David Foster Wallace and the Comedy Nerd
‘Thinking about the relation of comedy to prose fiction, he says that the best jokes and the best short stories both leave out important information but evoke it “in such a way as to cause a kind of explosion of associative connections.”’
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David Foster Wallace and the Comedy Nerd
# 2012.10.06 – 17:54
Heartbreak and joy with the Oakland A’s
Heartbreak and joy with the Oakland A’s
“You learn how being an A’s fan can be like rooting for the 13-year cicada. “
# 2012.10.06 – 13:38
Blog: Barking up the wrong tree: What does it take to save over 100 lives when the plane you’re flying loses control?
# 2012.10.05 – 23:08
YouTube: NBC 1972 World Series theme Cincinnati Reds Oakland Athletics
NBC 1972 World Series theme Cincinnati Reds Oakland Athletics
# 2012.10.05 – 20:23
Blog: I Love Charts: via duke-adam Looking at this exposed how much of an East Coast…
# 2012.10.05 – 12:52
Eternal Curves | Psychology Today
Eternal Curves | Psychology Today
“Just as human mothers have seven times more body fat than other animals, human babies have a body part that is seven times larger than the one in other animals—an enormous brain that grows fastest in the first two years of life. Other than water, the human brain is mostly fat and has a lot of a particular kind of fat: an omega-3 fat called DHA (docosahexaenoic acid). We can’t make omega-3 fats; they have to come from what we eat, and women tend to stash their DHA in the same hip and leg fat that men value.”
# 2012.10.05 – 11:40
Do you have a political philosophy? | Francis Pedraza
Do you have a political philosophy? | Francis Pedraza
“No, the real villain – the thing that I find most disturbing and dangerous for the long-term health of our American body politic – is that there are so few individuals left who really know why they believe what they believe.”
# 2012.10.05 – 09:47
What is a vision?
What is a vision?
“You have ideas. A vision is an idea that has _you_. When the possessive relationship goes in reverse, it would feel like a betrayal to walk away, and it becomes your duty to bring it forth. “
# 2012.10.05 – 09:47
Blog: Adventures in Capitalism: The content continuum and why I’m worried about the direction of the online world
# 2012.10.04 – 16:58
Adventures in Capitalism: Faith, Community, Friendship, and Imperfection
Adventures in Capitalism: Faith, Community, Friendship, and Imperfection
“And as I examined my own feelings about Mr. Rogers, I began to feel that perhaps this was how the truly devout feel about their deity.”
# 2012.10.04 – 16:38
Blog: FanGraphs Baseball: Q&A: LaTroy Hawkins on His Long and Blessed Career
# 2012.10.04 – 12:05
Blog: kottke.org: The boomerang meteor
# 2012.10.03 – 16:57
Blog: Science: Are Those Spidery Black Things On Mars Dangerous? (Yup.)
# 2012.10.03 – 14:50
Blog: Wired Science: The Race to Bring Quantum Teleportation to Your World
# 2012.10.03 – 14:50
Debate Pivots: How Politicians Get Away With Dodging The Question
Debate Pivots: How Politicians Get Away With Dodging The Question
“people are capable of detecting dodges — but only if they’re egregious. They don’t seem capable of detecting subtle evasions.”
# 2012.10.03 – 14:35
Blog: THE BOOK–Playing The Percentages In Baseball: Rule of 17
# 2012.10.03 – 14:09
YouTube: LEGO Great Ball Contraption (GBC) Layout 2012.9
LEGO Great Ball Contraption (GBC) Layout 2012.9
# 2012.10.03 – 12:35
Tradition and traditionalism
Tradition and traditionalism
“Traditionalists…seize on some aspect of a tradition and run with it in a way that may or may not be faithful to the living tradition”
# 2012.10.03 – 12:13