Two cannibals are eating a clown and one says to the other, “Does this taste funny to you?”
Dean Baquet and Sam Dolnick New York Times New York, NY Re: Climate Change Editor Dear Misters Baquet and Dolnick, Please accept my application for the position of Climate Change Editor, the […]
I’m on the road for the next several days and won’t always have access to the Internet. So I’m reposting a series of classic fallacies. Regular service to resume early next week. […]
Tried to do it, but ran out of time. Not only is there the teaching, and the radio shows, and the eating, and the talking too much, but there is also the […]
Editor’s note As I prepare for class this weekend, I have some guest posts and reader’s questions prepared for us. The poor hands of the modern person are becoming nothing more than […]
Since is Silly Saturday, a few fun back-of-the-envelope calculations on simulating a brain. I’m drawing from the marvelous, must-read (go do it now) essay “The empty brain: Your brain does not process […]
Neal Gabler’s confession in the May Atlantic about his inability to gather $400 in an emergency is riveting reading. The article details the wreckage of one bad decision after another. The freelance […]
I’m thinking of hiring the same security firm Mark “I’m No Fan Of Guns Unless They’re Used To Protect Me” Zuckerberg. Just like he, I’ll be a big star and in need […]
Uncontrolled gleeful trembling is the most common symptom upon learning the Big News that there is a New & Improved! way to support the blog! You know this method must be good […]
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