Maps: Who’s Your City? May 12, 2008

http://creativeclass.com/whos_your_city/maps/

i think the personality map is really interesting, especially that the most neurotic people are centered around NYC and the northeast, haha.

A Little Learning Is an Expensive Thing May 11, 2008

http://nytimes.com/2006/09/05/opinion/05chace.html

a bit old, but still relevant

U.S. College Students Seek the Magic of Quidditch April 28, 2008

http://reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1830730920070718

my school needs a quidditch team.

Can one of the nation’s great musicians cut through the fog of a D.C. rush hour? April 27, 2008

http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html?referrer=emailarticle

i don’t know classical music very well, but from the video i could tell that he was GOOD. still, when i’m in the metro i usually just like to get where i’m going, so i don’t think i would have stopped.

Woman Arrested for Dancing at the Jefferson Memorial April 15, 2008

http://dcist.com/2008/04/14/woman_arrested.php

it does seem pretty stupid… they weren’t being disruptive. if they had brought a boom box and refused to leave, then fine, arrest them. the police seem a bit power hungry.

Why are there no black ballerinas in the UK’s big companies? April 10, 2008

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/theatre/dance/story/0,,2272145,00.html

interesting. the lack of black ballerinas never occurred to me, and i’ve seen a couple of ballet performances in NYC

Baby with Two Faces Born in North India April 8, 2008

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/24012024/from/ET/

WEIRD.

Venezuela orders The Simpsons off in Favour of Baywatch April 8, 2008

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article3705251.ece

well, THAT makes perfect sense. good job, hugo chavez.

Boy Takes Wheel of Runaway School Bus April 8, 2008

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/boy-takes-wheel-of-runaway-school-bus/20080408064209990001

i guess that kid paid attention during the bus drills that happen a couple of times a year, because i don’t think i would have remembered to pull the emergency break during a real problem like this. and, once that didn’t work, i wouldn’t have ever thought to drive the bus into something to stop it. although, i’ve never had to think quickly in an emergency like this so i’m not sure how i would really react.

Man Gets $2.6 Million For Pizza.com Domain Name April 7, 2008

http://switched.com/2008/04/07/man-gets-2-6-million-for-pizza-com-domain-name/

wow, i wish i’d thought of that!