fiberfarm.com/blog">jmff</a>) <span class="me"><small>[ 02.17.11 ]</small></span> 2065 2066</p> 2067 2068</div> 2069 2070 2071<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 2072 2073 2074 2075 2076
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2077 2078 2079 2080 2081 2082<a id="a002020"></a> 2083<div class="entry" id="entry-2020"> 2084 2085<p> 2086<a class="nav" title="Well why not?" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/02/well_why_not.html">»</a> <a href="http://www.uppermichiganssource.com/news/story.aspx?id=578456">Michigan man extinguishes house fire with snow blower</a>. 2087 <span class="me"><small>[ 02.09.11 ]</small></span> 2088 2089</p> 2090 2091</div> 2092 2093 2094<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 2095 2096 2097 2098 2099
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2100 2101 2102 2103 2104 2105<a id="a002019"></a> 2106<div class="entry" id="entry-2019"> 2107 2108<p> 2109<a class="nav" title="The way it should be" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/01/the_way_it_should_be.html">»</a> When Mark Ketterson contacted the U.S. Naval Academy to arrange a memorial service for his partner, the memorial coordinator asked his relationship to the deceased. <a href="http://www.suntimes.com/news/steinberg/3526027-452/ketterson-academy-naval-usna-husband.html">Ketterson said that John Fliszar was his husband</a>.</p> 2110 2111<blockquote>"They were always polite, but there was this moment of hesitation," Ketterson recalled. "They said they're going to need something in writing from a blood relative. They asked, 'Are you listed on the death certificate? Do you have a marriage license?'"</blockquote> 2112 2113<blockquote>He was and they did, the couple having been married in Des Moines when gay marriage became legal in Iowa two years ago.</blockquote> 2114 2115<blockquote>Ketterson sent a copy of the marriage license. That changed everything.</blockquote> 2116 2117<blockquote>"I was respected," he said. "From that moment on, I was next of kin. They were amazing."</blockquote> 2118 2119<p>I can't even imagine what that meant to him. (via LdlO) <small> 2120 2121 2122/ <a class="me" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2011/01/the_way_it_should_be.html">2 Comments</a> /</small> <span class="me"><small>[ 01.31.11 ]</small></span> 2123 2124</p> 2125 2126</div> 2127 2128 2129<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 2130 2131 2132 2133 2134
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2135 2136 2137 2138 2139 2140<a id="a002018"></a> 2141<div class="entry" id="entry-2018"> 2142 2143<p> 2144<a class="nav" title="Signing off for the 2010" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2010/12/signing_off_for_the_2010.html">»</a> I'm deep in preparation for the holidays, and I might as well make it official: I'll be on hiatus for the remainder of 2010 and into the beginning of 2011. Happy holidays to everyone, whichever ones you may celebrate. I'll see you in the New Year! <small> 2145 2146 2147/ <a class="me" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2010/12/signing_off_for_the_2010.html">1 Comments</a> /</small> <span class="me"><small>[ 12.14.10 ]</small></span> 2148 2149</p> 2150 2151</div> 2152 2153 2154<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 2155 2156 2157 2158 2159
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2160 2161 2162 2163 2164 2165<a id="a002017"></a> 2166<div class="entry" id="entry-2017"> 2167 2168<p> 2169<a class="nav" title="Researchers detect difference in the way Asian and Western people look at the world" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2010/12/researchers_detect_difference.html">»</a> Americans and Chinese people see the world differently <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/08/0822_050822_chinese.html">because they actually see the world differently</a>.</p> 2170 2171<blockquote>"Americans are looking at the focal object more quickly and spend more time looking at it," he said. "The Chinese have more saccades [jerky eye movements]. They move their eyes more, especially back and forth between the object and the [background] field."</blockquote> 2172 2173<blockquote>The finding suggests that East Asians literally spend more time putting objects into context than Americans do. The differences are not just reflected in how individuals recall and report their memories but in how they physically see an image in the first place.</blockquote><p> <small> 2174 2175 2176/ <a class="me" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2010/12/researchers_detect_difference.html">1 Comments</a> /</small> <span class="me"><small>[ 12.07.10 ]</small></span> 2177 2178</p> 2179 2180</div> 2181 2182 2183<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 2184 2185 2186 2187 2188
