Posts from April 2011

For some reason I have an irrational distaste for tablespoons. I don’t know why this is the case. They just seem too big to me, and there’s something pretentious about them. (Who needs to put that much of anything in his mouth all at once?) I’m a teaspoon man and probably always will be.

• Fun Stuff
  • Nick Holmes posts cute and funny things.
  • I’ve always wondered exactly how potholes are formed. Now I know.
  • Need some cool wrapping paper? Try rapping paper.
  • Thinking about the Monty Hall Paradox always makes my head hurt.
  • Do you feel like you’re too old to start getting into shape? Listen to Charles Eugster, who is a champion weightlifter: “I was already rowing six times a week, and there didn’t seem any harm in pushing myself a bit harder to rebuild my muscles. So in my late-80s I joined a bodybuilding club.”
  • I, for one, am very happy to get to go to Mars. You can go, too.
• Sports
  • I love this photograph of a guy painting the hash marks on Florida Field.
  • Agree +1 with this tweet from @drsaturday: “I like Tim Tebow but I don’t think I can convey in 140 characters the visceral hate I have for this commercial.”
• Parenting
  • The British newspaper The Independent has published a list of 50 books every child should read. YMMV.
  • The website PoshTots has a section devoted to luxury playhouses, which cost upwards of $10,500. Comment unnecessary.
  • Don’t Touch the Screen is a podcast for webnerds with kids. (iTunes)
  • Ten Jaw-Droppingly Awesome Infographics on Education is exactly what it says on the tin.