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There seems to be no rhyme or reason to what sticks in our minds from childhood. As I look back, I can’t figure out why the announcement of telephone number changes in the early ’60s stays with me. Anyone who’s watched a 1950s or early 1960s movie knows telephone numbers then wasn’t just a series […] Bulletin Board Late posting today because it’s my annual hockey binge weekend: 10 televised NCAA regional tournament games, with the added bonus of great Stampede games last night and Thursday Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes Once and future sins (“…one thing is certain: in 100 years, ordinary people will look back at us and […] Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes In Defense of Difficulty (“A culture filled with smooth and familiar consumptions produces in people rigid mental habits and stultified conceptions. They know what they know, and they expect to find it reinforced when they turn a page or click on a screen.”) In Defense of Boredom (“To […] Bulletin Board There’s a new addition to the Curmudgeon’s Gallery Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes Please Be Disturbed: Triggering Can Be Good for You, Kids (“Brutalities cry for attention. Attention to the appalling causes disturbance. Deal with it. You’re at school to be disturbed. Universities are very much in the business of trying to […] |
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