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2189 2190 2191 2192 2193 2194<a id="a002015"></a> 2195<div class="entry" id="entry-2015"> 2196 2197<p> 2198<a class="nav" title="Close the Washington Monument" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2010/12/close_the_washington_monument.html">»</a> Bruce Schneier: <a href="http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2010/12/close_the_washi.html">Close the Washington Monument</a>. 2199 2200<blockquote>Securing the Washington Monument from terrorism has turned out to be a surprisingly difficult job. The concrete fence around the building protects it from attacking vehicles, but there's no visually appealing way to house the airport-level security mechanisms the National Park Service has decided are a must for visitors. It is considering several options, but I think we should close the monument entirely. Let it stand, empty and inaccessible, as a monument to our fears. [...]</blockquote> 2201<blockquote> 2202Terrorism isn't a crime against people or property. It's a crime against our minds, using the death of innocents and destruction of property to make us fearful. Terrorists use the media to magnify their actions and further spread fear. And when we react out of fear, when we change our policy to make our country less open, the terrorists succeed -- even if their attacks fail. But when we refuse to be terrorized, when we're indomitable in the face of terror, the terrorists fail -- even if their attacks succeed.</blockquote> 2203 2204<p> <span class="me"><small>[ 12.02.10 ]</small></span> 2205 2206</p> 2207 2208</div> 2209 2210 2211<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 2212 2213 2214 2215 2216
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2217 2218 2219 2220 2221 2222<a id="a002014"></a> 2223<div class="entry" id="entry-2014"> 2224 2225<p> 2226<a class="nav" title="Will the Supreme Court end class action litigation?" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2010/11/will_the_supreme_court_end_cla.html">»</a> <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/11/06/INA41G6I3I.DTL">Pay attention to this one</a>:</p> 2227 2228<blockquote>This week, the court will hear what could be its most important case in years, and I'll bet you have never even heard of it. The case is AT&T Mobility Services vs. Concepcion. If the case is decided the way many observers predict, it could end class-action litigation in America as we know it.</blockquote> 2229 2230<p>(via <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/11/06/INA41G6I3I.DTL" class="sup">@dahlialithwick</a>) 2231 <span class="me"><small>[ 11.08.10 ]</small></span> 2232 2233</p> 2234 2235</div> 2236 2237 2238<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 2239 2240 2241 2242 2243
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2244 2245 2246 2247 2248 2249<a id="a002012"></a> 2250<div class="entry" id="entry-2012"> 2251 2252<p> 2253<a class="nav" title="Physics lessons you may not have known" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2010/10/physics_lessons_you_may_not_ha.html">»</a> <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/6546462/The-10-weirdest-physics-facts-from-relativity-to-quantum-physics.html">The 10 weirdest physics facts, from relativity to quantum physics</a>. (via <a class="sup" href="http://twitter.com/ebertchicago">@ebertchicago</a>) <span class="me"><small>[ 10.26.10 ]</small></span> 2254 2255</p> 2256 2257</div> 2258 2259 2260<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 2261 2262 2263 2264 2265
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2266 2267 2268 2269 2270 2271<a id="a002011"></a> 2272<div class="entry" id="entry-2011"> 2273 2274<p> 2275<a class="nav" title="Cutest breakfasts ever" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2010/10/cutest_breakfasts_ever.html">»</a> When you are a loving husband whose wife develops gestational diabetes and is put on bedrest, what do you do? <a href="http://www.parenting.com/gallery/Mom/Husbands-Food-Art-for-Pregnant-Wife-on-Bed-Rest/">Create the most adorable breakfasts ever</a>. (via <a href="http://joannagoddard.blogspot.com/">acoj</a>) <span class="me"><small>[ 10.19.10 ]</small></span> 2276 2277</p> 2278 2279</div> 2280 2281 2282<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 2283 2284 2285 2286 2287
