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Midweek Staff Meeting – Downtown Tampa


I notice that this list of fast changing neighborhoods includes downtown Tampa and the neighborhood just east of Logan Circle in DC.

Organizing bada–es.

Suburbs that aren’t really suburbs.

It’s true… coffeeshops are good places to work. Science proves it.

Oh, coffee… what can’t you fix?

If you’re in Chicago tonight, you should really be going to this.

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Tuesday Morning Staff Meeting – Kristen Stewart Loves Surrealist Poetry, Apparently


Book Expo America 2012 was all about grown ups reading young adult (teens and tweens) novels – and what’s up with that? Were Michael Crichton’s childlike scribbling too tough on your brain?

Barnes and Noble takes a stand in ebook pricing case.

Kristen Stewart talks about contemporary poetry and maybe I’m getting a little bit closer to respecting Kristen Stewart. But those Twilight movies are still stupid.

The incredible craptitude of Jonah Lerner.

The Little Blue Book… no relation to little black books.

A poet on the Norfolk school board? Maybe someday, but not today.

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Morning Morning Staff Meeting – It’s True: TED Talks Are Stupid Bags Of Misreasoning & Faux Science


TED videos should be banned. Forever.

Don’t date poets. You’ll probably die.

The entry level training grounds that used to develop good writers are almost gone. And no, the internet is not a replacement.

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Thursday Morning Staff Meeting – You Could Learn A Lot From A Funeral


Has the Higgs Boson been found after all? And not due to faulty wiring this time?

What Mitt Romney doesn’t get about the economy – if it’s only about money, our souls get lost.

Poetry captures the rhythm of Los Angeles.

We could learn from Pericles.

American children could stand to be taught poetry at young age, too.

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Meteors, Extra-Terrestrial Glass & Mammoth Extinctions


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First Contact


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ICYMI: Transit Of Venus


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Thursday Staff Meeting – Rick Scott Doesn’t Want Your Vote, So He’s Not Going To Let You Vote


God and man and Hitler at Yale.

It just wouldn’t be right to let your vote count after someone else made a mistake.

BHL and Kerouac.

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Midweek Staff Meeting – The Space Ether Will Give You The Power Of Flight


The (contested) evolution of English.

DC has the fifth best park system in America!

Science catching up with science fiction?

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Tuesday Morning Staff Meeting – Digging The Scene


The next big place for music.

I couldn’t have quit so easily.

How PR f–ks up science reporting.