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Of Death, and Dances with Same
We’ve looked at the Dance of Death concept in class (or in French, La Danse Macabre) and I thought I’d take a minute and put some extra...
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The Student Loan Scheme
Infographic by College...
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Color My (Ancient) World
Thanks mostly to a Renaissance aesthetic notion, we’ve come to imagine ancient Greece and Rome as places of stark beauty—pure white marble...
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Brain Drain
Ever felt like your brain wasn’t exactly your best friend? Well, you’re probably not simply paranoid. Over at Lifehacker, Kevin Purdy has...
POSTED BY IN Featured, Journalism ON Aug 8, 2010 | Comments Off
Breaking News
URLesque has a swell collection of videos in which ham-handed news reporters callously or carelessly destroy things—often the very things...
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Not Dead Yet.
posted on: Dec 6, 2008 | author: Mr. Ferrell
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What’s in a Name?
posted on: Sep 11, 2008 | author: Mr. Ferrell
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Yearbookery.
posted on: Aug 18, 2008 | author: Mr. Ferrell
All the cool kids on teh Intarnets seem to be yearbooking themselves today, so I thought you guys might like to join in. All you need is a few...
And These Are The Easy Ones…
posted on: Aug 8, 2008 | author: Mr. Ferrell
Check out this quiz: The 100 Most Common English Words. See how many you can name in five minutes. I got 36, and I’m not too proud of it. ...
The Red Table
posted on: Mar 5, 2008 | author: Mr. Ferrell
I told some class I’d post this info.—I just don’t remember who. (3rd period, was that you?) Anyway, we were talking about memory...
Online Writers, Rejoice!
posted on: Feb 6, 2008 | author: Mr. Ferrell
All right, we’re serious this time. (I think.) Forget emailing papers to yourself due to “can I open this at school” compatibility...
Protagony.
posted on: Jan 9, 2008 | author: Mr. Ferrell
I stumbled across Protagonize today, and thought I’d mention it here, for what it’s worth. I think I remember doing this in some English...
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posted on: Jan 3, 2008 | author: Mr. Ferrell
A little while ago, I plugged Dan Carlin’s excellent Hardcore History podcast. I thought I’d bring it up again because he just released a...
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