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2288 2289 2290 2291 2292 2293<a id="a002008"></a> 2294<div class="entry" id="entry-2008"> 2295 2296<p> 2297<a class="nav" title="Interview with Ari Ne'ema" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2010/10/interview_with_ari_neema.html">»</a> Ari Ne'ema, the first openly autistic Presidential appointee, wants the world to <a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/10/exclusive-ari-neeman-qa/all/">stop trying to cure autism, and to start improving the quality of life of people who are different</a>. I'd never thought much about it, but Mr. Ne'ema is smart and persuasive - and he's convinced me that neurodiversity is important.</p> 2298 2299<blockquote>Most of us have had deeply personal experiences of social isolation, bullying and abuse, lack of support, discrimination, and plenty of other problems. But it's much more productive for us to focus on how we can improve people's lives than to keep presenting people as pitiable burdens.</blockquote> 2300 2301<blockquote>No more pity. It doesn't help anybody.</blockquote><p> <span class="me"><small>[ 10.12.10 ]</small></span> 2302 2303</p> 2304 2305</div> 2306 2307 2308<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 2309 2310 2311 2312 2313
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2314 2315 2316 2317 2318 2319<a id="a002007"></a> 2320<div class="entry" id="entry-2007"> 2321 2322<p> 2323<a class="nav" title="Food photography, IKEA-style" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2010/10/food_photography_ikea-style.html">»</a> <a href="http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2010/09/24/homemade-is-best/">Modernist food photography</a> from IKEA's new cookbook, available for free in Sweden only. (Any Swedish readers willing to pick up a copy for me?) I'll wager you've never seen the like. (via <a href="http://www.fiberfarm.com/blog">jmff</a>) <span class="me"><small>[ 10.08.10 ]</small></span> 2324 2325</p> 2326 2327</div> 2328 2329 2330 2331 2332 2333 2334 2335
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2336 2337 2338 2339 2340 2341<a id="a002006"></a> 2342<div class="entry" id="entry-2006"> 2343 2344<p> 2345<a class="nav" title="Toni Stone biography now available" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2010/10/toni_stone_biography_now_avail.html">»</a> "Her name is Toni Stone. She grew up in St. Paul and once played for a team called the Twin Cities Colored Giants, which played on what played on what was called Barnstorming Circuit of the Midwest. She was the first woman to play professional baseball for the Negro Leagues, she played against some of the best players in the game, and <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130401393&ft=1&f=1032">she even hit a single off of Satchel Paige</a>." When you've finished the interview, the book is called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1556527969/ref=nosim/rebeccaspocke-20">Curveball</a>. <span class="me"><small>[ 10.08.10 ]</small></span> 2346 2347</p> 2348 2349</div> 2350 2351 2352<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 2353 2354 2355 2356 2357
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2358 2359 2360 2361 2362 2363<a id="a001993"></a> 2364<div class="entry" id="entry-1993"> 2365 2366<p> 2367<a class="nav" title="Top 10 Horror Novels" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2010/10/top_10_horror_novels.html">»</a> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/sep/08/charlie-higson-top-10-horror-books">Top 10 Horror Novels</a>: From Jim Thompson to Daphne du Maurier, stories that live up to their genre and genuinely do give readers sleepless nights. <span class="me"><small>[ 10.06.10 ]</small></span> 2368 2369</p> 2370 2371</div> 2372 2373 2374<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 2375 2376 2377 2378 2379
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2380 2381 2382 2383 2384 2385<a id="a002004"></a> 2386<div class="entry" id="entry-2004"> 2387 2388<p> 2389<a class="nav" title="How to finish a game (or other project)" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2010/10/how_to_finish_a_game_or_other.html">»</a> <a href="http://makegames.tumblr.com/post/1136623767/finishing-a-game">How to Finish a Game</a>. You can apply this thinking to the (non-game) project you're working on right now. My favorite concept: "Finishing is a skill you can get better at". (via <a href="http://waxy.org/links/">w.o/l</a>) <span class="me"><small>[ 10.05.10 ]</small></span> 2390 2391</p> 2392 2393</div> 2394 2395 2396<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 2397 2398 2399 2400 2401
