Oh, no, not again.
Category: ASIDES
Looks Like Arial
Stuff you maybe didn’t know about Helvetica and Arial. Via Goth House Parlor.
Just as Confusing In-Context
From an essay by a female student, on (I’m pretty sure she’s discussing) eating disorders: “In fact, the women are the ones only making the causing emotional problems.” And no, the context doesn’t really help much.
BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Viewers fooled by ‘Belgium split’
Adrian at mssv posted a link to an interesting piece about a hoaxed new report of political secession in Belgium.
The Religious Gender Gap
Here’s an interesting article on the Religious Gender Gap. Not sure what I think about the explanation given here, but it’s not so far-fetched to me that basic differences in cognition, and consideration of the effects of social pressure on men in traditional societies… none of that is so highly objectionable. Though the bit about women accepting religious ideas “because they sound nice” is unfortunately put.
More Mockery of Kim Jong Il? Oh Yeah!
A channel at Youtube devoted to mocking Kim Jong Il? You just know I’m subscribed now.
Upgrading
As if I wasn’t busy enough already… I’m going to upgrade to the newest version of WordPress over the next couple of days, and see what happens. This might affect the layout a bit, but that’s fine — I’ve been thinking about migrating to a modified Hemingway layout anyway. Things might get funky around here for a little while.
Lost Nomad on Mother Abuse in Korea
Lost Nomad’s got a fascinating post up titled Spare the rod, spoil the child which examines the result of maternal over-involvement in childrens’ lives… the kids are beating on their moms. Kids are only going to be wanting more independence as time goes by, too.
Woodstock in Pyongyang
Um…
Dropkick the Faint
When you tire of Slingette (mentioned earlier in this sidebar), you can always go on and try Dropkick the Faint. Punk rock flash game. Fun for a few rounds of brainless silliness.