Poem: A Ditty (with Apologies to Ogden Nash)
William Shakespeare wrote King Lear
Lacking a computer.
Toiling ‘gainst the author’s fear
Cordelia turned out cuter.
The moral of the story?
Go for truth, not glory.
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- A Message from the Richest Man in the World
March 22, 2020Hello, fellow humans. How are you doing? Feeling OK?
This whole Corona Virus deal has been rough, especially for the elderly and financially disadvantaged. I get it. And I want to help.
As an expression of my gratitude to all the people whose labor and consumption have made me the wealthiest person in the history of our planet, I’ve decided to give (a little) back to the rest of you. As of Monday, my company…
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- Tim Urban’s The Story of Us
Orginally posted on March 31, 2020The popular blogger and stick-figure cartoonist Tim Urban posts educational and intellectually provocative articles on his Website, WaitButWhy.com. Everything there is worth reading. But during these plague times, his magnum opus, his masterpiece of expository and explanatory writing, a multi-part series called “The Story of Us,” is indispensable, not to be missed. In it, Urban attempts to...
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