Assorted links

Haunting poem.
Leddy on academic entitlement.

Why I don’t use “lol” in emails. Example 2 is the killer.

Brooks on the benevolent power of institutional thinking.

Have you ever wondered what would happen if a nuclear bomb goes off in your city? Wonder no more with the Ground Zero Calculator. [via Librarian of Fortune]

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  1. Would you ever use LOL in IM? Alone by itself and not in a sentence? Is there not a place for LOL in this world? Let go, I cannot. Let there be LOL.
    rani “LOL” grrl

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  2. Hah — your comment reads like “Green Eggs & Ham.” Would you use LOL on a train? Would you use it in the rain?
    Nay, banish the LOL I must! I don’t use it anywhere.
    I usually smile more than I laugh, so I fall back on the more twee πŸ™‚ emoticon, which is a little cuter and visually wittier.

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