Mar 062015
- Darwin’s Kids Doodled All Over His “Origin of Species” Manuscript: “We may have Charles Darwin’s children to thank for the surviving handwritten pages of the naturalist’s “On the Origin of Species” manuscript. Most of the original 600 pages are lost, and of the 45 pages that exist today, many were repurposed by Darwin’s brood of 10 children as art supplies.” Wonderful!
- Why women leave men they love – What every man needs to know: The roles are often reversed here, so people of any sex might want to take a read.
- ‘Guy Took My Spot … So I Put the Snow Back’: Ah, sweet justice!
- “I Got The Swimsuit Issue Cover By Making It Look Like I’m About To Show You My Pussy,” An Interview with Hannah Davis: Best satire I’ve read in a loooong time!
- Veteran on ‘American Sniper’: The Lies Chris Kyle Told Are Less Dangerous Than the Lies He Believed: I saw “American Sniper” recently, and while I enjoyed the movie quite a bit, I have some serious qualms about its portrayal of the war, its soldiers, etc. Some of those are well-articulated in this article.
- How Uber’s Autonomous Cars Will Destroy 10 Million Jobs And Reshape The Economy by 2025: This is pretty exciting, and I’d love nothing better than a self-driving car. However, I’m amused by how often city people tend to forget that lots of people don’t live in cities. It’s not just that people in rural areas live far enough apart to make things like car sharing and taxis wholly impracticable… it’s that rural people often have uses for vehicles that city people don’t — in my case, towing horses in a horse trailer, transporting hay and grain, etc. Also, I’ve yet to see any discussions of the potential impacts of driverless vehicles on commercial trucking, but that could be quite interesting.
- Guardians of the Galaxy Director James Gunn Reacts To The Oscars’ Superhero Shaming: Wonderful.
- Danish “Archer” Demonstrates Gullibility of Audience: Perhaps that video that I posted two weeks ago wasn’t quite so interesting after all…
- Coke, Nutella, Mentos And A Condom Make For One Exciting Experiment: I’m really pretty impressed by the durability of the condom, I have to say.
