thoselegends.blogspot.com
Legends from a small country: It's criminal! (or is it?)
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Legends from a small country. Arthur Goldstuck revisits and updates the urban legends that have appeared in his various books, and monitors new ones as they appear and disappear from the psyche. The focus is on South African urban legends, but sometimes goes global. Thursday, 08 November 2007. Behind the legends of crimes that never were. Fictional crime fighters like Batman are popular precisely for that reason. But breaking the law for the sake of justice is fraught with peril, so it is little wond...
millerpsych.wordpress.com
millerpsych | Just another WordPress.com site | Page 2
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Just another WordPress.com site. What do you mean: ‘hardwired’? On July 27, 2012. In a previous post. I talked about some research which was (mistakenly, I think, and so do the original researchers) presented as revealing ‘hardwired racism’ in the brain. Whatever that research means about racism, or, however weirdly, what racists think it means, that started me thinking about what ‘hardwired’ might really mean. Here’s an online definition:. Http:/ www.thefreedictionary.com/hard-wired. Be changed, but is ...
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The Billionth Monkey: November 2015
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Is the hilarious new weird fantasy novel from Richard Kaczynski. In this blog, I will walk through the book and, post by post, explore its clues, Easter eggs, and references to popular and nerd culture. Some references are obvious, while others are what Mystery Science Theater 3000. Might call "1% jokes.". SPOILERS AHEAD. If you haven't read the book yet, you may want to explore the other pages in the nav bar below. Monday, November 30, 2015. Page 109: Ski Accident. Like most urban legends, details such ...
innovate-wwc.com
Higher Education | Innovate.WWC
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When the Worlds of Innovation and Execution Collide. If you have to ask: Ten sure-fire ways to lose money on research. May 18, 2011. Normally collegial discussions took a nasty turn after I suggested. That most universities lose money on sponsored research. Incredulous: “I don’t believe it. My department tacks a 50% surcharge to all my contracts; how can they lose money? Here are all the reasons that doing research is a good thing, so what’s your point? Defensive with an edge: “. After all, professor sal...
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R&D | Innovate.WWC
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When the Worlds of Innovation and Execution Collide. If you have to ask: Ten sure-fire ways to lose money on research. May 18, 2011. Normally collegial discussions took a nasty turn after I suggested. That most universities lose money on sponsored research. Incredulous: “I don’t believe it. My department tacks a 50% surcharge to all my contracts; how can they lose money? Here are all the reasons that doing research is a good thing, so what’s your point? Defensive with an edge: “. After all, professor sal...
leyendasurbanaseninternet.blogspot.com
Leyendas Urbanas en Internet: agosto 2007
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Leyendas Urbanas en Internet. Miércoles, 8 de agosto de 2007. El tráfico de órganos y las leyendas urbanas. Por Carlos Quispe Gerónimo. Dos recientes conversaciones con taxistas me han traído a la memoria un tema clásico en las leyendas urbanas: el tráfico de órganos. En ambos relatos se hacen presentes aspectos similares: personajes que eran “pepeados” [1]. Por bellas damiselas y que al despertar lo hacían en una tina con hielo o en el cuarto de un hostal de media estrella con algún órgano extirpado.
menaceandwhimsy.com
Aren’t You Glad… – Menace & Whimsy
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There are two sides to every story. April 1, 2015. August 21, 2015. Aren’t You Glad…. Fun I don’t say that just because I’m a horror freak. Folklorist Dr. Jan Harold Brunvand. Was my personal hero for. 8211; but his books. Among others) are still wildly popular 30 or more years after their publication. When I discovered snopes.com. I remember telling a version to friends during a sleepaway camp in eighth grade, and I’m sure many of you have heard it in some form or another. The cheesetastic 1988 film.