positivity
/A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.- Herm Albright
ideas that challenge / comfort / inspire
Here are the Rules
/When someone gives you rules for your relationship whether explicitly or implied (“We can only talk about these subjects and not those subjects over there” or “We will only go to these places together” or “Only contact me in this particular way”) you have to decide whether this comes out of a legitimate concern to keep the relationship in a healthy place or whether it’s an attempt to control you-prompted by insecurity and fear. In other words, is this a request that you become co-conspirators in hiding from painful truths about the person making the request?
Stephen Goforth
The reader
/The reader is like Shadrazad’s Sultan. If you bore me, I’ll cut off your head! But give him a good story and he’ll give you his heart. -From the French film “In the House”
Articles of Interest - June 27
/***SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter is making a huge video push — and tweaking Vine’s six-second limit in the process Recode
Twitter quietly launches tags to location feeds with Foursquare Tech Crunch
Social media apps overwhelmingly dominate mobile traffic Business Insider
How Periscope Is Changing Politics TIME
Google, Facebook quietly move toward automatic blocking of extremist videos Reuters
Who owns the news consumer: Social media platforms or publishers? Columbia Journalism Review
**LEGAL ISSUES
Who owns the news consumer: Social media platforms or publishers? Columbia Journalism Review
Judge: UCSD “stacked the deck” against student accused of cheating Inside Higher Ed
Photographer sues after his photo, used in news stories, is attributed to social media site Student Press Law Center
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Jobs on Creativity: Creativity is just connecting things Becoming (my site)
When you will most likely hit your creative peak, according to science Washington Post
***GRAMMAR
How Mary Norris, the New Yorker's 'Comma Queen,' became a video star Digiday
***WRITING& READING
True: Fact-checking a single Donald Trump speech required 12 AP writers Washington Post
Does Reading on Computer Screens Affect Student Learning? Chronicle of Higher Ed
AP style guidelines for hyphen usage GateHouse Newsroom
***LITERATURE
An Animated Introduction to the Life & Literary Works of Charles Dickens Open Culture
Faith and Sci-Fi: The Christian Universe of "A Wrinkle in Time" Catholic World Report
***RESEARCH
Detecting scientific sloppiness: A surprisingly simple test to check research papers for errors Economist
Science hype and questionable research practices satirized In Trump vs Trump paper Retraction Watch
Why Most Clinical Research Is Not Useful PLOS Journal
Presenting scientific results: A scientific study of the importance of diagrams to science Economist
Harvard Theological Review refuses to retract article despite evidence that the article — about Jesus’s wife — was based on a forgery Retraction Watch
***GENDER ISSUES
Stopping Tenure Clock helps Male professors More Inside Higher Ed
***RACE
It’s official: Minority babies are the majority among the nation’s infants, but only just Pew Research
A sharp spike in racist incidents reported after the Brexit vote Washington Post
3 Key Takeaways From the Supreme Court’s Decision on Race-Conscious Admissions Chronicle of Higher Ed
The real winners of the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling are rich, white people Washington Post
Post EU Referendum Racism Documented Online And It’s Really Scary Huffington Post
***SEXUAL ASSAULT
How you can help victims of sex trafficking while traveling Daily Dot
What One Rape Cost Our Family (opinion) New York Times
***TECHNOLOGY
Text messages are often the weakest link in two-step logins Wired
***THE INTERNET
Reweaving the web- A slew of startups is trying to decentralise the online world Economist
Googling medical symptoms may no longer convince you that you’re dying Arstechnica
***BIG DATA
Trade in data seems very important, but there are no good, er, data on it Economist
Polls v prediction markets-did a Bayesian approach mislead Brexit expectations? Economist
Data science company says data mining software used by spy agencies just got more powerful Fed Scope
***JOURNALISM
Health journalism has a serious evidence problem. Here’s a plan to save it. Vox
