Interesting Reads that won't take long

Content listed by most recent addition.

11.1
Repost & worth reading #aplit16 :)
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2010/06/somewhere_a_dog_barked.2.html

So this is happening this week...
http://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/30/james-franco-slaughterhouse-five

Fascinating, wacky, and kind of hilarious in its way...for those who like politics and classic literature
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/28/upshot/matching-candidates-with-the-books-they-sound-like.html?_r=0

10.11
Listen to all this lovely from one of my favorites 
http://www.npr.org/2015/10/07/445261578/first-listen-josh-ritter-sermon-on-the-rocks

9.19
Advice from a Grown Woman...lovely, honest, and wish I would've had this when I was 16 :)
http://flavorwire.com/537616/watch-julia-louis-dreyfus-counsels-the-young-in-matters-of-bfs-and-bffs-on-ask-a-grown-woman?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_campaign=FlavorwireSocial&utm_content=FaceBook

For Lori K., DFW's library
http://www.openculture.com/2015/07/the-321-books-in-david-foster-wallaces-personal-library.html

Because I can't not, I'm so sorry
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/we-need-to-talk-about-justin-biebers-hair?bftwceleb&utm_term=4ldqpfw#4ldqpfw

Last year kids, GET ON IT -- FREE FOOD for winners!
http://cultivatingthought.com/supershort/

6.28
Some New Yorker fiction I recently loved...
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/05/18/so-youre-just-what-gone


New Cultivating Thought!
http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/about/blogs/yale-collection-american-literature/2015/06/22/new-collection-cultivating-thought-series


Wish I would've read this five years ago...brilliant stuff from DFW, as always
http://talkswithteachers.com/a-new-definition-of-rigor/


For Mrs. J. Salfia!
http://www.brainpickings.org/tag/neil-gaiman/


11 TED Talks for when you're in a rut...it happens to the best of us...
https://www.ted.com/playlists/237/11_talks_to_watch_when_you_re

4.4
IT'S POETRY MONTH! Look at this incredible list (complied by one of my favorite poets). 
http://www.americanlifeinpoetry.org/columns/archive.html


One million bonus points to the person who makes this for me. 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/19/stuffed-biscuits-recipe_n_6894208.html?ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067


11 TED Talks for existential crisis
http://www.ted.com/playlists/225/talks_to_get_you_through_your

Doesn't a 'seizure of happiness' sound slight scary, but maybe like the best thing ever?
http://www.brainpickings.org/2015/03/27/mary-oliver-happiness/

Energy Drinks are horrifyingly terrible for you. 
http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2015/04/how-many-energy-drinks-can-teens-safely-drink.html?mid=twitter_nymag


2.10
So many beautiful poets and voices on this list (including a Hilliard favorite, Tom Waits)
http://www.openculture.com/2015/02/90-famous-authors-celebrities-read-great-stories-poems.html

5 longreads on poetry
http://blog.longreads.com/2015/02/08/the-work-of-inspiration-five-pieces-about-poetry/

Folger library shares Shakesearian Valentine's Day cards and I am in love with them.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/folgershakespearelibrary/

1.22
Marianne Moore & the torture of "Poetry"
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/poem/2009/06/marianne_moores_poetry.html

"Somewhere a big dog barks."
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2010/06/somewhere_a_dog_barked.html

1.13
Kurt Vonnegut and the shape of stories...I'm in love
http://www.openculture.com/2011/04/the_shape_of_a_story_writing_tips_from_kurt_vonnegut.html

#jesuischarlie
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/01/here-is-the-next-charlie-hebdo-cover.html?mid=twitter_dailyintelligencer

Be Like Water

http://www.brainpickings.org/2013/05/29/like-water-bruce-lee-artist-of-life/?utm_content=bufferf090a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Spring Mills represent!
http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/625936/State-superintendent-visits-Spring-Mills.html?nav=5006

12.22
Whoever can make these for me will receive one million bonus points!
http://www.grubstreet.com/2014/10/official-cronut-recipe.html

Bow down to the DFW creative nonfiction syllabus
http://www.openculture.com/2014/11/david-foster-wallaces-syllabus-for-his-2008-creative-nonfiction-course.html

Just Do It...Rhetorical Reasons Slogan Stick
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/14/business/international/rhetorical-reasons-that-slogans-stick.html?_r=0

A linguistic family tree -- what's not to love?
http://mentalfloss.com/article/59665/feast-your-eyes-beautiful-linguistic-family-tree

Because reflection.
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/12/what-meaningful-reflection-on-student-work-can-do-for-learning/

New US poet laureate
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/26/capital-download-charles-wright-on-becoming-poet-laureate/16215497/

