March 2008
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Homeschooling
“Homeschooling sucks! Children have to learn to socialize, and they have to do it in a public school! Where else will children learn to lie, steal, cheat, master groupthink, indulge in unprotected sex, torment those weaker than themselves, and grovel to their social superiors - all skills vital in modern society, and skills the schools excel at teaching. No Child Left Behind, I say!
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“It’s ten past two in the morning, and I’m completely wired, caught up in the new...”
– Warren Ellis via Blackbeltjones/Work: » “Faster than the speed of anyone”
Watch0300.TV - CHILE: 1997-2007 OBRAS PÚBLICAS. More here. Via edgargonzalez.com
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“Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably...”
– Daniel Burnham
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“Technology is beginning to assail the underlying concepts of our educational...”
– I, Cringely . The Pulpit . War of the Worlds | PBS
“I really like what I call logarithmic time planning, in which events that are...”
– One of many gems from Ed Boyden’s How to Think
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“mature organizations capable of innovating on a routine basis share two key...”
– metacool: Want an innovative culture? Status differences blow
El neocriollo
“The form was completely naked; his trunk and abdomen were transparent as illuminated with X rays and the subtle design of his organs could be easily seen; he stood on one of his huge legs and bent the other […] his head was surrounded by a radiant mist, his phosphorescent eyes revolved like spots placed on the extreme of two huge anthers; his mouth was a saxophone and his ears were...
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“As an architect, I’m a rarity among university presidents, and I’ve often wondered why. Architecture is the ideal background for my job for reasons that are both philosophical and practical — very practical.
“That’s because architecture offers one of the last Renaissance educations available. At its best, it strikes just the right balance between art and science,...
This Is Just To Say
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast.
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold.
-William Carlos Williams
