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Boston Globe story basically asks the question, “Why do smart people do such stupid things?”
I have been wondering the exact same thing for years, especially after buying a lottery ticket or eating at McDonalds.
“Several stupidity scholars link foolishness to a lack of impulse control. “
Analysts at the RAND Corporation lay out ten international-security developments that aren’t getting the attention they deserve.
From the “July/August Atlantic”
Cute riff on the races from Fred Clark at “Slaktivist”
An
original example of smart web marketing, this site allows you to
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“Every time it occurs to me to say something about what is going on I remember what happened to me: I was arrested, suspected of wallowing in the very shit that most upset me.”
– rock musician PETE TOWNSHEND, vowing to keep silent about child pornography after being cautioned by British police for accessing such [...]
Of course you’ve read the latest Harry
Potter book Order of the Pheonix, but have you read Harry
Potter and Leopard-Walk-Up-to-Dragon, in which Harry encounters
sweet and sour [...]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City dog owners who worry that their furry
friends need some stress management have a new option: yoga for dogs.
Sorry, lady, but I don’t think your dog is doing Yoga……
Sylvia by Nicole Hollander
In just a little over 48 hours, 317,647 members voted, making this vote
larger than both the New Hampshire Democratic primary and Iowa caucuses
combined. Here are the vote totals and percentages, when voters are
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Researchers from Stanford and the University of Toronto have found that receiving a traffic ticket reduces a driver’s risk of dying in a crash by 35 percent. From the June 28th edition of “Lancet”
Mr.
Gobbles, a wild turkey, appeared mysteriously in Kendall
Square, Cambridge, over three months ago. Even stranger, the bird
seems to be under the protection of federal officials from the Volpe
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Duane "Dog" Chapman, a 50-year-old, Hawaii-based bounty
hunter, his brother Timothy and his son Leland were arrested along with
Shells
and
Krutonog on June [...]