And then Christopher Walken said, "Let the wild rumpus start!"
http://www.openculture.com/2014/09/christopher-walken-reads-where-the-wild-things-are.html

HA! Sorry seniors...you're learning how to not be this way
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-generic-college-paper

Cool...deep structure and writing short fiction
http://writetodone.com/win-short-story-contest-using-deep-structure/

It's really important to me that you know I once had a deep, abiding love for Gossip Girl (particularly Chuck Bass).
http://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicaprobus/things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-gossip-girl#.ulY5eNKox

12.7
A good read...especially for our food lit
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/26/opinion/how-the-chicken-built-america.html?_r=0h

The Joy of Reciting Poetry
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/10/billy-collins-by-heart/381717/

Cormac McCarthy doesnt believe in apostrophes 
http://www.openculture.com/2013/08/cormac-mccarthys-punctuation-rules.html

Because Turduckens
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-turkey-has-a-few-words-to-say-about-turduckens

To get your learn on http://www.openculture.com/2014/05/55-free-online-literature-courses.html

10.28
More to help with the SH5 capstone
http://www.openculture.com/2007/05/20_great_book_l.html

10.20
Some SH5 trivia
http://mentalfloss.com/article/58888/15-things-you-may-not-know-about-slaughterhouse-five

Texas forever!
http://www.themillions.com/2014/10/one-long-country-song-what-friday-night-lights-taught-me-about-storytelling.html

10.5
Kurt Vonnegut reading Slaughterhouse Five. Poo-tee-weet?
http://www.openculture.com/2014/03/hear-kurt-vonnegut-read-his-masterpiece-slaughterhouse-five.html

10.2
Untranslatable words...kinda obsessed
http://flavorwire.com/477422/untranslatable-words-translated-into-gifs

9.25
So much yes.
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/lit-101-class-in-three-lines-or-less

Did you know it's Banned Books Week?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/banned-books-week/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/22/banned-books-week-infographic_n_5852234.html

http://flavorwire.com/tag/banned-books

9.5
AP POV songs

9.1
Yep.
http://flavorwire.com/473506/50-essays-guaranteed-to-make-you-a-better-person

It's likely that this could become an assignment...so great...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/27/pop-sonnets-shakespeare_n_5718453.html

8.21
By one of our own -- Ashley Boothe!
http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/616263/Cold-As-Ice.html?nav=5009

This is cool...about literary writers taking on YA fiction
http://blog.pshares.org/index.php/crossing-over-literary-fiction-writers-tackling-ya/

Chick lit & literary snobbery
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/authorinterviews/11034657/Jennifer-Weiner-why-Im-waging-war-on-literary-snobbery.html

8.11
On being Hamlet
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/30/theater/a-battle-of-the-hamlets.html?_r=0

Kind of like Veggie Tales?
http://www.openculture.com/2014/08/the-story-of-oedipus-retold-with-vegetables-in-starring-roles.html

Some good books by women
http://flavorwire.com/471139/50-excellent-novels-by-female-writers-under-50-that-everyone-should-read

7.30
Poems for Pussycats...I could never think of a better or more apt title than the one that it already is. 
http://flavorwire.com/469585/10-poetic-tributes-to-cats

My favorite cat poem because why not...
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/182021

Supernatural collective nouns because why not...
http://electricliterature.com/supernatural-collective-nouns/

Read now! Or, this may perhaps clear some things up in the AP syllabus :)
http://www.buzzfeed.com/isaacfitzgerald/eustace-tilleys-goodreads-account

This American loves poetry books.
http://www.themillions.com/2014/07/americans-love-poetry-but-not-poetry-books.html

Interesting & something to ponder if you've read Hemmingway lately...
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/why-literature-written-out-of-the-first-world-war-is-some-of-the-last-centurys-finest-writing/article19674494/?page=all

Yep...
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/culture/shakespeare-ira-glass-relatable


7.19
If you don't believe me... :)
http://flavorwire.com/468218/ranking-cormac-mccarthys-greatest-books

6.16

Qualifying literary merit -- case in point
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2014/07/goldfinch-donna-tartt-literary-criticism

This article stirred the book snob pot, also TFIOS
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2014/06/against_ya_adults_should_be_embarrassed_to_read_children_s_books.html

Esquire says to read whatever you want, also TFIOS
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/news/read-whatever-you-want

Some intelligent stuff here, and you guessed it, TFIOS
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/118020/read-what-makes-you-happy-and-do-not-be-embarrassed-slate-ya-literatur

5.14
Something beautiful...
http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/31/george-saunderss-advice-to-graduates/