FOIA Request on Immigration would cost more than $173K FiveThirtyEight
The New Yorker, BuzzFeed, and the push for digital credibility Columbia Journalism Review
***SCIENCE
The Limits of Science: What We Cannot Know (book review) Economist
How an academic urban legend can spread because of the difficulty of clear citation Andrew Gelman
***PSYCHOLOGY
How Psychology Made the Brexit Vote Inevitable TIME
Minister Tests Ban on Gay-Conversion Therapy Courthouse News
***ETHICS
Should Your Driverless Car Hit a Pedestrian to Save Your Life? New York Times
Do scientific fraudsters deserve a second chance? Stat
***RELIGION
Is Donald Trump now a born-again Christian? Religious News Service
5 key findings about global restrictions on religion Pew Research
How Did Trump’s Speech to Evangelicals Go on Tuesday? Not Great Slate
Survey: White evangelicals say US no longer a Christian nation Religious New Service
Francis Says Church Should Apologize to Gays Reuters
***FILM & THEATER
Predicting the success of “Hamilton” Economist
***STUDENT LIFE
Spending a few extra years in college may cost you more than you think Washington Post
What Every New College Grad Should Know About Retirement Savings Fortune
The government offers $130 billion to college students. Why aren’t more applying for it? Washington Post
Science suggests genes can hugely influence academic performance Quartz
***HIGHER ED
In College Turmoil, Signs of a Changed Relationship New York Times
Three graduation rates for one college? The baffling government policy that could confuse students Washington Post
What might Microsoft’s $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn mean for higher ed? Inside Higher Ed
Tuition at public colleges has soared in the past decade, but student fees have risen faster Washington Post
***CHRISTIAN COLLEGES & LGBTQ ISSUES
Faith-based colleges say anti-discrimination bill would infringe on their religious freedom LA Times
“Tolerant” California Will Not Tolerate Christian Colleges (written by the author of the "Hipster Christianity") (opinion) Brett McCracken
A Response to Biola University’s SB 1146 Opposition (written by 2009 Biola alumni) Campus Pride
***TEACHING
College courses without textbooks? These schools are giving it a shot Washington Post
Why some college professors are telling students to use Wikipedia for class LA Times
Study casts doubt on value of remedial math for college Washington Post
performances and love
/Not a grand performance but an act of love.
two faces
/No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
clarity
/…never mistake legibility for communication- David Carson
My Life
/My life is my message – Gandhii
Articles of Interest - June 20
/***TECHNOLOGY
Can You Really Spot Cancer Through a Search Engine? A Microsoft team thinks it can MIT Tech Review
The New Economics of Cybercrime: Instead of Stealing Data, Holding it for Ransom The Atlantic
***ART AND DESIGN
How social media is changing art Vice
***SOCIAL MEDIA
6 in 10 of you will share this link without reading it, a new, depressing study says Washington Post
How Yahoo derailed Tumblr Mashable
Texting is the way we say goodbye during tragedy now Washington Post
***BIG DATA
Can You Really Spot Cancer Through a Search Engine? A Microsoft team thinks it can Technology Review
Survey methodologies: In the age of big data, survey research will not only survive but thrive Pew Research
A guide to machine learning.. why it matters and where it's going Tech Republic
***PERSONAL GROWTH
The Elevator Speech Becoming
Seven Misconceptions About Creativity and How to Harness It Life Hacker
***GENDER ISSUES
Research Explores Ways To Overcome STEM Fields' Gender Gap NPR
Female Veteran Fires Back At Angry Parking Note In The Best Way Possible Huffington Post
Are U.S. Millennial Men Just as Sexist as Their Dads? Harvard Business Review
How sexism holds back the economy Washington Post
How Feminist Academics Dealt With An Ethics Professor Accused Of Harassment Huffington Post
Witch Movies Aren’t Just About Horror. They’re About the Fear of Female Power Wired
***RACE
Americans now think it’s okay to say what they really think about race Washington Post
***SEXUAL ASSAULT
There Are Far More Title IX Investigations Of Colleges Than Most People Know (How universities are able to keep these federal probes hidden) Huffington Post
