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Iconic “This is Fine” Dog echos a 14th century illuminated manuscript image
How long has the “This is Fine” meme been around? Would you believe the 14th century? You all know the Dog-in-the-Burning-Room “This Is Fine” meme, right? As reported in the LAist blog, Green drew the iconic image as part of … Continue reading
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Tagged Because I can, ch04 Books, ch10 social media, Illuminated manuscript, Secret 4, Seven Secrets, This is Fine
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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
Are Facebook and Instagram addictive? And if so, what does that mean? We know that nicotine, meth, heroin, alcohol and the like are addictive. Biochemists can lay out the specific mechanisms that make these substances difficult to quit using. But … Continue reading
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Riding with Strangers – Wheels on Walls Part 3
This is the third post in a series of images from my travels for the Wheels on Walls motorcycle scavenger hunt sponsored by Team Strange Airheads. For it, I need to collect photos of my motorcycle and rally flag taken … Continue reading
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Tagged 2023 motorcycle trips, Because I can, motorcycle, Team Strange, Team Strange 2023
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99 Great Kids’ Books From the WaPo
Going to take the lazy way out on this and just put up the Twitter thread…. My mother read The Hobbit and many of the Narnia books to me at bedtime as a grade schooler. I loved them for that … Continue reading
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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
Why was having a red-headed Little Mermaid important? And how could it have led to recasting the role for a Black actor? (Note: If you go back to the 19th century, there was an argument that Irish folk (i.e. red … Continue reading
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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe) – Smartphone privacy, SCOTUS leaks, scholastic censorship, COVID-19 & stress release
Lots of questions need to be asked and answered this week: Would your smartphone know if you had an abortion? Quite possibly, and that information would likely be for sale. Would your smartphone know if you had an abortion? There … Continue reading
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Tagged Because I can, censorship, COVID-19, privacy, Questions worth asking, SCOTUS, smartphones, student free speech
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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
Are radically fewer people watching the Olympics this year? The simple answer is no. The more complex answer is, “What do you mean by watching?” As University of Main media historian Dr. Michael Socolow writes today in Slate, obviously the traditional … Continue reading
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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
What do My Little Pony, Transformers, Battleship and G.I. Joe all have in common? They are all toys from Hasbro that all became major media entertainment properties under the leadership of CEO Brian Goldner, who died Tuesday of cancer. Goldner … Continue reading
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Tagged Because I can, cnn, distracted boyfriend, Fox News, Hasbro, my little pony, new york times, product integration, transformers
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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe) – Newspaper Edition
Is GateHouse poised to own 1 in 6 of America’s newspapers? Looks like it. GateHouse is reportedly in talks to purchase Gannett, which would combine the nation’s two largest newspaper chains. Then new company would control 254 dailies and hundreds … Continue reading
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Opportunity closes out 15-year mission to Mars
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab finally declared the mission of the Mars Rover Opportunity had come to an end today after having lost contact with it following a massive dust storm in June of 2018. for several months. Opportunity left Earth … Continue reading
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