March 2013
“Guilt is cancer. It will confine you, torture you, destroy you as an artist....”
– In his SXSW 2013 keynote, Dave Grohl reminds us of the importance of doing things for the right reason. (via explore-blog)
Coffee (Haiku #2 of 26)
apeyardholler:
On a bad Monday I put salt in my coffee thinking it was cream.
The Myth of Writer’s Block →
amandaonwriting:
By Amanda Patterson, creator of Writers Write – How to Write a Book
If you write one page a day you will complete a 365-page novel in a year.
You are crippling yourself by not starting to write. If it seems an overwhelming task to write a whole book, start with an opening paragraph, then a page, then a chapter. Your first sentence is the first step to being published. Most...
“Dwelling on negative events can increase levels of inflammation in the body, a...”
– New research confirms what we already know about the physical effects of optimism and pessimism. (via explore-blog)
A Note on Nerdfighters →
fishingboatproceeds:
newyorker:
In her article about transgender teens in the magazine this week, Margaret Talbot quotes Annette Bening and Warren Beatty’s son Stephen calling himself, among other things, a “nerd fighter.” It might escape the average reader’s notice that this term is more than the sum of its parts. In the teen-age population, “nerdfighter” (as a compound word) has a very...
What Really Smart People Worry About At Night →
teachingliteracy:
nevver:
The proliferation of Chinese eugenics. – Geoffrey Miller, evolutionary psychologist.
Black swan events, and the fact that we continue to rely on models that have been proven fraudulent. – Nassem Nicholas Taleb
That we will be unable to defeat viruses by learning to push them beyond the error catastrophe threshold. – William McEwan, molecular biology researcher
That...
RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE READY FOR THE SEMESTER...
howdoiputthisgently:
February 2013
“When Samuel Morse established the first commercial telegraph, in 1844, he...”
– Carl Zimmer on measuring the speed of thought.
Technology has long shaped our metaphors for the mind. (via explore-blog)
“In learning any art the important things to learn are, first, Principles, and...”
– A 5-step technique for producing ideas, 1939 (via explore-blog)
“In December, [Megan Phelps-Roper, formerly one of the Westboro Baptist Church’s...”
– Metafilter member “the man of twists and turns” said: I’m going to stick this quote into every discussion of why libraries are important. I say: Amen to that.
Megan Phelps-Roper, formerly one of the Westboro Baptist Church’s most vocal members, has left the church. | MetaFilter
(via hadro)
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“BOOKISH: Before becoming full-time novelists, you both worked in journalism. How...”
– In this interview on the newly launched Bookish, writer Michael Connelly shares how the work ethic of journalism helped his fiction.
Complement with the daily work ethic of famous writers and Tchaikovsky on work ethic vs. inspiration, then learn how to burst through your own creative block.
(via...
“It wasn’t real. I deluded myself. I had this aching need to be loved and it was...”
– Ilona Andrews, Magic Strikes (via larmoyante)
“Teachers are often unaware of the gender distribution of talk in their...”
– [x] (via neighborly)
“Teachers are often unaware of the gender distribution of talk in their...”
– [x] (via neighborly)
Maxistentialism: FOX: A 2nd grader has been... →
wilwheaton:
FOX:
A 2nd grader has been suspended from school in Loveland for a make believe game he was playing.
The 7-year-old says he was trying to save the world. But school administrators say he broke a key rule during his pretend play.
“I was trying to save people and I just can’t believe I got…
What the actual fuck.
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