Someone figured out that Dominos Pizza had a coupon for free food. I say figured it out because it was enabled on their website, but it was not publicized…until this past Monday, when stories like this one appeared on The Cheapskate – CNET News: Domino’s is offering a free medium one-topping pizza. The catch, if … Continue reading Dominos Bailout
I really enjoyed a LiveScience report on Toddler thinking. It tries to demonstrate a new understanding of how we rationalize and reason when we are very young: “I went into this study expecting a completely different set of findings,” said psychology professor Yuko Munakata at the University of Colorado at Boulder. “There is a lot … Continue reading Toddlers, Cognitive Science, and Risk
A. S. Pushkin Eugene Onegin Translation by Charles H. Johnston XII As if before some mournful parting Tatyana groaned above the tide; she saw no friendly figure starting to help her from the other side; but suddenly a snowdrift rumbled, and what came out? a hairy, tumbled, enormous bear; Tatyana yelled, the bear let out … Continue reading Eugene Onegin
Not much news yet on what exactly has happened, other than a car bomb has exploded in Arkansas A car bomb explosion critically injured the head of the Arkansas State Medical Board on Wednesday, detonating in his driveway as he was leaving for work, authorities said. The state will certainly be on high alert, especially … Continue reading Car bomb in Arkansas