College says rape victim is partly to blame Boston Global
***LEGAL ISSUES
Court Backs Rules Treating Internet as Utility, Not Luxury New York Times
Appeals Court upholds FCC net neutrality regulations, rejecting arguments from telecom, cable and wireless companies Talking New Media
Net Neutrality Won Big Today, But Don’t Celebrate Just Yet Wired
Supreme Court Says Student Who Won Copyright Battle with Publisher can go after legal fees Talking New Media
***RELIGION
Southern Baptist Convention Urges Churches To Welcome Refugees NPR
***JOURNALISM
4 Reasons for Optimism in Pew’s ‘State of the News Media’ Report PBS MediaShift
Pew’s 2016 news media report is a tough read for journalism Tech Crunch
Reuters’ ‘Digital News Report’ shows the growth of social media as a news source Talking New Media
Data Journalism Awards 2016: what the winners tell us about the state of the data nation Medium
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
In the race to win readers, which publisher will come out ahead? Columbia Journalism Review
Tronc threatens a nightmare hellscape of video content in new warning to employees The Verge
The Future of Journalism Is a Deadly Swarm of Buzzwords, According to Tronc Slate
***SCIENCE
The Mistrust of Science The New Yorker
How to Diagram a Great Science Story Undark
***PSYCHOLOGY
Both Introverts and Extraverts Get Exhausted from Too Much Socializing Scientific American
***NEUROSCIENCE
The Pain and Pleasure of Sad Music Neuroscience News
Even as an adult, learning a second language changes your brain Quarz
How Exercise May Help the Brain Grow Stronger New York Times
***PHILOSOPHY
Most of management theory is inane: If you want to succeed in business, don’t get an M.B.A. Study philosophy instead The Atlantic
***ETHICS
Memories of Unethical Actions Fade Faster Association for Psychological Science
***HIGHER ED
Chinese university puts CCTV in dormitories to encourage 'good study habits' The Guardian
Professors group adds Saint Rose to censure list Guild slams college over academic freedom, tenure Times Union
Dramatic video shows hero disarming shooter at Seattle Pacific University in 2014 The Seattle Times
Christians Must Repent for Devaluing L.G.B.T. (“the discrimination I faced as a staff member at Wheaton College last year changed me”) New York Times
***STUDENT LIFE
Millennials May Be Losing Their Grip NPR
Chinese Tiger Mums Start a College-town Housing boom Economist
***ACADEMIC LIFE
New doctorate holders are grappling with dwindling employment prospects Wall Street Journal
***TEACHING
Microsoft Releases 'Minecraft: Educator Edition' Ed Surge
Watching
/My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.
Clarence Buddinton Kelland
saying nothing
/Most people know how to say nothing but few know when.
other people
/Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation. Oscar Wilde
character
/The measure of a person’s character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out.
Articles of Interest - June 13
/***SOCIAL MEDIA
32m Twitter passwords may have been hacked and put up for sale on the Deep Web The Next Web Washington Post
Creepy startup will help landlords, employers and online dates strip-mine intimate data from your Facebook page Washington Post
How Academics and Researchers Can Get More Out of Social Media Harvard Business Review
Social-media apps that used to receive most attention are now getting significantly less screen time ZD net
Stars of social media are trying to break into the mainstream Economist
Facebook activates ‘safety check’ in Orlando Washington Post
‘Chewbacca Mom’ Has Gotten $420,000 Worth of Gifts Since Facebook Video Went Viral TIME
Microsoft to buy networking site LinkedIn for $26.2 billion Associated Press
Snapchat redesigned its publisher section and now lets you subscribe to your favorite channels Recode
5 ways brand managers can use Periscope and Meerkat PR Daily
***PRODUCING MEDIA
The Future of Podcasting Stratechery
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Betting on Those We Love Becoming (my site)
***PSYCHOLOGY
It’s not just college students: Higher education itself is experiencing a mental health crisis Quartz
America’s obsession with adult coloring is a cry for help Quartz
Character-driven: Why never giving up is a worthwhile goal (book review) Economist
Learn to Spot a Liar With These Verbal Signs Life Hacker
