February 2012
3 posts
Raspberry Ice
While in Williams-Sonoma a couple of months ago, I spent a moment gazing at a neon-fuschia Kitchenaid mixer. The key to understanding why such a visually assaultive object existed was that Susan G. Komen for the Cure would see 20% of the proceeds. It looked like this:
You may note that the branding on this one, photographed yesterday, says only “raspberry ice.” I asked a sales...
Facebook’s IPO: How Mark Zuckerberg plans to... →
Matthew Yglesias. The estate planning details were new to me — the class B shares with magnified voting rights lose their mojo if sold to anyone else, with an exception for a designated transfer in the event of Mark Zuckerberg’s death.
The Fireplace Delusion (Sam Harris) →
I recently stumbled upon an example of secular intransigence that may give readers a sense of how religious people feel when their beliefs are criticized. It’s not a perfect analogy, as you will see, but the rigorous research I’ve conducted at dinner parties suggests that it is worth thinking about. We can call the phenomenon “the fireplace delusion.”
Via Steven Moffat, via Julian Simpson