21 September 2006Literature The Classics in Your Inbox Too busy to read? No matter how odd a premise that sounds, given the opportunity to provide a solution to a problem […]
21 September 2006Television The Office vs. The Office(s) Coinciding with the premiere of what may well be the best American comedy sitcom tonight, Slate’s Liesl Schillinger compares four versions of […]
31 August 2006Art The Scream It’s been a long time since I wrote about this, but The Scream has been recovered, along with another painting Madonna. The […]
21 August 2006Television Put Them On Notice! And now, let’s look at the big board! Go and make your own! (via Grabbing Sand) NP: “Eyes” – Rogue Wave
15 August 2006Language Chicago Manual of Style Breaking Paper Shackles The University of Chicago Press will begin offering an online version of the Chicago Manual of Style. I’m sure most of you […]
7 July 2006Internet, Language Google Confirmed as a Verb Catching up with the colloquial rather quickly, Merriam-Webster has decided that google is a verb. NP: “It’s All the Same” – Wilderness
6 June 2006Religion 6.6.6 In honor of today’s nefarious date, I thought I’d point you to a list of the numbers of the beast. I wonder […]
26 April 2006Film 102 Movies for Film Literacy Film critic Jim Emerson recently listed 102 movies to see before you are movie “literate.” He explains the list this way: … […]
13 April 2006Religion Mapping Religion in America The Regions of Mind blog has an interesting post with maps dissecting the distribution of religious adherents in America (full larger versions […]