Rare Chemicals, Indeed...
I know everyone missed me yesterday. Sorry - couldn't blog, massive migraine. It's mostly better now.
Swicky did win the Most Interesting Comment of the Day Award:
Michael and I were stunned for a moment, and then we laughed - because what 8 year old comes out with hormonal theories of emotional states? Unfortunately, Swick thought we were laughing at her, and ran away crying, and we had to bring her back and explain that we weren't laughing at her, etc. Then we had a good, long discussion about the nature of love, both as a chemically-induced emotional state and as a chosen commitment to another individual, and all that good stuff.
If you're still on the fence about that whole "net neutrality" thing, here is a great article from NPR's All Tech Considered - Feds Can't Enforce Net Neutrality: What This Means For You. You can also check out CNET's Why you should care about Net neutrality (FAQ). It's not a small move - in fact, as Bloomberg Businessweek points out, Verizon's Net Neutrality Victory Means More Fighting to Come.
I also think it's important to point out that, while the net neutrality ruling is bad for everyone, it is especially terrible for the poor, as ALA President Barbara Stripling notes. The digital divide is already an enormous gap that is increasingly difficult to bridge - open Internet policies are vital. Otherwise, the divide will become insurmountable. Information access and intellectual freedom are possible for the poor only if we keep net neutrality. If we slam the Internet closed, we further erode their upward mobility - and it's a pretty damn steep climb, as it is.
Links!
Swicky did win the Most Interesting Comment of the Day Award:
[Coconut] thinks love comes from the heart. I think it's a very rare chemical that your body produces when you meet someone who is just right for you.
Michael and I were stunned for a moment, and then we laughed - because what 8 year old comes out with hormonal theories of emotional states? Unfortunately, Swick thought we were laughing at her, and ran away crying, and we had to bring her back and explain that we weren't laughing at her, etc. Then we had a good, long discussion about the nature of love, both as a chemically-induced emotional state and as a chosen commitment to another individual, and all that good stuff.
If you're still on the fence about that whole "net neutrality" thing, here is a great article from NPR's All Tech Considered - Feds Can't Enforce Net Neutrality: What This Means For You. You can also check out CNET's Why you should care about Net neutrality (FAQ). It's not a small move - in fact, as Bloomberg Businessweek points out, Verizon's Net Neutrality Victory Means More Fighting to Come.
I also think it's important to point out that, while the net neutrality ruling is bad for everyone, it is especially terrible for the poor, as ALA President Barbara Stripling notes. The digital divide is already an enormous gap that is increasingly difficult to bridge - open Internet policies are vital. Otherwise, the divide will become insurmountable. Information access and intellectual freedom are possible for the poor only if we keep net neutrality. If we slam the Internet closed, we further erode their upward mobility - and it's a pretty damn steep climb, as it is.
Tell the FCC: Restore Net Neutrality
Links!
- An Ode To Unaccelerated Reading: A lot of people are proud of how quickly they can get through a book - heck, I'm a fast reader, too - but there's a lot to be said for slowing down and really savoring a good story. Bonus: "10 long novels that are well worth their page counts."
- Some children are born readers, like Swicky. Others, like Coconut, take more work. Here are 11 Reading Hacks for Parents. They are all amazing.
- I think I'm going to be ill. Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult to star in romantic 1984 remake. Really? Who reads 1984 and thinks, "Hey, guys, this is a great love story!" Just...no...
- Today is Appreciate a Dragon Day AND International Hot and Spicy Food Day! I shall celebrate by eating spicy food and pretending to breathe fire! I do appreciate dragons - particularly those that have no anthropomorphic redeeming characteristics, such as the by-now-famous Smaug from The Hobbit and the fantastic Dragon from Grendel. I always wanted a dragon, so that he could eat all the people I didn't like. I was not a Lisa Frank kind of girl.
- Synesthetic Artist Suspends 20 Miles Of Ribbon Inside Grace Cathedral: Absolutely gorgeous...
- Obamacare Is a Powerful New Crime-Fighting Tool: Turns out, getting insurance - and, therefore, medical care and treatment - for former prisoners is good for them and for you.
- What City Should You Actually Live In? It tells me London. I'm torn. On one hand, I love NOLA. On the other, London has Ben. No, sorry, I meant the other Ben.
- Speaking of England: How To Pronounce Deliberately Off-putting British Place Names. Before we get too cocky, there's a corresponding article for the U.S.: No, Arkansas Doesn’t Sound the Way It Looks: A Guide to Pronouncing U.S. Place Names. I was surprised Natchitoches wasn't on the list. (That's pronounced Nack-a-dish, by the way.)
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