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2402 2403 2404 2405 2406 2407<a id="a002003"></a> 2408<div class="entry" id="entry-2003"> 2409 2410<p> 2411<a class="nav" title="Predicting future views of present practices" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2010/10/predicting_future_views_of_pre.html">»</a> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/24/AR2010092404113.html?hpid%3Dopinionsbox1">What will future generations condemn us for</a>?</p> 2412 2413<blockquote>[A] look at the past suggests three signs that a particular practice is destined for future condemnation.</blockquote> 2414 2415<blockquote>First, people have already heard the arguments against the practice. The case against slavery didn't emerge in a blinding moment of moral clarity, for instance; it had been around for centuries.</blockquote> 2416 2417<blockquote>Second, defenders of the custom tend not to offer moral counterarguments but instead invoke tradition, human nature or necessity. (As in, "We've always had slaves, and how could we grow cotton without them?")</blockquote> 2418 2419<blockquote>And third, supporters engage in what one might call strategic ignorance, avoiding truths that might force them to face the evils in which they're complicit. Those who ate the sugar or wore the cotton that the slaves grew simply didn't think about what made those goods possible. That's why abol
2419itionists sought to direct attention toward the conditions of the Middle Passage, through detailed illustrations of slave ships and horrifying stories of the suffering below decks.</blockquote> 2420 2421<blockquote>With these signs in mind, here are four contenders for future moral condemnation.</blockquote> 2422 2423<p>I immediately thought of Professor Appiah's second nomination. What did he miss? (via <a class="sup" href="http://www.rc3.org/">rc3</a>) <span class="me"><small>[ 10.04.10 ]</small></span> 2424 2425</p> 2426 2427</div> 2428 2429 2430<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 2431 2432 2433 2434 2435
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2436 2437 2438 2439 2440 2441<a id="a001992"></a> 2442<div class="entry" id="entry-1992"> 2443 2444<p> 2445<a class="nav" title="Top 20 Private eye books, films, and television" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2010/09/top_20_private_eye_books_films.html">»</a> Dick Lochte, President of The Private Eye Writers of America: <a href="http://newimprovedgorman.blogspot.com/2010/08/dick-lochtes-top-20-private-eye-novels.html">The Top 20 Private Eye Novels, the Top 20 Private Eye Movies, and the Top 20 TV Private Eyes</a>. <span class="me"><small>[ 09.29.10 ]</small></span> 2446 2447</p> 2448 2449</div> 2450 2451 2452<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 2453 2454 2455 2456 2457
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2458 2459 2460 2461 2462 2463<a id="a001991"></a> 2464<div class="entry" id="entry-1991"> 2465 2466<p> 2467<a class="nav" title="Nominations for Science Fiction classics" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2010/09/nominations_for_science_fictio.html">»</a> Which science fiction book first published within in the last 10 years will be considered a classic? <a href="http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2010/08/mind-meld-sf-books-that-will-stand-the-test-of-time/">Nominations from SF authors and readers</a>. <span class="me"><small>[ 09.22.10 ]</small></span> 2468 2469</p> 2470 2471</div> 2472 2473 2474<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 2475 2476 2477 2478 2479
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2502 2503 2504 2505 2506 2507<a id="a001999"></a> 2508<div class="entry" id="entry-1999"> 2509 2510<p> 2511<a class="nav" title="Frank Delaney Top 10 Simile nomination and vote" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2010/09/frank_delaney_top_10_simile_no.html">»</a> <a href="http://blog.frankdelaney.com/2010/09/simile-twallenge-top-ten.html">It is an honor merely to be nominated</a> (twice!). Go vote for your 3 favorites! <strong>Update:</strong> Hey! <a href="http://blog.frankdelaney.com/2010/09/and-the-winners-are.html">I won</a>! <span class="me"><small>[ 09.16.10 ]</small></span> 2512 2513</p> 2514 2515</div> 2516 2517 2518 2519 2520 2521 2522 2523
