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• Unfrosted: The Pop-Tarts Story [Media Notes 119]

  

  Was it funny? Yes. Worth watching? I suppose. But it wasn’t the laugh-out-loud hilarity fest I was hoping for. It wasn’t Duck Soup for the 21st century. I like... Read more

  The 04 May 2024 by   Bbenzon
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• A Source of Blue Dye in Rural China

  

  Around the corner at Language Log Victor Mair quotes from a recent paper, E.J.W. Barber, "Of Salt Men and Cloth: The Remarkable Textile History Preserved in... Read more

  The 12 May 2024 by   Bbenzon
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• Pop-Tarts, They Aren’t That Good [Media Notes 119 D]

  

  I’ve been working away on Unfrosted and have been having trouble bringing a long article to a close. I came across an interesting review by Owen Gleiberman in... Read more

  The 14 May 2024 by   Bbenzon
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• What’s Been Going on at New Savanna Over the Last Year?

  

  Here’s the action at New Savanna over the last year: Notice the large increases in August and September of last year and in March through May of this year... Read more

  The 17 May 2024 by   Bbenzon
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• Musings on Mountain Hiking

  

  “—Philosophy, as I have hitherto understood and lived it, is a voluntary living in ice and high mountains, a seeking after everything strange and questionable i... Read more

  The 20 May 2024 by   Emcybulska
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• Unfrosted @ 3QD: More Than a Blooper Reel [Media Notes 119 G]

  

  I’ve now got a piece about Unfrosted at 3 Quarks Daily: Pop-Tarts Re-frosted: An allegory about creativity in a corporatized world? I keep thinking about it.... Read more

  The 24 May 2024 by   Bbenzon
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• Some Notes on Photographing Irises

  

  Most of these observations apply to other types of flowers as well, but I’m using irises as my example. I think of this as a “canonical” iris. Read more

  The 25 May 2024 by   Bbenzon
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• Is Satire Appropriate in Apologetics Part 1

  

  By Drew Godwin I remember being drawn to comedy at a young age. I loved to laugh and I loved to make people laugh. Whether it was making silly faces, learning t... Read more

  The 27 May 2024 by   Stuart_gray
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• Is Satire Appropriate in Apologetics Part 2

  

  by Drew Godwin This is part two of a blog series. Part 1 is here. In part 1 of this series, we explored examples where satire was used to good effect by people... Read more

  The 31 May 2024 by   Stuart_gray
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• Why Don't We Dream of Building Perfect Societies Anymore?

  

  Rohit Krishnan asks that question at Strange Loop Canon. He starts with a story: Robert Owen was a Welsh industrialist. Born in Newtown, Owen moved to Mancheste... Read more

  The 31 May 2024 by   Bbenzon
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