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If a guy is going to bake 1,536 cookies in a attempt to create the best chocolate chip cookie recipe, I'm giving it a try. The re...

We were introduced to some amazingly creative percussion by our Swedish family who are our houseguests for Christmas. Tack.

100 years ago today an institution (and employer) was born. From NPR … He told a handful of New York bankers to go on a given nig...

As you make Christmas cookies keep this video in mind. From YouTube … I had no idea so much was going on in a cookie. A commen...

There's been a significant amount of talk recently about growing income inequality.  Both Pope Francis and President Obama have discus...

I've spent the morning watching video segments about Mandela's passing.  This one, an interview with Pulitzer Prize winning pho...

I posted this video earlier in the year but in light of yesterday's sad loss of a man who defines greatness it's worth posting ag...

Looks like someecards and plenty of others have it wrong. Who knew. From NPR ... The most common stereotype of black vernacular is...

Turn on a game and get a (tiny) workout. From HuffPo ... Watching sport can make you fitter, according to research Sunday that said view...

Folks have lost their minds. It would be one thing if this behavior was an isolated incident but it's not.  There are plenty ...

I was struggling to come up with an ice cream that would go well with a pumpkin bread pudding that my nephew is making for Thanksgiving...

Nicholas Kristof nails it for his Thanksgiving Day column. From the NYT … As we celebrate Thanksgiving, let’s remember that the differ...

The interesting history of the word "dude". From the Chronicle of Higher Education (of all places)… Popik, Cohen, Sam Cleme...

If you've seen Gravity (it's entertaining and a likely candidate for Best Special Effects but definitely not Best Picture) take a l...

A remarkable must-read essay from a woman who describes herself "as living on the edges." The back and forth between the author ...

After we watched the superb film  12 Years a Slave  yesterday evening (if you haven't seen it…GO!), I spent this morning delving deeper...

Where was I when President Kennedy was assassinated? In utero. Fifty years ago today, I had not been born. Close but ...

A stunning view of our galactic next door neighbor.  From I Fucking Love Science … The ‘flyover’ comes courtesy of Mars Express w...

It looks so simple but undoubtedly it's quite complex. From This is Colossal ... Unveiled [last month] in Belfast, Northern Ireland ...

Immense quality can be found in brevity. Current politicians could do themselves a favor by learning this lesson. From Abraham Lincol...