I saw James Franco live and lived to tell about it!
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2014/04/of-mice-and-franco.html

READ! That is all. 
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/13/opinion/bruni-read-kids-read.html?_r=0

Shakespeare vs. Rappers 
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/05/kanyes-vocabulary-compared-to-shakespeares/361697/

10 Poems
http://flavorwire.com/217118/10-poems-everyone-needs-to-read

4.9
Good poetry
http://flavorwire.com/449473/50-essential-books-of-poetry-that-everyone-should-read/

All of Shakespeare, and worth clicking all the hyperlinks
http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/plays.php

3.27
These 52 famous actors love them some Shakespeare 
http://www.buzzfeed.com/sedem/52-famous-actors-who-took-on-shakespeare-cjrb

11 Famous Actors Reading Shakespeare
http://flavorwire.com/386679/11-famous-actors-reading-shakespeare-out-loud/

10 Writers Who Hated Writing
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-cotter/post_7211_b_5044571.html


3.13
One of the cooler things I've seen lately/what I'd be doing in my other life maybe
http://flavorwire.com/444452/walt-whitmans-song-of-myself-beautifully-illustrated-by-allen-crawford/

A worthy list, indeed!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/22/short-story-read_n_4220181.html

Young Adult Fiction retellings
http://www.epicreads.com/blog/an-epic-chart-of-162-young-adult-retellings/

Stephen King recommends...
http://www.openculture.com/2014/03/stephen-king-creates-a-list-of-96-books-for-aspiring-writers-to-read.html

Hemingway recommends...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/22/short-story-read_n_4220181.html


2.27
CW, it's like they're spying on us
http://www.themillions.com/2014/02/how-to-write-short-stories-like-law-and-order.html

2.25
Once again geeking out over over diagramming...
http://popchartlab.com/products/a-diagrammatical-dissertation-on-opening-lines-of-notable-novels

Pretty interesting, young writers
http://www.buzzfeed.com/aaronc13/16-works-that-ernest-hemingway-thought-a-young-writer-should


CREATIVE WRITING SHORT STORY LINKS

http://flavorwire.com/272890/10-wonderful-short-stories-to-read-for-free-online?all=1

http://flavorwire.com/379177/10-more-wonderful-short-stories-to-read-for-free-online/

http://flavorwire.com/432394/35-perfect-examples-of-the-art-of-the-short-story/

http://flavorwire.com/429677/10-controversial-short-stories/

http://flavorwire.com/434340/10-gothic-short-stories-you-can-read-online-right-now/


1.11
All kinds of free-awesome
http://www.openculture.com/2011/09/popular_high_school_books_available_as_free_ebooks_audiobooks.html

1.8
5th period, pretty much all you'll ever need to write a good short story...
http://www.eldritchpress.org/ac/jr/

OMG, they're on to us, Creative Writers!
http://flavorwire.com/432394/35-perfect-examples-of-the-art-of-the-short-story/

1.5
Like, who doesn't want to be a better person? Empathy vs. Sympathy 
http://www.openculture.com/2013/12/the-power-of-empathy.html

See?! We're not lying to you! Reading makes you smarter!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2529855/How-book-really-change-life-Brain-function-improves-DAYS-reading-novel.html

Y'all West by God Virginians (that's me!) got to take this language dialect quiz. Super cool. 
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html?_r=0

Diagramming.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2014/01/02/parsing_grammar_diagramming_sentences_as_a_way_to_teach_school_children.html

Where has this been my whole life/career? Apparently on the internet since 1996. 
http://beta.visl.sdu.dk/visl/en/parsing/automatic/dependency.php


12.3
Fascinating ideas about punctuation -- or -- you might sounds like a jerk when you text
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/115726/period-our-simplest-punctuation-mark-has-become-sign-anger

What is a poem? 
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/11/what-is-a-poem/281835/

FINALLY MY DREAMS HAVE COME TRUE
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/news/salinger-new-stories

Some pretty classic insults in a nifty diagram!
http://visual.ly/grand-taxonomy-shakespearean-insults


11/17
This is pretty awesome & will be printed and in 208
http://www.buzzfeed.com/dray/15-poems-for-your-smartphone-to-read-4666

Some literary retellings
http://www.buzzfeed.com/kiasoul/10-classic-literature-transformations


10/8
Creative Writers read this immediately! Do it now! Go! Now!
http://thoughtcatalog.com/2013/jennifer-egan-and-michael-chabons-reveal-16-truths-about-writing/

Creative Writers again!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/heidi-pitlor-/short-story-writing-advice_b_4059132.html