The problem with trying to solve gun violence by going after the mentally ill Washington Post
How Seeing YouTube Videos Helped me Understand my Schizophrenia NPR
How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds — from a Magician and Google’s Design Ethicist Medium
Why You Just Lost 20 Minutes to the Internet Chronicle of Higher Ed
***NEUROSCIENCE
***JOURNALISM
What happens when a 50-something journalist gets a week’s worth of news from Snapchat Discover? Harvard’s Nieman Lab
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Blendle, the ‘Spotify of Journalism,’ May Be the Antidote to Ad Blockers Newsweek
Write An Essay To Win A Local Newspaper NPR
The Washington Post is dabbling in translations to reach a growing non-English speaking audience Harvard Nieman Lab
Can Anyone Save The New York Times from Itself? Vanity Fair
***GRAMMAR
The Double Life and Death of Dickens The Atlantic
When it comes to language, some users are more peevish than others Economist
Why The New York Times published a story with (almost) no periods Poynter
Transitive and Intransitive verbs in the Economist style book Chronicle of Higher Ed
***WRITING& READING
Can Reading Make You Happier? The New Yorker
June Means AP Stylebook Changes Prof KRG
***LANGUAGE
Why The Spanish Language Isn’t ‘Foreign’ In The United States Huffington Post
Babies’ brains are wired to learn multiple languages at once Quartz
Software that Supports Multilingual Dialogue Chornicle of Higher Ed
***LITERATURE
Stealing Books in the Age of Self-Publishing The Atlantic
English professor's 500-plus tweetstorm about 'King Lear' is the literary community’s hottest beef The Verge
Oscar Wilde came from a wild and eccentric family (book review) Economist
If Jane Austen Got Feedback From Some Guy In A Writing Workshop BuzzFeed
BBC Radio Drama of Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov: Streaming Free for a Limited Time Open Culture
Italian Newspaper’s ‘Mein Kampf’ Giveaway Sparks Backlash Huffington Post
19 of literature’s best first lines PR Daily
***RESEARCH
Fraud, bureaucracy and an obsession with quantity over quality still hold Chinese science back The Economist
How to handle an idiotic review (opinion) Scientist Sees Squirrel
***GENDER ISSUES
College dorms a new front in U.S. battle over transgender rights Reuters
Gender Disparity in Scholarly Publishing Revisited (there are precious few women heading scholarly publishing organizations or their Boards) The Scholarly Kitchen
In effort to understand continuing racial disparities, NIH to test for bias in study sections Science Mag
Colleges are scrambling to ensure housing for transgender students meets federal standards Reuters
***RACE
Race and Sexual Harassment in Academia Jstor
Fox Sports Florida Reporter in Hot Water for Racist Comments Adweek
100 years of data about Pulitzer Prize Winners (the women and people of color who are being shut out of American journalism’s most prestigious award) Columbia Journalism Review
***FREE SPEECH
Free Speech is in Retreat Economist
A First Amendment For Social Platforms BuzzFeed
Curbs on Free Speech Grow: It's Time to Speak Out (opinion) Economist
How California’s new copyright bill could chill public debate Columbia Journalism Review
Young westerners are less keen than their parents on free speech Economist
Gawker’s Bankruptcy Is How a Free Press Dies, One VC at a Time (opinion) Wired
***TECHNOLOGY
The internet of things: Connected homes will take longer to materialise than expected Economist
***THE INTERNET
***FILM
Propaganda film project backfires on North Korea Telegraph
***BIG DATA
Poll resuts-the most popular general data science platforms KD Nuggets
Hadoop creator: Tech that will soon allow Hadoop to squeeze more value from big data ZDnet
How Government-Funded Big Data technologies successfully Transition to the Commercial Sector Inside Big Data
***RELIGION
I’m a Woman Who Got Kicked Out of Women’s Bathrooms: written by Professor of English at George Fox University (opinion) Christianity Today
Divided America: Evangelicals feel alienated, anxious Associated Press
'God's Not Dead' Producers Facing $100M Copyright Lawsuit Hollywood Reporter
Southern Baptist membership declines yet again Associated Press
Dr. James Dobson: Christian Parents Will Violate Scripture if Daughters Use Trans-Inclusive Bathrooms Christian Post
