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canadians in the us
Canadian ambassador to the United States Frank McKenna writes: Many Canadians here have talked to me about the importance of being connected as a group across the United States and have told me that in their interactions with Americans they would like to have facts at their disposal about what Canada has done in the …
emm gets violent
highwire days: i can think of a few things i’d like to blow up, a comet is not one of them.
she puts up with this because?
some girl and her antisocial boyfriend.
on childhood memory
Why do we forget our childhood?
the seattle freeze
matt pointed me at a really interesting article in The Seattle Times: Pacific Northwest Magazine. I don’t think the behaviour they describe is unique to Seattle. But the dichotomy most fundamental to our collective civic character is this: Polite but distant. Have a nice day. Somewhere else. “People here don’t ever just hang out — …
sudanese currency
crypto-gram reports: Sudanese currency is printed on plain paper with very inconsistent color and image quality, and has no security features — not even serial numbers. How does that work? Because anyone who counterfeits will be put in front of a firing squad and shot.
headline of the day
Jackson won’t share bed with kids again.
WaPo interviews Freakonomics’ Stephen Dubner
Stephen Dubner: I hope Stewart runs for president of something some day so I can vote for him.
crunch mode is bad for you
Why Crunch Mode Doesn’t Work: Any way you look at it, Crunch Mode used as a long-term strategy is economically indefensible. Longer hours do not increase output except in the short term. Crunch does not make the product ship sooner — it makes the product ready later . Crunch does not make the product better …