On Valentine’s Day

“Romantic” vs. “Practical” depictions of love from Ann Swidler’s research via Sociological Images.

And my typical Valentine’s Day shopping experience via xkcd:

Of course, Easter candy and a jar of hammers is still probably better than $182.

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Justification for Twitter

If Maureen Dowd had waited a while longer she wouldn’t have had to ask the creators of Twitter to justify themselves.  The cartoon below is justification enough.

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