As someone with a Piagetian view children as domain props, I can respect Neal Pollack’s ability to see his profession through the eyes of his kid. This is a video meme the Makice’s could have some fun producing. Archie has told me on several occasions that he believes I go to campus to play with cars and playdoh, just like he does at his school.
Picky, Picky, Picky
This morning as I was waking up (or trying not to wake up).
Archie: sounding very nasal, Mom, when I pick my nose it feels funny.
Me: Well, you’re really supposed to blow it instead of pick it.
Archie: Oh. quiet for a moment I guess that’s why Daddy keeps pulling my finger out every time I put [...]
Stupid is as stupid does
There is an effort underfoot to filter stupidity from Internet discussions. Seriously. Although it sounds like it could be a headline from The Onion, Gabriel Ortiz and Paul Starr are actively collecting a corpus of data in the hope that some Bayesian analysis will generate a reliable tool to intervene before a commenter makes their stupidity public. StupidFilter got BoingBoinged last month without much reaction but popped back up in the blogosphere this week with some ferocity.