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31 Reasons to Get More Sleep
1. Sleep deprivation is a torture technique used on POWs. You don’t want to live your life as a POW, do you? 2. Sleepiness is a force for evil on a large scale. You know who was sleepy? The dude driving the Exxon Valdez. 3. And evil on a local scale (like on your street), […]
Wire + Fischerspooner = 30
Here is the original version of Wire’s The 15th and Fischerspooner’s cover. Which is better? Doesn’t seem to be much difference, so what was the point of covering it? Well, they had a good time doing it, probably.
1.28.1873: Birth of a Bad Ass
Today in 1873, the French writer Colette was born. Her greatest claim to fame is the novel Gigi, which was made into 2 films, 1 musical (which didn’t do so hot), and 1 play, which served as a springboard to success for an undiscovered Audrey Hepburn. Colette led quite the baller lifestyle, writing, acting, singing, […]
Atomic No. 26: Iron, Man
Iron’s number on the atomic table is 26. In honor of today’s date, enjoy this cover of Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man” by the The Bad Plus. In addition to their FANTASTIC original work, this jazz trio performs some of the coolest covers you’ve ever heard. They have one album of nothing but covers, For All […]
25 Lessons for Life
Marian Wright Edelman, founder of the Children’s Defense Fund and overall force of nature, published The Measure of Our Success in 1993 as a guidebook to life for her 3 sons. This book included 25 lessons for life; it’s a pretty solid list. LESSON 1: “There is no free lunch. Don’t feel entitled to anything […]
24 Blackbirds Singing Songs of Sixpence
Word on the street is that the old nursery rhyme about the 4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie inspired two songs on the White Album: Paul McCartney’s “Blackbird” and John Lennon’s “Cry Baby Cry.” Lennon specifically references it with stanzas that echo the nursery rhyme’s syntax: “The King of Marigold was in the […]
The 23 Enigma and the Life of Pi
I recently saw the movie Life of Pi. I didn’t want to see it, because I read the book and the ending upset me greatly (that is, the alternative story Pi gives when the insurance investigators don’t believe his tale of being cast away with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker). But my daughter wanted […]
1.22: Roe v. Wade’s 40th Birthday
The Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade 40 years ago today, legalizing abortion in the US. Some folks would like to see this law overturned, but abortion has been practiced about as long as women have been getting pregnant. “Abortion is a universal phenomenon, occurring throughout recorded history and at all levels of societal organization,” […]
Roof Pig! Most Unexpected. 