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The ADA and Me

Posted by Carrie Stanziola on Thu, Jul 29, 2010

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As some of you probably know, this week marks the twentieth anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Why am I mentioning this here? Well, because I am learning disabled; specifically, I have a non-verbal learning disability, (or NLD). My mom, a third-grade teacher, informs me that it’s now abbreviated [...]

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Addiction. So Addictive!!

Posted by Neil Cleary on Wed, Jun 23, 2010

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Isn’t addiction awesome? The way it destroys your life and the lives of those around you? The way that once it has a toehold in your consciousness, it’s exceptionally hard to not have it define you forever? Ask anyone who’s ever been touched by the ravenous scourge of addiction, and I’m sure they’ll tell you [...]

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Drunk History: Nikola Tesla

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Sun, Jun 20, 2010

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Not sure how the hell I missed this when it first hit the tubes, but better late than never. Drunk History is a Funny or Die series in which a completely sauced Duncan Trussell walks us through civilization’s most significant moments. This clip is about that wizard of electromagnetism, Nikola Tesla, played here by John C. Reilly. [...]

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Come Hang with Sagan in the Chill Room

Posted by Undead Molly on Mon, Jun 14, 2010

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Thank you, Symphony of Science!

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Linkdump: Things Are Not As They Seem

Posted by Norton on Mon, Apr 19, 2010

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The Council On Spiritual Practices offers information on psychoactive sacramentals in their Enthogen Project. While the New York Times reports on emerging studies with psychoactives. This is much along the lines of Aldous Huxley’s beautiful deathbed experience. Troublesome Creek could be the name of your next band/novel/screenplay. Maybe this is where the term “blue blood” originated, though I [...]

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