2010
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Funny Women Are on Vacation
Dearest Readers, Contributors, Hopeful Contributors, and Men, The Funny Women column is going away to the Sugar Shack until 2011. While you are welcome and encouraged to send submissions to funnywomen AT therumpus.net, please note I’m embarrassingly behind on reading…
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 12/20-12/26
This week in San Francisco, eat for a cause with Food Not Bombs, open mics at Amnesia and Kaleidoscope, Post-Impressionists at the De Young, and volunteer work gets fun at City Impact’s Christmas Block Party. Monday 12/20: Joint Food Not…
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The Price of a PHD
“One thing many PhD students have in common is dissatisfaction.” The Economist argues that “doing a PhD is often a waste of time.” (via TheMillions)
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Help an Ian Out
Remember Rumpus contributor and talented artist Ian Huebert’s map of San Francisco that is made up entirely of literary quotes? Well you can now purchase it as a jigsaw puzzle. Why not pick one up? Makes a great gift, and…
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iSpy
“Most e-readers, like Amazon’s Kindle, have an antenna that lets users instantly download new books. But the technology also makes it possible for the device to transmit information back to the manufacturer.” Martin Kaste asks, “Is Your E-Book Reading Up On…
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Danya Glabau’s Tech Links
Yahoo is probably shutting down social bookmark site Delicious, and tech types are really upset about it. In another corner of the social internet, Tumblr gets more page views than WordPress, and they’re busy raising money to keep it up.…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
We’re talking about a god damned Great Lakes Christmas miracle (or something)! Meanwhile, still in the Daily Mall, behold the Chinese tiger dog. 1789 Plan of NYC. These are the things that I enjoy. A little tree architecture porn for…
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Readers Report Back From… Family/Holidays
In the spirit of holiday and family, please enjoy our festive, sad, and maybe even twisted selection of Rumpus readers’ takes on the season. Edited by Susan Clements.
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I Want You To Get Me Lost
“Why can’t the books we come across at thirty, or forty, or fifty, affect us in quite the same way as the book about the children who were turned into flying mice that we read when we were eight?” I…
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Can Creative Writing Help Students Become More Successful?
Mother Jones is doing an ongoing education reporting series from Mission High School in San Francisco. This week’s article asks, “Does Creative Writing Help Kids Succeed?” Tough question to answer. I think creative writing can help kids, but like the…