March 2012
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“If you’re reading this…
Congratulations, you’re alive.
If that’s not something...”
– Chad Sugg, Monsters Under Your Head (via larmoyante)
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Why Won’t They Listen? - "The Righteous Mind" -... →
A psychologist argues that people base decisions on moral intuition, not reason.
The problem isn’t that people don’t reason. They do reason. But their arguments aim to support their conclusions, not yours. Reason doesn’t work like a judge or teacher, impartially weighing evidence or guiding us to wisdom. It works more like a lawyer or press secretary, justifying our acts and judgments to...
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Trivia Bit 03/31/12: Chicken Tikka Masala
Chicken tikka masala, the hugely popular Indian curry, is not Indian. It was invented in Glasgow, Scotland. Yes, one of the most loved Indian dishes comes from the home of haggis and hogmanay. It is, according to statistics, the most popular “Indian” dish in Britain.
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A Better Hangman Strategy →
Extensive statistics on which letters to yell out first!
For five letter words, the best first guess is the letter S. This is the only time a consonant is the most likely first guess letter.
A should only be your first guess if the word length is four or less letters. If five letters, go for S first. Between six and twelve letters try E and above that you should call I.
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Word of the Day 03/29/12: luxate
luxate [LUHK-seyt]: To put out of joint; dislocate.
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“If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you...”
– Socrates (via larmoyante)
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WatchTED: Daniel Wolpert: The Real Reason for Brains
We have a brain for one reason and one reason only — and that’s to produce adaptable and complex movements.
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McDonald's stopped offering spoon-shaped coffee...
mentalflossr:
(via Now I Know)
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Another 25 Words You Don't Know →
25. Girn – To bare your teeth in anger and sadness
24. Yerd – To beat with a stick.
23. Dendrofilous – Loving trees enough to live in them.
22. Wamfle – To walk around with flapping clothes.
21. Ribazuba – Ivory from a walrus.
20. Franch – To eat greedily.
19. Nazzard – A lowly or weak person.
18. Cachinnate – To laugh noisily.
17. Sesamoid – Having the size and shape of a sesame seed.
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“If you are lonely when you’re alone, you are in bad company.”
– Jean-Paul Sartre
“If you don’t know what you want, you end up with a lot you don’t.”
– Chuck Palahniuk (via nevver)
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Word of the Day 03/27/12: vituperative
vituperative [vahy-too-per-uh-tiv, -puh-rey-tiv, -tyoo-, vi-]: marked by harsh abuse; bitter and abusive
The criticism soon turned into a vituperative attack.
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Newsweek: Ask a Copy Editor →
newsweek:
Last week, we asked you to submit questions to our awesome cohort of copy editors. And you guys totally did! So let’s get to it!
Dear Copy Editor, tell me what you think about the singular possessive for a noun ending in s? Is it James’ or James’s? Does it really matter anyway? Oh, and I…
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Word of the Day 03/25/12: gallimaufry
gallimaufry [gal-uh-maw-free]: hodgepodge; a confused medley; jumble
Her blog is a gallimaufry of art, photographs, trivia, music, and literature.
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Top 10 Words for Unusual Colors Worth Looking At... →
Vermillion- vivid reddish orange
Verdigris green- yellowish green
Titian- brownish orange
Bisque-light grayish brown
Puce- dark red
Cattleya- medium purple
Smalt- medium blue
Damask- grayish red
Jasper- blackish green
Bittersweet- deep reddish orange
Nice little slideshow.
“To drift with every passion till my soul
Is a stringed lute on which all winds...”
– Helas. Oscar Wilde, 1881 (via semeraldipity)
“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts,...”
– Charles Bukowski (via sendinthebasterds)
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Word of the Day 03/23/12: oppugn
oppugn [uh-PYOON]: to fight against; call into question
Her followers started to oppugn her ability to direct.