Jeff Jarvis today linked to a Wall Street Journal article describing how one magazine (tabloid) had altered a cover photograph of Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, changing the colors of their clothes to white in order to match their headline story about the couple’s wedding plans. When I read his link I had just gotten […]
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Tabloid truths that enticed me today
April 14th, 2004 · 1 Comment
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Starting later in life
April 11th, 2004 · 2 Comments
Tyler Cowen at Marginal Revolution today linked to a New York Times article Educators Flocking to Finland, Land of Literate Children that tried to explain the success of schools in Finland: Finland topped a respected international survey last year, coming in first in literacy and placing in the top five in math and science What […]
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Show me love: leave me sushi
April 11th, 2004 · 2 Comments
On Friday, Jay McCarthy linked to this piece but I didn’t look at it closely due to busyness…then Ted came home and while reading through his blogroll sent the link to me: Love Peeks Through Elder Japan’s Curtain of Reserve, which described the romance between Mr. and Mrs. Kudo. The real-life exchange between Chiyoko and […]
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“Don’t worry…I’m OK now.”
April 11th, 2004 · Comments Off on “Don’t worry…I’m OK now.”
From last week’s Seattle Times Mercer Island parents describe ordeal of 9-year-old girl’s kidnapping, rescue Dexter Lai remembers clearly the moment when the Lais were reunited with their daughter in Monroe. “She was so precious,” he said. “She came in and said, ‘I want to hug both of you,’ so we both together gave her […]
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The biology behind *The Bachelor*
April 10th, 2004 · 1 Comment
I’ve never seen the show but I’ve seen quite a few commercials for it while watching ice-skating on ABC. Those clips are enough to convince me why I wouldn’t want to watch it. I don’t understand why people would want to participate in it. It’s clear why a man would want women to compete for […]
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