One Guy and a Dream

I’m a few years removed from my grad school days, but not so many that I can’t appreciate this:

Journal of Universal Rejection.

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A pessimistic but entertaining look back at 2010. Obviously over the top, but closer to accurate than should make you feel comfortable:

The 50 Most Loathsome Americans of 2010 The Beast.

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More craziness from Pixar:

Pixar Zoetrope on Devour.com.

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You may have seen Marshawn Lynch’s incredible video game like run on Saturday. Jason Kottke found some examples of people taking that literally:

http://kottke.org/11/01/video-game-football

(Sorry Morin…)

How would you do on an 8th grade exam from 1895? How many of the answers to these questions have changed since then?

8th Grade Exam.

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If you ever need to defend your favorite number:

http://www2.stetson.edu/~efriedma/numbers.html

Hopefully it isn’t 391.

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Somehow this was not a felony at the time. Amazing:

Michael Fagan incident – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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[Note: I have a few posts saved from last year that I'll probably be posting this week, so take the "Today" part of the tagline with a grain of salt.]

Tyler Cowen, the George Mason economics professor and main contributor at Marginal Revolution, wrote an eloquent analysis of income inequality and how it ties to the financial crisis:

The Inequality That Matters – Tyler Cowen – The American Interest Magazine.