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Simple Pleasures and My Theory on How Facebook Can Help Save the Economy1 comment

krmb wrote 1 month ago: 4 June 2009 One of the simple pleasures in my life is being able to have intelligent conversations … more →

Tags: Daily, Photoblog, Games, Debt, facebook, Economy, Debate, MyFarm, social network

Slate Magazine on Food

Zachary Cohen wrote 1 month ago: A whole issue devoted to food. From their introduction: For more and more Americans, food has become … more →

Tags: sustainability, Big Ag, Environment

Gearhead Philosophers2 comments

Doug Geivett wrote 1 month ago: What would you expect from a book by a trained philosopher who quite his job as a Washington think t … more →

Tags: The good life, Books, Economics, Reading Jags, Motorcycling, Human Interest, Moral Philosophy, democracy, Political Philosophy

Mommy article shout-out

CluelessMom wrote 2 months ago: I found this article (broken into a series) to be very funny yet touching, and definitely worth a re … more →

Tags: Wife, mommy article, Birth Story

Can Google be a contender amongst Facebook, Myspace, and other social networking sites?

jkalar wrote 2 months ago: Social networking sites have grown exponentially in recent years and this once-view fad is now becom … more →

Tags: Internet, Google, facebook, Profile, social network, Social Networking Sites

What Are You Listening To?7 comments

emilylistfield wrote 2 months ago: A lot of my day is spent sitting at a desk alone. (Confession: Sometimes when I’m writing fict … more →

Tags: Brunch, Studio 360, Terry Gross, culture gabfest, The Moth

Wine Importers You Can Trust | Slate 1 comment

tomdelorme wrote 2 months ago: Great article, plus a wallet-size cheat sheet detailing some of the wine world’s most trusted … more →

Tags: Reference, wine importers, Joe Dressner, Kermit Lynch, Louis/Dressner

Morning Paper

hotfiler wrote 2 months ago: Washington Post: Specter Leaves GOP, Shifting Senate Balance Huffington Post: Obama’s First 10 … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, morning paper, Washington Post, Rush Limbaugh, John Dickerson, huffington post, 100 Days, Arlen Specter

Weekend Reading: Box office Gross, High pays, and Shooting in Sydney

Ronan Macewan wrote 2 months ago: Here are a couple of good articles E.J. Epstein has written for Slate magazine: The truth about box … more →

Tags: Articles, epstein, Hollywood, box office gross, Disney, MPAA, Peter Jackson, Cameron Diaz, Wall Street Journal

Pulitzer Prize Winners

anovelconcept wrote 2 months ago: Elizabeth Strout has won a much-deserved Pulitzer Prize for her novel, Olive Kitteridge. I was predi … more →

Tags: 1, Elizabeth Strout, John Updike, Olive Kitteridge, Pulitzer Prize, Witches of Eastwick

We Shoot Pirates, Don't We?5 comments

Noah wrote 2 months ago: I have a bone to pick. I am really tired of people claiming that it’s ok to steal something if … more →

Tags: Policy, Law, film, Digital Piracy, MPAA, Thievery, stealing, media

In the Garden of Technology

zacgarver wrote 3 months ago: In this post I will link you to yet another article from Slate Magazine. In this article, which was … more →

Tags: Publishing

I'm not alone!

alexandsam wrote 3 months ago: We’re entering our fourth month of the CSA season, and a few of the things I really like are s … more →

Tags: Food, Vegetables, CSA, collards, mustard greens

Scandalous Resurrection

KJR wrote 4 months ago: Don’t throw yourself out the window of your high-rise just yet. If you are embroiled in a scandal, … more →

Tags: AiG, The Ethos of Public Relations, Karl James & Company PR, Karl Robe, APR, Eliot Spitzer, Bernadine Healy, Red Cross, Porfolio Magazine

Ron Paul's "Bruno" Cameo:1 comment

jweichhand wrote 4 months ago: Apparently the Texas Congressman and former Presidential Candidate has a bit of a cameo in the new S … more →

Tags: Politics, Popular Culture, Ali G, Bruno, cameo, film, Ron Paul, Sacha Baron Cohen

Twitter is Twitter--neither Google nor Facebook2 comments

SH wrote 4 months ago: Farhad Manjoo of Slate has done it again by laying out the reasons why the media hype that has recen … more →

Tags: technology, Business, media, Internet, facebook, Google, Charlie Rose, twitter, Farhad Manjoo

You read what in the Bible?

Nourisha wrote 4 months ago: I love reading the bible because it’s both my guideline for daily living and full of awesome s … more →

Tags: life imitating art, Bible, Bible Stories, David Poltz

Church shopping: pro and con

blue in green wrote 4 months ago: I first encountered church shoppers in college, who tried out preachers and denominations like new c … more →

Tags: Commentary, church shopping, Competition, Andrew Santella, variety

Church shopping: pro and con

blue in green wrote 4 months ago: I first encountered church shoppers in college, who tried out preachers and denominations like new c … more →

Tags: Culture and Faith, Competition, church shopping, Andrew Santella, free market, Diversity, variety