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Skimmed through this one quickly-- basic premise is that today's pop culture is much more complex than that of 30 years ago, and our IQ scores are rising as a result. He looks at games primarily, then TV, film, internet. Not sure the book was needed-- perhaps just a well-placed...
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The devil's teeth
by lz in Reading Archive on 12Sep2005
Gnarly (as in awesome) tale about the great whites lurking about the Farallon Islands 20 miles west of San Francisco. Casey gets hooked on the place after seeing a BBC documentary of the Shark Watch project in the 90s, and eventually obtains a permit to visit the island, meets with...
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Obsessive Genius
by lz in Reading Archive on 08Sep2005
Interesting look into the real Marie Curie story-- from what I remember in 8th grade curriculum, she was a genius scientist and not much else. This bio looked inside her personal life, from a girl in Warsaw whose intellectual parents were poor but happy, to working as a nanny to...
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Weeds
by lz in x: Screen: TV on 03Sep2005
Another gem that I just watched the first 5 eps of. Had heard various media rumblings about this, but I don't get Showtime, so downloaded the first 5 eps. Awesome and I continue to love Mary Louise Parker. Heard the "Treatment" podcast interview with Jenji Kohan (creator of Weeds) which...
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Firefly
by lz in x: Screen: TV on 03Sep2005
Hell yes. Recommend this gem of a DVD/download... it aired on (I think) FX back in 2002, and I'm just now hearing about it. Pilot ep is a wee bit too long, but once you get past that, lots of great episodes in the 14 ep series. Cancelled after that...
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