Seriously? Reporting was that bad last year?
The earthquake in Haiti and Gulf oil spill were among the most intensely covered stories of 2010, but none of that coverage was deemed worthy of a Pulitzer Prize for reporting. Journalism's most prestigious awards went to the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times, among others, but the awards were notable for the one prize no one won - basic breaking news.
This shouldn't be any big !*&!@# surprise:
Scientists from Keele University found that letting forth a volley of foul language can have a powerful painkilling effect, especially for people who do not normally use expletives.
The cluster effect is fascinating. We don't hear about something for years and years, then suddenly there's a whole bunch of them in a very short time. The latest phenomenon to display the effect is the "night-shift air traffic controller falling asleep and endangering planeloads of people" story. How did that become a national catastrophe almost overnight?
In the current climate of red hot political rhetoric, with some people urging civil discourse one day and screaming at their opponents the next, it's refreshing to read this common sense take on "offense" by Dick Cavett:
Here's an innovation we can hope becomes a trend:
He sits somberly on that lone chair outside the dressing room, staring at the floor, a pile of shopping bags piled at his feet.
Poor guy was dragged to the mall.
Poor guy no more.
Say so long to the travel and convention business:
If Jim Blascovich and Jeremy Bailenson are right, here is what's in store for you and your avatar very soon, probably within the next five years:
1) Without leaving your living room or office, you'll sit at three-dimensional virtual meetings and classes, looking around the table or the lecture hall at your colleagues' avatars.
Here's a good thumb-sucker on how to know when to stop using a word's original definition when its meaning is changing through common usage:
Suppose a friend said to you, "I know you're disinterested, so I want to ask you a question presently." Then he didn't say anything. Would you be momentarily nonplussed?
The remake of "Arthur" sucks:
The original Arthur isn't a perfectly constructed comedy; it lurches a bit in the romantic scenes, and shifts tone too often—but when it's funny, it's really funny.
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Hey, we're useful for something again!
Japanese workers battling to stop a radioactive water leak into the Pacific from the beleaguered nuclear power plant have resorted to using newspaper and sawdust to try and block the pipes.
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This is how it's going to go for the rest of the year, isn't it? Down a penny or two, then up 20.
