I love comic strips. “That shirt’s got more holes than a Goth chick’s nose.” I might actually use that line someday.

Get Fuzzy by Darby Conley, August 26, 2012 Via @GoComics

Housecats are known to be aloof, but cat-titude reaches new heights in Get Fuzzy, the bitingly hilarious comic strip from cartoonist Darby Conley. Available daily and Sunday and appearing in 650 newsp…

Hooray For Sanity

I am most gratified by this decision and hope that it ripples out to other universities.

Christianity Today Liveblog: InterVarsity Re-Instated As New York University Decides Leadership Policy Is “Common Sense, Not Discrimination”

At Christianity Today, we’re constantly tracking important developments in the church and the world. Often we use our network of reporters around the world (and for that, visit our main site). But we …

Sesame Street and the Thug Life

Wait. What? I need more information.

Is less violent TV and more educational TV the answer to better behaved kids? — Barking up the wrong tree

Join 25K+ subscribers. No spam, ever. Enter your email here: No. Educational TV increased physical aggression at school almost as much as violent TV. And the more educational TV a kid watched, the cru…

Shocking Disparity

The growing disconnect between those who make decisions about the use of military force and those who are called upon to fulfill their decisions has been disturbing me for a while. But this fact caught me off guard.

Tweets to ponder

Also: no military service among either prez/VP nominees, Scotus justices, Senate leader and (save 8 weeks) House speaker. That thought has a legacy through David Leonhardt and Sarah Wilcox.

If You Forget You Are Sad, Are You?

The bit about amnesia made me laugh out loud. Wow.

Do sleeping pills like Ambien work because of the placebo effect? — Barking up the wrong tree

Join 25K+ subscribers. No spam, ever. Enter your email here: Sleeping pills on average only make people fall asleep 12 minutes faster and sleep 11 minutes longer during the night. The placebo effect m…

Marriage Matters

Yet another reason to view divorce (and the societal systems that make it easy) negatively. Marriage matters.

What’s the single strongest predictor you will die an early death? — Barking up the wrong tree

Barking up the wrong tree. I want to understand why we do what we do and use the answers to be awesome at life. About. Eric Barker; First visit? Start here. Bakadesuyo.com is proud to be listed on blo…