I think the word we want here is amazeballs. 
https://bookofbadarguments.com/

And speaking of amazeballs...
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/12/27/who_coined_amazeballs_and_why_do_they_hate_humanity.html

This post keeps appearing and reappearing in my life. Some amazing stuff here, no folks. No kidding. 
http://www.buzzfeed.com/sandraeallen/17-personal-essays-that-will-change-your-life


10/1
Reading makes us smarter and nicer -- ahhh, that explains my charm. :)
http://ideas.time.com/2013/06/03/why-we-should-read-literature/

Pretty awesome -- Stephen King (yes, that one) on Lord of the Flies
http://lordofthefliescover.com/about-book/stephen-king-foreword/

I begrudgingly share with you Marcus Mumford's book club. (See, YA Fiction kids -- it's cool) (AD -- for you!)
http://www.mumfordandsons.com/blog/tag/marcus-book-club

8.27
Dystopian flim clips -- E10

8.24
"A Roshanda By Any Other Name" -- from Freakonomics  -- interesting stuff
http://www.slate.com/articles/business/the_dismal_science/2005/04/a_roshanda_by_any_other_name.html

Where baby names come from...
http://www.slate.com/articles/business/the_dismal_science/2005/04/trading_up.html

And finally -- if you found all that name stuff interesting -- here's the whole Freakonomics site!
http://freakonomics.com/


8.21
This is, like, really interesting.
http://theamericanscholar.org/in-defense-of-like/

I love stuff like this. (Also Chaucer came up with the word 'twitter'?)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/12/phrases-poetry-_n_3744345.html

Finally! Squirrels teach you the proper use of who and whom...
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/who_vs_whom

There's a good chance Facebook is the source of your misery. 
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2394011/Facebook-undermines-wellbeing-Scientist-claims-time-spent-site-worse-feel.html

A granny on drums? Sign me up!
http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2013/08/13/your-brain-on-music/


8.9
For you creative writers/budding poets
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/seth-abramson/why-is-contemporary-ameri_b_3474969.html

7.26
Um, yeah, pretty much
http://hellogiggles.com/10-reasons-netflix-makes-me-nervous

7.25
Almost as cute as kittens 
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/09/11/vintage-ads-for-libraries-and-reading/

A long read that's well worth it...thanks for this one, Buddy
http://theamericanscholar.org/on-friendship/

One of Addy's favorites, now with more weirdness
http://www.openculture.com/2013/06/salvador_dalis_illustrations_for_alices_adventures_in_wonderland.html

Something I love and completely geek over
http://sonnetprojectnyc.com/

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2012-2013

5.3 THE OTHER THING IT'S ABOUT

http://web.mit.edu/russia1917/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/eastern_front_01.shtml

http://www.marxists.org/history/ussr/events/revolution/

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Trotsky.html

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/marx/

http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/Communism.html

http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/Socialism.html

http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/russianrev/

4.17

A whole bunch of awesome & a whole bunch of reading
http://longform.org/publications/esquire

Totally geeking over this
http://sonnetprojectnyc.com/


A defense of Romeo and Juliet...LOVE!
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/04/in-defense-of-i-romeo-and-juliet-i-its-not-childish-its-about-childishness/274836/

Cute old stuff
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/09/11/vintage-ads-for-libraries-and-reading/

Robert Louis Stevenson on writing
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2013/mar/20/robert-louis-stevenson-writing-essay



Really pretty and really cool photography
http://inspiringmesh.com/40-amazing-examples-of-conceptual-photography/


3.4
Click on your speech for text:

Taming of the Shrew 
Henry V
Macbeth
Coriolanus
Merchant of Venice

2.12 
Rhetoric Review links

1. Tide
2. Mercedes
3. Ram Trucks
4. Whistle Blowers
5. Pantene
6. Obama
7. TOMS


1.2
A bunch of stuff I've been collecting but have had no time to post:

Shakespearean Insults
http://ed.ted.com/lessons/insults-by-shakespeare

Literary Jukebox = Nerd Love
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/08/09/introducing-literary-jukebox/

A bunch of fun and weird questions
http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/gabfest/2012/12/the_gabfest_life_s_most_vexing_dilemmas_as_submitted_by_listeners_in_a_special.html

Shakespeare and Hip Hop
http://globalnoise.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/akala-tedx-talk-hip-hop-shakespeare/

This is cool. 
http://www.openculture.com/2012/09/single_sentence_animations_visualize_the_short_stories_of_contemporary_writers_.html

John Green explains literature. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSYw502dJNY


11.19
Omg..my favorite writer + TED talks = Hilliard geek out
http://www.ted.com/playlists/47/dave_eggers_4_talks_that_are.html

