Category: optimism

  • Group hug! (Grupo abrazo? グループの抱擁 ? ryhmä hali?)

    I was looking at the 2008 Google Zeitgeist for the U.S., and there were no real surprises about which search terms were the fastest-rising. However, I was surprised and delighted to see which five terms made it in Google Translate: Google Translate – Fastest Rising (U.S.) 1. you 2. what 3. thank you 4. please…

  • Dean gets it, and gets votes

    I read that the Democratic National Convention is giving full press credentials to hundreds of bloggers, including one locally-focused blog from every state. This is yet another example of how Howard Dean gets it, the 21st century, and I still can’t believe that the Democratic Party actually, for once, did the smart thing when electing…

  • Solving the world’s problems with satire!

    I never thought I’d be excited about an Adam Sandler movie, but I have been looking forward to You Don’t Mess with the Zohan. And now, after reading this article about the conception and evolution of the movie, I’m totally sold. Perhaps we’re reading too much into it, but we were both charmed by this:…