FuturePundit: “Doing Tasks Depletes Willpower: Most of us only have a finite supply of willpower.” via Instapundit
Asgarda by Guillaume Herbaut cropped photo click to see original The Planet has a photo essay about a true life Amazons in eastern Europe. It sounds like a group where Wonder Woman would feel right at home. From Jenna Martin’s introduction: In the Ukraine, a country where females are victims of sexual trafficking and gender […]
It are make imperfect nonsense. At Bookworm Room: the American version of Bizarro World, our friends (England, Israel, etc.) are our enemies. Our active enemies and those countries that are merely passively hostile to us (North Korea, Iran, Castro, Venezuela, etc.) are the ones to whom we pay homage. Our cooling planet is a warming […]
After the Pats beat the Buffalo Bills on Monday night, I really shouldn’t kick one of their players while they’re down. But it’s just too tempting Ellis, if you’re reading this, there’s plenty of places where you can get help for this habit. via FailBlog.org
“As Maine goes, so goes the nation”? In this case, I hope not. David Freddoso examines how Maine’s public option plan, DirigoChoice, failed to reduce the number of uninsured, failed to reduce the cost of health care, but succeeded in driving up insurance rates for everyone. Over the next five years, Dirigo would collect premiums […]
Kevin Drum: When the fire chief of Jericho, Arkansas, finally got fed up and went to court a few days ago to challenge his second traffic ticket in as many days, the town’s entire 7-man police force showed up for the hearing. And then shot him.Seriously. Discovered via Megan McArdle, who simply comments, Whoa!
John Gruber at Daring Fireball: I fully acknowledge that there is much to be gained by running your own copy of WordPress. But clearly there is a price: constant vigilance. I like the little allusion to the famous quote from 19th century abolitionist, Wendell Phillips “Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty” In this case […]
A link to an article about commonplace books, and my adaptation of the idea for my own use.