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2596 2597 2598 2599 2600 2601<a id="a001995"></a> 2602<div class="entry" id="entry-1995"> 2603 2604<p> 2605<a class="nav" title="Universal to film Stephen King's Dark Tower" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2010/09/universal_to_film_stephen_king.html">»</a> Transmedia hits the mainstream! Universal Pictures and NBC Universal Television Entertainment have committed to a filmed version of Stephen King's <a class="sup" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0451211243/ref=nosim/rebeccaspocke-20">Dark Tower series</a> - <a href="http://www.deadline.com/2010/09/universal-lands-stephen-kings-the-dark-tower-and-plans-unprecedented-featurenetwork-tv-adaptation/">3 films and 2 television seasons</a> to "connect the dots", with one television season's storylines to be "informed by a prequel comic book series that King was heavily involved in plotting".</p> 2606 2607<blockquote>"With this story, if you dedicated to one medium or another, there's the horrible risk of cheating material. The scope and scale call for a big screen budget. But if you committed only to films, you'd deny the audience the intimacy and nuance of some of these characters and a lot of cool twists and turns that make for jaw-dropping, compelling television. We've put some real time and deep thought into this." Ron Howard, director and producer of the series.</blockquote> 2608 2609<p>Transmedia has now officially moved from being "the future" to being "the present": In April <a href="http://henryjenkins.org/2010/04/hollywood_goes_transmedia.html">the Producers Guild of America officially recognized the title of "Transmedia Producer"</a>. Here's a guide to <a href="http://workbookproject.com/culturehacker/2010/07/07/transmedia-storytelling-getting-started/">creating a transmedia project of your own</a>. <span class="me"><small>[ 09.13.10 ]</small></span> 2610 2611</p> 2612 2613</div> 2614 2615 2616<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 2617 2618 2619 2620 2621
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2622 2623 2624 2625 2626 2627<a id="a001984"></a> 2628<div class="entry" id="entry-1984"> 2629 2630<p> 2631<a class="nav" title="Pre-ebook reading revolutions and how they changed history and culture" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2010/09/pre-ebook_reading_revolutions.html">»</a> <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2010/08/10-reading-revolutions-before-e-books/62004/">10 Reading Revolutions Before E-Books</a> is a smart and subtle survey of the history of reading, and ways in which technological advances resonate beyond the book itself to realign individuals' thinking process and the culture itself.</p> 2632 2633<blockquote>In Elizabeth Eisenstein's account in The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe, print changed readers' expectations of texts, especially their universality and fidelity, since everyone everywhere was (in theory) reading an exact copy of an identical text. This assumption proved particularly instrumental in the subsequent Scientific Revolution. Benedict Anderson thought print helped readers of a common language in a highly fragmented Europe think of themselves as an "imagined community," crucial to forming the modern nation-state. Marshall McLuhan and Walter Ong thought print helped further reorient language from sound to vision, paving the way for our screen-fixated present. This is a reorientation that, as Ong argued extensively, begins with writing itself.</blockquote><p> <span class="me"><small>[ 09.10.10 ]</small></span> 2634 2635</p> 2636 2637</div> 2638 2639 2640<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 2641 2642 2643 2644 2645
