Whenever I think about not buying the Pocket Penguins 70th Anniversary box set I punch myself in the face. I *love* how the images on these three are so dominant, and yet there’s great treatment of type as well. Pocket Penguins 70s
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Calling All Currently Active Do-Gooders:
Calling All Currently Active Do-Gooders:
Down with applause
MY FOREIGN colleagues are often amused by the way Americans leap to their feet at the end of most evenings at the theatre. The moment a curtain drops, everyone tends to stand–particularly if the cast includes a real-life celebrity. A visiting friend from Russia, who went to see “The Coast of Utopia” at Lincoln Centre, …
But, you could eat a bagel or donut?
The other evening while out with neighbors for dinner I mentioned that I had pork chops for breakfast the day before. Her response: I couldn’t eat a pork chop for breakfast. So, have a look at my breakfast. Would you rather eat breakfast cereal, a donut or a bagel like she does? She does struggle …
A “Healthy” Doctor Runner with Heart Disease
Following on the Salazar post on marathoners is another less dramatic story, but with the same plot: Excessive Running. The doctor who looked the picture of health and was a runner was expected to ace his treadmill stress test. Yet, he flunked and was found to have calcified arteries Hidden Heart Disease. Note that by …
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Bryan Caplan in *The New Yorker*
Louis Menand, who has written a book on pragmatism, writes in response to Caplan: In the end, the group that loses these contests must abide by the outcome, must regard the wishes of the majority as legitimate. The only way it can be expected to do so is if it has been made to feel …
Go Ahead And Space Out:
Recent research from Dartmouth College suggests that while you daydream, your mind’s hard at work processing important issues. [via Be Lazier]Go Ahead And Space Out:
Considered Multi-Armed And Dangerous:
Considered Multi-Armed And Dangerous:
Lois Lane #58
Lois Lane #58Lois Lane #58
Quote of the week, Bonus Edition: Socrates on the “book”
From Thomas West’s Thinking Like Einstein: Long ago, Socrates described some second thoughts he had about the new and questionable technology called a “book”. He thought it had several weaknesses. A book could not adjust what it was saying, as a living person would, to what would be appropriate for certain listeners or specific times …
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