Police thank suspect for Facebook info
“How much life could you find in one cubic foot? That's a hunk of ecosystem small enough to fit in your lap. To answer the question, photographer David Liittschwager took a green metal frame, a 12-inch cube, to disparate environments—land and water, tropical and temperate. At each locale he set down the cube and started watching, counting, and photographing with the help of his assistant and many biologists.” Find out at National Geographic online.
“The authorities do not know exactly how many people have been killed warbling ‘My Way’ in karaoke bars over the years in the Philippines, or how many fatal fights it has fueled. But the news media have recorded at least half a dozen victims in the past decade and includes them in a subcategory of crime dubbed the ‘My Way Killings.’” (NYT)
The latest stats on iPhone apps, beautifully displayed.
WFAA-TV in Dallas investigates Ed Young of Fellowship Church in an unflattering report. What to make of this? The tell-all witness in the burqua cracked me up, but exposure of a minister’s lavish living was sad.
Voodoo priest's son leads Haitians to Christ
How to Sound Smarter: The Reader's Digest Version of those rules for talking and writing--the ones you missed in high school
“Since last September, a group of women have been on a fashion fast, refusing to buy any article of clothing for 12 months. What have they learned so far from The Great American Apparel Diet, as the experiment is called?” (Find out here)
More Global Warming Shenanigans
David Brooks at the NYT: One of the keys to healthy aging is what George Vaillant of Harvard calls ‘generativity’ — providing for future generations. Seniors who perform service for the young have more positive lives and better marriages than those who don’t. As Vaillant writes in his book Aging Well, ‘Biology flows downhill.’ We are naturally inclined to serve those who come after and thrive when performing that role.”
‘Men at Work’ Stole Most Famous Tune
Posts since last Tuesday:
Too Many Happy Returns
"What's The Use of Stories That Aren't Even True?"
Heading Off Radicalization
Song of the Week: "Fugitive" by David Gray
Oh How I Miss This Guy's Work
Step Away from the Mouse...
When the U.N. Opposes Religious Liberty
Fatherhood Lost
Peer Pressure and Christian Belief
Winning Ways: "Lost: It’s More Than a TV Show"
"What would you do if you were stuck in one place and every day was exactly the same, and nothing that you did mattered?"
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