Recommended reading

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Your anticipatory trembling may cease: here are this week’s Best Blog Posts™ as judged by me.

Film photographer Stephen Dowling recently finished a ten-year project of shooting sound checks of bands all over the world. He’s shared a few photos on his blog. They’re great. Read Exhibition: Soundcheck Sessions Lomography Soho, London

Teacher Matt Appling says that now that summer vacation’s here, your kids can still learn things — things that actually interest them, not the stuff they have to learn to pass the standardized test. Makes me wonder how awful school must be now if that’s all that’s being taught. Read Summer Vacation is the Chance to Make Up for All of School’s Failings

TV writer and director Ken Levine considers a critical question of our age: why in heaven’s name did we put up with the gaping logical holes in Gilligan’s Island? I mean, seriously: why carry luggage on a three-hour tour? Read Logic problems on GILLIGAN’S ISLAND

I’ve steered clear of the whole Bruce/Caitlin Jenner discussion (until now). But my friend Scott Palmer uses it to make a great point: let’s show love and compassion for people who are different, but let’s not reorganize all of society to call that different normal. Read Conservative About Ideas and Compassionate About People


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3 responses to “Recommended reading”

  1. George Denzinger Avatar

    I’ve got to say, as a kid who watched Gilligan’s Island every day after elementary school, I never gave the logic of the situation much thought. But the writer’s opinions are pretty spot-on, and the comments after his post were even better!

    1. Jim Grey Avatar

      Ken Levine’s blog is consistently this interesting, and he’s got great commenters. I recommend following it.

  2. bwc1976 Avatar
    bwc1976

    Totally agreed with “let’s show love and compassion for people who are different, but let’s not reorganize all of society to call that different normal”!

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