Aug 012014
- FedEx: Sixty horses from Belgium to China: This is a pretty cool glimpse into how fancy sporthorses are shipped halfway across the world. I just wish it showed more details!
- No End in Sight: Academic Research and “Time Off”: Academia is not conducive to having a life, for the reasons explained here, and I’m glad that this now-tenured professor has decided to carve out one for herself.
- See, even God hates selfies…: The title is all wrong… God photobombed this selfie. Perhaps he was jealous of the Queen.
- A Growing Movement To Spread Faith, Love — And Clean Laundry: I love this as a charitable idea, as it would allow lots of conversation and relationships to build over time.
- Why women are afraid to fight harassment: A case just up the street…
- Dave Barry Learns Everything You Need to Know About Being a Husband From Reading 50 Shades of Grey: Now I don’t need to read the damn book!
- Jen Reads 50 Shades of Grey: If these blog posts are remotely accurate — and they are hysterical, in any case — the book is seriously twisted. The relationship is manipulative, controlling, and pathological — not sexy. UGH.
- A Former Comcast Employee Explains That Horrifying Customer Service Call: This explanation makes sense… but it doesn’t make Comcast look any better!
- Stunning High Speed Photos Capture the Moment People are Shot Out of a Water Slide: WHEEEEEEEEE!
- Stark color photos of segregation-era U.S. thought lost, rediscovered in photographer’s storage: As always, color makes the past seem much more real. I can imagine the characters from the wonderful novel The Help in these shots.
- What’s Up With That: Your Earphone Cords Are Determined to Be a Tangled Mess: The solution to the problem is still forthcoming…