Even More Perspective

Christine Hyung-Oak Lee, a stroke victim, has just published her narrative of her recovery. A New York Times review [https://nyti.ms/2kUIosQ] shows that she has managed to articulate a perspective on her experience that I've first seen expressed by Shira Toeplitz [https://mikeschultz.ghost.io/missed-perspective/…

Most difficult?

> Mamihlapinatapai! pic.twitter.com/GsQ5CL7H8x [https://t.co/GsQ5CL7H8x] — Did You Know? (@DidYouKnowFacts) February 14, 2017 [https://twitter.com/DidYouKnowFacts/status/831306973777846272]…

Just Imagining

> Sweden's prime minister responds to Trump: "We must all take responsibility for using facts correctly and for verifying anything we spread." — Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) February 20, 2017 [https://twitter.com/peterbakernyt/status/833735990929944576] Wouldn't it be something to see a statement like this…

Just out that phone down

Daniel Levitin, in a Fast Company interview [https://www.fastcompany.com/3068037/creative-conversations/the-neuroscience-of-music-behavior-and-staying-sane-in-the-age-of-twi] , states the case for unplugging pretty strongly and plainly. These days, it’s pretty common to go out to a restaurant and see an entire family staring into their phones. What are some of the effects…

"Smartphone Zombies"

> The clever thing one Dutch town is doing to protect "smartphone zombies" https://t.co/sgRHhKV2EN — Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 16, 2017 [https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/832219017234481153] "Smartphone Zombie" is a harsh name to bear, but apt.…

Remember This

On the wall at the Salt Bagel pop-up in Alexandria, Virginia. The quotation is taken from Ed Levine's article Was Life Better When Bagels Were Smaller? [https://nyti.ms/2lQgCuk] at The New York Times. Salt Bagel clearly follows this philosophy of the bagel-making art. It's…

National Pizza Day

> #NationalPizzaDay [https://twitter.com/hashtag/NationalPizzaDay?src=hash]: This robot cooks your pizza on its way to your home https://t.co/L54PVNiCgg pic.twitter.com/DuJJBY3C5d [https://t.co/DuJJBY3C5d] — Fast Company (@FastCompany) February 9, 2017 [https://twitter.com/FastCompany/status/829733079015104514] I've caught wind of…

Poetry, please

> #PSA [https://twitter.com/hashtag/PSA?src=hash] via @thebookmania [https://twitter.com/thebookmania] pic.twitter.com/pI8hIlZ87o [https://t.co/pI8hIlZ87o] — Sara (@meteolist) January 18, 2017 [https://twitter.com/meteolist/status/821751913993609216]…