Daily Archives: March 6, 2018
Your Super Large Slice of Ham For the Day: Me Singing “Jack’s Lament”
Posted on March 6, 2018 9 Comments
As part of a Disney sing-along on the JoCo Cruise. Three things: 1. I am mostly on-key! Go me. 2. Check out that dad bod, ladies. (and gents.) (and those of you fluidly gendered.) 3. It should be clear I have absolutely no shame whatsoever.
Art and Entertainment and Neil deGrasse Tyson
Posted on March 6, 2018 64 Comments
Yesterday on Twitter, noted astrophysicist and Pluto killer Neil deGrasse Tyson wrote: Bears repeating: Creativity that satisfies & affirms your world view is Entertainment. Creativity that challenges & disrupts your world view is Art. — Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) March 6, 2018 And, well. No. I responded: Sounds profound and coffee mug-worthy but is not […]
The Big Idea: Jane Yolen
Posted on March 6, 2018 15 Comments
Today’s Big Idea post is not about a specific book — although Jane Yolen has two, yes, two, books coming out today — but to celebrate a milestone that Yolen has achieved, right now, as we speak. When having two books out in a single day is only the second most impressive thing about an […]
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