Nemesis Wanted [Pic]
I’m probably the last person in the world to see this, but here it is: The Evolution of Dance
Redneck Mansion [Pic]
Best of Craiglists: To the Crazy-bat-shit-lady who picked up the free fridge
Confused by the subprime crisis? Let some stick figures explain it to you.
I loved Nickel & Dimed. This book is a response to it, showing how possible it is to get out of poverty if you are at all determined to do so.
A very interesting call-in discussion about atheism and faith.
Another Buffet interview, from business students. Good questions, great answers.
Can the psychologist beat the mathematicians? An update on the Netflix contest.
Yes, it’s torture. See some new photos.
The effects of bottom trawling, as seen from space.
Funk,
I lost the link, but there was a good interview with him. He is well aware of all the advantages he has, and isn’t pretending that it’s a perfectly fair comparison.
But your points apply as well to Nickel & Dimed. She writes about the advantages she has, from a lifetime of protein and exercise and a safety net that exists.
Someone else said the difference is that Nickel & Dimed wanted to fail to prove a point, and this guy wanted to succeed to prove a point. At any rate, it casts doubts on the inevitability of the experiences in Nicel & Dimed.
By the way, that book is fucking ridiculous. It’s an experiment conducted by an able-minded and able-bodied college graduate who is perfectly aware of and capable of reaching the avenues by which one escapes poverty. And even if he held himself to a strict set of rules, it is always easier to do something when you know that a safety net exisits that you can run to if you really need to, even if you never really do.
Here’s another one:
Type in any hypothetical result for any of the remaining democratic primaries and see what the delegate total would then be.
http://www.slate.com/features/delegatecounter/