Journalistic cliches that should be brought to ‘closure’ ‘at the end of the day’ because we have ‘issues’ with them
Volume 1, Number 1, of Explore, from Boise State University. Congrats to the Explore folks.
Fall 2008 issue of Paradigm, from the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research.
In the Jungle: how American music legends made millions off the work of a Zulu tribesman who died a pauper.
Finalist, reporting, American Society of Magazine Editors' Best American Magazine Writing, 2001. (Rian Malan, Rolling Stone)
Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson, author of Death by Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries, tells the entertaining story of what it's like to be sucked into a black hole. (via BoingBoing)
Dogs and miniature horses for the blind, monkeys for quadriplegia and agoraphobia, parrots for psychosis, goats for muscular dystrophy, and cats, ferrets, pigs, ducks, and reptiles for anxiety. There's a great feature about service animals and the myriad legal challenges that go along with them called Creature Comforts in the New York Times.
Larry and Diana Moyer set out in November from Beaver Dam, Wis., in their oversized RV to spend some warm days in St. Petersburg, Fla. Since they travel with their pets, Jack (Diana's "service" kangaroo) and Edward (an elderly goat that uses a cart for mobility because of front-leg paralysis), their route south was circuitous because of some states' restrictions on "exotic" pets. The RV broke down three times. In Florida, Larry had a stroke and was hospitalized for two days. Then, a fuse box short-circuited, and the RV burned up, torching their money and ID. Diana was hospitalized for smoke inhalation. With Red Cross help, they found a motel that accepted goats (but not kangaroos, so Jack went overnight to a wildlife facility). At press time, according to a Tampa Tribune report, the couple had bought a junk car and were headed home, with Jack curled up in Diana's lap. [Tampa Tribune, 11-18-08 via newsoftheweird.com]
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