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2646 2647 2648 2649 2650 2651<a id="a001983"></a> 2652<div class="entry" id="entry-1983"> 2653 2654<p> 2655<a class="nav" title="Minas Tirith made from matchsticks and other miniature art" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2010/09/minas_tirith_-_made_from.html">»</a> <a href="http://www.kuriositas.com/2010/08/minas-tirith-made-from-matchsticks.html">Minas Tirith - made from matchsticks</a>. Truly phenomenal. There's a certain kind of mind that loves working at this level of detail. They create <a class="sup" href="http://www.scottkim.com/inversions/gallery/origamibilingual.html">letter</a> <a class="sup" href="http://www.scottkim.com/inversions/gallery/davidcalma.html">art</a>, <a class="sup" href="http://cameronmoll.bigcartel.com/product/colosseo-24x16-signed-poster">lettering illustrations</a>, <a class="sup" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/kent/8016362.stm">knitted cities</a>, <a class="sup" href="http://www.graficaobscura.com/huffman/index.html">paper art</a>, and <a class="sup" href="http://www.raymaterson.com/">miniatures of all kinds</a>. Reading them, one suspects a similar sort of mind in the most <a class="sup" href="http://fontfeed.com/archives/screenfonts-july-2010/">passionate</a> <a class="sup" href="http://typographica.org/2009/features/our-favorite-typefaces-of-2008/">typographers</a>. (thanks, <a class="sup" href="http://www.jjg.net">jjg</a>!) <span class="me"><small>[ 09.09.10 ]</small></span> 2656 2657</p> 2658 2659</div> 2660 2661 2662<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 2663 2664 2665 2666 2667
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2668 2669 2670 2671 2672 2673<a id="a001981"></a> 2674<div class="entry" id="entry-1981"> 2675 2676<p> 2677<a class="nav" title="College replaces Dewey with Netflix classifications" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2010/09/college_replaces_dewey_with_ne.html">»</a> Librarians at the College of Eastern Nevada have <a href="http://www.cronknews.com/2010/08/11/librarians-abandon-dewey-decimal-system-in-favor-of-netflix-categories/">replaced the Dewey Decimal System with Netflix categories</a> in order to allow students to more readily find the books they need. They've provided a handy cheat sheet for faculty who are accustomed to researching the old fashioned way. I was pretty neutral about this until I got to the part about classifying <a class="sup" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0141439556/ref=nosim/rebeccaspocke-20">Wuthering Heights</a> as "Romantic Comedy". Seriously, people, have you ever read any of the Brontes? <span class="me"><small>[ 09.08.10 ]</small></span> 2678 2679</p> 2680 2681</div> 2682 2683 2684<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 2685 2686 2687 2688 2689
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2690 2691 2692 2693 2694 2695<a id="a001982"></a> 2696<div class="entry" id="entry-1982"> 2697 2698<p> 2699<a class="nav" title="Who owns Trader Joes, and where do they get their goods?" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2010/09/who_owns_trader_joes_and_where.html">»</a> <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/20/news/companies/inside_trader_joes_full_version.fortune/">Behind the growing empire of quirky neighborhood grocery stores known as Trader Joes</a>. I've always wondered where they sourced their products - from everywhere, it turns out, name brands included. Turns out there's much more to know about them than just that. (via <a href="http://waxy.org/links/">w.o/l</a>) <span class="me"><small>[ 09.07.10 ]</small></span> 2700 2701</p> 2702 2703</div> 2704 2705 2706<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 2707 2708 2709 2710 2711
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2712 2713 2714 2715 2716 2717<a id="a001988"></a> 2718<div class="entry" id="entry-1988"> 2719 2720<p> 2721<a class="nav" title="Summer Reading - 09/05/10" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2010/09/summer_reading_-_090510.html">»</a> This week: Otherworld literature, books for adventurous girls, and what to read for the rest of the year.</p> 2722 2723<p><strong>Adults:</strong><br /> 2724NPR: <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129581144&ft=1&f=1032">Ricks' Picks: Best Books About War In Iraq</a><br /> 2725NPR: <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127987195">Three Books For The Self-Help Skeptic</a><br /> 2726Guardian UK: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/sep/01/mark-pilkington-top-10-books-ufos">Otherworld literature: From total believers to complete sceptics, the author of Mirage Men selects books that are 'informative, entertaining, puzzling or all three at once'</a><br /> 2727Guardian UK: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/sep/04/ten-best-religious-zealots-in-literature">Ten of the best religious zealots in literature</a><br /> 2728</p> 2729 2730<p><strong>Children and Young Adults:</strong><br /> 2731PBS: <a href="http://www.pbs.org/parents/booklights/archives/2009/07/series-books-featuring-adventurous-girls.html">Series