When he's not captaining ships and yammering about prophesy . . .

. . . he's pointing out the inadequacies of our reading skills?

What A Dick.

I love these.  One thing I noticed tutoring (I watched kids read word for word) is how often we read things wrong and just never notice. Our brains fill in gaps and correct errors all the time. While normally we find comics, experiments, and items like the above these amusing, and at most interesting, they should give us pause.

Neo, of course, would be unimpressed. Or perhaps impressed enough to say, "Whoa."

Polysyndeton, A Lit Technique Brought To You By The Funniest Dinosaurs Ever

A spectacular explanation of an esoteric lit devise that we're used to hearing people use every day. If you know someone who talks like this, let them know what they're doing, and let them know that dinosaurs approve.

And thank you Ryan North and Dinosaur Comics. As always, you're brilliant and loved by all.

An Outside Perspective On Ayn Rand; Or, Today’s Comic From XKCD

One of my future blogs will be on the novels of Ayn Rand.  Long story short: I’ve read all four, all the way through.  No small task.  One of my goals in life is to read the longest books ever written.  I read them, so you don’t have to.  Anyway, I’ll get to that crazy bitch one day.  In the meantime, today’s XKCD comic pretty much says it all.  I recommend following the link and checking the mouse over – it’s the best part.

Special Thanks to Randall Munroe and XKCD.

http://xkcd.com/1049/

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