Smattered Tidbits

It is no secret, especially here in America, that we live in a post-Enlightenment age in which rationality, science, evidence, logical argument and debate have lost the battle in many sectors, and perhaps even in society generally, to superstition, faith, opinion and orthodoxy. While we continue to make giant technological advances, we may be the first generation to have turned back the epochal clock — to have gone backward intellectually from advanced modes of thinking into old modes of belief.

The Elusive Big Idea

Source: The New York Times

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Grillin’ shish kabob’s! #memorialday (Taken with instagram)

‘The Black Box’ — told in Tweets

In case you haven’t heard of it, this is a really cool idea. It’s a story/narrative poem told in daily installments via tweet on @NYerFiction.

I love how people take existing platforms and twist them to express themselves in new ways that haven’t been done before.

The first installment was yesterday, and can be read in its entirety here (or below).

The second installment begins tonight at 8pm EST on Twitter.

I’ll be reading.

People rarely look the way you expect them
to, even when you’ve seen pictures.

The first thirty seconds in a person’s
presence are the most important.

If you’re having trouble perceiving and
projecting, focus on projecting.

Necessary ingredients for a successful
projection: giggles; bare legs; shyness.

The goal is to be both irresistible and
invisible.

When you succeed, a certain sharpness
will go out of his eyes.

Source: newyorker.com

Pizza Patrón’s free pizza deal causes a stir

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If you want to get a free pizza you must order in Spanish. Pizza Patrón, a carry-out pizza chain headquartered in Dallas, is planning a promotion that will give away large pepperoni pizzas to anyone that orders in Spanish, reported USA Today. But not everyone thinks this is good idea.

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Via Google Translate: Una pizza de pepperoni por favor … ven, que no era tan difícil!