Books Featuring Adventurous Girls</a><br /> 2732PBS: Booklights: <a href="http://www.pbs.org/parents/booklights/archives/2010/07/thursday-thirty-summer-books-tot-to-tween.html">Thirty Summer Books, Tot to Tween</a><br /> 2733</p> 2734 2735<p><strong>And for the Rest of the Year:</strong><br /> 2736 2737NY Magazine: <a href="http://nymag.com/guides/fallpreview/2010/books/67623/">The Twenty Our most anticipated fiction and nonfiction of fall</a><br /> 2738Guardian UK: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/audio/2010/sep/03/david-grossman-new-publishing-season">David Grossman and the new publishing season</a>: In this week's podcast we take a look at the new publishing season and open the betting on who this year's Christmas bestsellers will be<br /> 2739 2740</p> 2741 2742<p>Thus endeth Summer Reading 2010. <span class="me"><small>[ 09.06.10 ]</small></span> 2743 2744</p> 2745 2746</div> 2747 2748 2749<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 2750 2751 2752 2753 2754
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2755 2756 2757 2758 2759 2760<a id="a001980"></a> 2761<div class="entry" id="entry-1980"> 2762 2763<p> 2764<a class="nav" title="The surprising ways that language controls perception" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2010/09/the_surprising_ways_that_langu.html">»</a> I've always felt that language shapes our very perception of the world. In any language, what is named or not named, how things are framed, or what information is embedded (gender or tense - or, in Turkish, whether you witnessed an event yourself) - these things do more than color a narrative. They are the means by which humans construct reality. Language forms understanding. It dictates how we perceive the world, and how we convey our experience to others. One of the advantages of learning a new language is that it gives you a set of new eyes. A new language creates new brain spaces and connections, literally forcing you to step to the side and consider experience from a new perspective.</p> 2765 2766<p>Or so it always seemed to me. <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703467304575383131592767868.html">Now psychologists are proving my thesis</a> - and the effect language has on perception, memory, and cognition is startling even to these experts.</p> 2767 2768<p><Strong>Update:</strong> This weekend the New York Times Magazine has a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/magazine/29language-t.html?src=me&ref=general">long article on the same subject</a>.</p> 2769 2770<blockquote>Some 50 years ago, the renowned linguist Roman Jakobson pointed out a crucial fact about differences between languages in a pithy maxim: "Languages differ essentially in what they <em>must</em> convey and not in what they <em>may</em> convey." This maxim offers us the key to unlocking the real force of the mother tongue: if different languages influence our minds in different ways, this is not because of what our language <em>allows</em> us to think but rather because of what it habitually <em>obliges</em> us to think <em>about</em>.</blockquote> <span class="me"><small>[ 09.03.10 ]</small></span> 2771 2772</p> 2773 2774</div> 2775 2776 2777<br /><hr class="divider" size="1" width="30%"></hr> 2778 2779 2780 2781 2782
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2783 2784 2785 2786 2787 2788<a id="a001985"></a> 2789<div class="entry" id="entry-1985"> 2790 2791<p> 2792<a class="nav" title="Gorgeous fake movie posters and film paraphernalia" href="http://www.rebeccablood.net/archive/2010/09/gorgeous_fake_movie_posters_an.html">»</a> Take a walk through the world of <a href="http://www.salon.com/entertainment/movies/film_salon/2010/08/20/movie_fan_art_slide_show/slideshow.html">fan-produced movie posters</a> and fake peripheral properties. These are gorgeous works, ranging from <a href="http://mubi.com/topics/2132?page=163">Fake Criterion DVD Covers</a> (scroll down for Star Wars), <a href="http://godxiliary.com/alienvspooh/Medium/">Aliens vs Pooh</a> and <a href="http://godxiliary.com/thepoohing/">The Poohing</a> (a Winnie the Pooh/The Shining mashup), and this gorgeous <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/justinvg/tags/starwars/">Star Wars travel poster art</a> - and those are just my top 3. <span class="me"><small>[ 09.02.10 ]</small></span> 2793 2794</p> 2795 2796</div> 2797 2798 2799 2800 2801 2802 2803 2804
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