The Last Word
By Sally Adee | July 7, 2012 | 1 Comment
July 2 – 6
This week, Tom wondered why one of the greatest mental capacities our outrageously successful species possesses hardly works at all.
Faced with parenting in a region “where a high school diploma confers a solid elementary school education”, Jessa weighed her home schooling options and whether they could guarantee a prodigy.
Cassie’s shrewd analysis caused me to throw away my fish oil supplements.
Ginny continued her stellar Galapagos Mondays series with an explanation of the red-headed stepchildren of the Galapagos.
And I placed the blame for outbreaks of “dirty electricity” squarely at the feet of epidemiologists (look, the whole post was just a thin excuse to show a clip of the exploding girl in Cloverfield, okay?).
Extra Credit: This week, Comic Sans defended itself against the harsh criticism leveled at it in the wake of the infamous Higgs presentation. “Need to soften the blow of a harsh message about restroom etiquette? SLAM. There I am,” the aging font told McSweeney’s. “Need to spice up the directions to your graduation party? WHAM. There again. Need to convey your fun-loving, approachable nature on your business’ website? SMACK.”
See you next week!
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July 7th, 2012 @ 7:05 pm
I was surprised to see this monkey on your post today–I had just used the same photo on my blog on Friday (http://jameystegmaier.com/2012/07/you-are-not-as-interesting-as-you-think-you-are/), so I thought for a second that you knew about my blog! Alas, ’tis not the case. As a fairly new subscriber, I’m loving this blog so far.