One of the greatest things about living in a city like Barcelona is the great diversity present in the streets. Not only do we hear Catalán, Spanish and their relatives, but also French, Italian, Turkish, German and occasionally English. So goes the joke: What do you call someone who speaks three languages? Trilingual What do…
Category: healthy
Is that you, Joshua?
How good does it feel to know there are smart and, yes, successful people out there doing things for a greater good? Take Joshua Silver, for instance, who’s got all the credentials any mofo might need to be a big, selfish dick but instead has made it his goal to deliver affordable corrective lenses to…
the power of stats
perspective : technology integration and learning = c
BFIS Barcelona
Welp, here’s where I’ll be an Artist-in-Residence in Barcelona in 2009. Watch as Dr. David Penberg introduces this short about the Benjamin Franklin International School: = c
Area Man Writes Blog
LITTLE CANADA, MNâ€â€ÂLocal resident Steve Bachman, the self-styled “Bachster†of Internet obscurity, has announced plans to publish a blog. Family members, friends, neighbors, co-workers, and checkout clerks are bracing themselves for the expected onslaught of hintsâ€â€Âsubtle and not-so-subtleâ€â€Âof the “you ought to check out my blog†variety. Bachman believes that his catchy graphical hook, a…
Farewell, Mr. Carlin – Thanks for the Balance
Surely, there are many people who strongly disagreed with his views. More conservative folks especially would rather he hadn’t reached the levels of success he did. He made a career out of stirring the pot and providing balance to the hard right and its overwhelming amount of political correctness and closed-mindedness about the world. Known…
Why Neurosurgeons Use Bluetooth
What do brain surgeons know about cellphone safety that the rest of us don’t? Last week, three prominent neurosurgeons told the CNN interviewer Larry King that they did not hold cellphones next to their ears. “I think the safe practice,†said Dr. Keith Black, a surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, “is to…
Galactic!
Our fave pizza place in MPLS is making quite a splash all over. Good thing, too, because they serve delicious pies made with fresh, organically grown ingredients all produced within 30 miles of here. Go Galactic!!! = c
Powderhorn Empty Bowls
Our pal, Jennie the Potter, works with a group of other folks on Powderhorn Empty Bowls, a community-based, volunteer-driven organization who’s goal is to eliminate hunger from the neighborhood in and around Powderhorn Park in MPLS. They throw each and every bowl by hand. Then, for an in-kind donation they fill your bowl with homemade…
sourdough starter
My friend Jennie the Potter hooked me up with my first sourdough starter and i’ve been waiting patiently for it to stabilize so i can feed it to double it in size in prep for baking. you can make a starter from scratch or acquire one from any number of places. once you’ve got a…
Keep ’em Moving!
Researchers promote starting children young when it comes to exercise and healthy eating Pamela Cowan, Leader-Post Published: Saturday, March 29, 2008 Over indulgence in computer games, TV, processed food and fast food. You just shortened the life of your child. Dr. June LeDrew couldn’t sit still and watch kids morph into “extreme screenies” — those…
StoryCorps : Listening is an Act of Love
Some cultures rely heavily on their oral traditions. Native Alaskan cultures, for example, rely solely on the spoken word to pass stories and lessons down through the generations. They do this because they had no alphabets or formal methods to write them down until the immigration of white culture into Alaska. There are certainly pros…
Tag : trailer
[thinfilms] is in post-production for a feature documentary about the game of Tag. a trailer for the film is now on youtube. if you’ve contributed to the film in any way, please know what it means to us – this is a labor of love that represents over 120 hours of footage featuring interviews with…
Linux Geek Makes Good
James Burgett of the Alameda County Computer Resource Center calls himself a ‘tattooed freak’ and a recovering drug addict, but CNN is calling him a hero for diverting tons of computers from landfills, installing Ubuntu Linux on them, and giving them out to schools, non-profits, and people who can’t otherwise afford one. Burgett’s filmed interview…
It’s been REAL he says…
our mentors in the lost art of pumpkin-carving, Dave n Sarah, have left their j-o-bs to travel around the world in 365 days. yep, sucks to be them ; ) Dave left the following words of wisdom for his colleagues at RealNetworks after 7 1/2 years working down on Elliott [taken from his blog, davethegrinch.net]:…
Lifetime Dog
“A lot of people tell me I’m living their fantasy life,” Katz said. “There are a lot of frustrated, alienated people who just aren’t doing what they want. I think that’s sad.” Katz has done what many frazzled urbanites can only dream of doing: He chucked a spirit-sapping life in suburban New Jersey, bought a…
Growing up with Newsweek
Newsweek loves to feature articles about Autism. People love to buy Newsweek and read articles about Autism. If the following cliche’ is true [about Autism] then most of the world is Autistic only they don’t know it yet: Work is play and play is work Sound like anyone in YOUR neighborhood? When was the last…
What would you want hypnosis to do for you?
i knew a dude once who used to toast to hypnosis and another dude who toasted to acupuncture. they both, however, toasted to each respective discipline as a cure for alcoholism… …dunno that i could help from at least giggling after anticipating the hypnotist softly saying stuff like “alllriiiiiiiiiiiiiight, now you’re going to relaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaax every…