Productive Struggle
http://m.npr.org/news/Health/164793058


11.11
Shakespeare vs. Beowulf
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/9423516/Beowulf-and-Iliad-more-plausible-than-Shakespeare.html

Shakespeare and math...be still my nerdy heart!
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/06/18/shakespeare-and-the-number-14/

About NYC subways and poetry...
http://www.mta.info/mta/aft/poetry/

10.29
Another Tell-Tale Heart thingy
http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/category/books-2/

10.28
How Shakespeare makes you (for real) smarter
http://bigthink.com/how-to-think-like-shakespeare/this-is-your-brain-on-shakespeare

Animated Tell-Tale Heart
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/05/14/1953-tell-tale-heart-james-mason/

10.21

Many Eyes -- way cool
http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/

"Word Clouds With Style" (I <3 this one.)
http://www.tagxedo.com/

10.16

I really love this.
http://www.upworthy.com/finally-pictures-of-gorgeous-women-that-make-you-feel-better-about-yourself-inst

10.14

Lord of the Flies cover contest
http://lordofthefliescover.com/

Why teaching poetry matters...YES!
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/10/what-poetry-teaches-us-about-the-power-of-persuasion/263551/


10.8 SAT Essay web quest links

http://sat.collegeboard.org/scores/sat-essay-scoring-guide

http://www.sparknotes.com/testprep/books/newsat/powertactics/essay/chapter1section2.html

http://www.sparknotes.com/testprep/books/newsat/powertactics/essay/chapter1section6.html

http://www.shmoop.com/sat/about-sat/sat-writing.html

http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/writing-sat-essay

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/ConsumerNews/teen-student-finds-longer-sat-essay-equals-score/story?id=12061494#.UHHmwY4gXR6


9.28 and Earlier

Because Mrs. Matheny LOVES this site.
http://rookiemag.com/

Stephen King's LOTF introduction
http://lordofthefliescover.com/about-book/stephen-king-foreword/

On whether or not Facebook is making us lonely
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/05/is-facebook-making-us-lonely/308930/




9.10 
How music is getting sadder
http://www.salon.com/2012/08/28/science_proves_music_is_getting_sadder/

What reading does for your brain
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2012/september/austen-reading-fmri-090712.html




8.16
Jodi Foster on celebrity culture
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/08/15/jodie-foster-blasts-kristen-stewart-robert-pattinson-break-up-spectacle.html?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=cheatsheet_morning&cid=newsletter%3Bemail%3Bcheatsheet_morning&utm_term=Cheat+Sheet

10 Literary Devices and Where You Can Find Them in Science Fiction
http://redide.com/Articles/10-literary-devices-and-where-you-can-find-them-in-science-fiction/

8.9
A Rotten Tomatoes for books
http://idreambooks.com/

8.2

Beautiful & must see
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/01/02/advice-to-sink-in-slowly/

HelloGiggles' Seven Reasons You Should Reach Out to Every Person Ever
http://hellogiggles.com/seven-reasons-you-should-reach-out-to-every-person-ever

Info on a Shakespeare App...get on it, Eng. Traditions!
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2012/06/shakespeare-sonnet-app/

What fun stuff page would be complete without TED Talks? If you've never heard one, you must check it out.
http://www.ted.com/talks

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2011-2012

5.3
Hilliard's model text...the lattice
http://woweewoowah.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/dave-eggers-and-the-lattice-of-life/

5.2
For On Purpose assignment:

Hooray! Mooney's site!
www.bluemetalmug.weebly.com

This I Believe
http://thisibelieve.org/

American Rhetoric...a good one
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/

The Atlantic
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/
http://www.theatlantic.com/

Flavorwire for cool guys
http://flavorwire.com/

Faithful Sports Illustrated
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/

More sports, etc., but literary and cool and different
http://www.grantland.com/

And there's always, of course, the New York Times
www.nyt.com

4.30
Hello, It's Me inspiration: A really, really cool site
http://www.lettersofnote.com/

4.19
Try something new for 30 days
http://www.ted.com/talks/matt_cutts_try_something_new_for_30_days.html

4.13.12
Some mind blowing awesomeness...Viral Videos That Will Make You Smarter
_http://flavorwire.com/279949/viral-videos-that-will-make-you-smarter

4.12.12
C.S. Lewis on Writing...beautiful
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/04/c-s-lewis-on-writing.html

Recent stuff
On why you should definitely go to college
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/03/whats-more-expensive-than-college-not-going-to-college/255073/

A beautiful video celebrating language
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/04/02/vowels-temujin-doran/

A Walden parody...c'mon first modders
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/xtreme-walden