Georgia Baptist official says religious freedom is not for Muslims Religious News Service
Texas lieutenant governor deletes Bible tweet after shooting KRGV-TV
Secular Voters Raise Their Voices: So-called ‘nones’ work to harness their growing numbers into a strong political bloc Wall Street Journal
***STUDENT LIFE
How Student Debt Affects Personal Choices Of Young People NPR
Teens having less sex and are drinking and using drugs less often, study finds LA Times
One of the best ways to predict whether a student will drop out Inside Higher Ed
***SCIENCE
How should we treat science’s growing pains? (Quality control has failed to keep pace with the growth of science) The Guardian
Framing science in televised interviews: researchers use personal accounts as a way of reframing news stories introduced by the program hosts Public Understanding of Science
Google launches Science Journal to turn your phone into a research lab The Next Web
***ETHICS
A critical take on the Steve McCurry Photojounalism Scandal” Writing Through Light
Psychology instructor withdraws book chapter after refusing to add language that he asserts a publisher demanded Inside Higher Ed
***HIGHER ED
Orlando Colleges Offer Support After Mass Shooting at Gay Club Chronicle of Higher Ed
The class ceiling: China’s education system is deeply unfair Economist
University pays $20,000 to ransomware hackers BBC
How Colleges Train for Active Shooters on Campus (sub. req.) Chronicle of Higher Ed
California bill takes aim at religious colleges that seek to bar transgender students EdSource
***TEACHING
Reformers are showing that the best teachers are made, not born Economist
***SEXUAL ASSAULT ON CAMPUS
Stanford U Defends Its Role in Rape Case Inside Higher Ed
Former Stanford swimmer's case renews debate about second chances for athletes Inside Higher Ed
Stanford University on defensive over efforts to deter sexual assault Globe and Mail
‘We’re horrified’: At Stanford, the impact of a sexual assault is searing Washington Post
These colleges have the most reports of rape – but that may not be bad Sacramento Bee
Advocates Warn against Ranking Colleges Handling Sexual Assault Based on Clery Data Inside Higher Ed
California College Reaches Deal to Resolve Investigation of Sexual-Assault Cases Chronicle of Higher Ed
Articles of Interest - June 6
/***SOCIAL MEDIA
Mobile Phone Records Reveal Largest Gathering in the History of Humanity MIT Tech Review
Facebook 'listening' claim denied by professor BBC
Will the Constitution Protect Your Next Smartphone? The Atlantic
The best social network you’ve never used is finally stepping out of Reddit’s shadow Washington Post
Snapchat Passes Twitter in Daily Usage Bloomberg
Your Old Myspace Account Just Came Back to Haunt You Wired
Research confirms subtweeting is completely unchill Daily Dot
***PRODUCING MEDIA
YouTube Threatens Legal Action Against Service That Lets You Download Videos Consumerist
***JOURNALISM
A Looming Rift in Science Journalism Undark
Jeff Bezos Is Refashioning Himself Into the Valley’s Lone Defender of Journalism New York Magazine
Science Journalism’s Identity Crisis Mother Board
New Vancouver journalism centre seeks out under-reported global issues Vancouver Sun
News Use Across Social Media Platforms 2016 Journalism.org
A FOIA of FOIAs Gizmodo
Newspaper publishes column on meeting before actual meeting occurs Talking New Media
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Tronc forgets to secure its Twitter account Washington Post
***BIG DATA
This Tool Makes It Stupid Simple to Turn Data Into Charts Wired
"A new wave of Uber-style data companies will emerge" to manage data--not own it Quartz
TPC releases Big Data Analytics benchmark to gauge the performance of Hadoop-based systems Datanami
Data science fallacies: #9 Increasing the number of features increases the model's significance and accuracy Adnan Masood
4 tips to keep your data visualization from getting lost in translation (#4-don't clutter) Information Week
Using a data scientist approach to implement early warning systems of cyber attacks Cyber Attacks
***TECHNOLOGY
The FBI Is Developing Software to Track and Sort People by Their Tattoos EFF
How to Listen to and Delete Everything You've Ever Said to Google Gizmodo
More than 75% of App Downloads Open an App Once And Never Come Back Fortune
***SCIENCE
How To Find Out If Scientists Are Screwing With You Vocativ
***PSYCHOLOGY
How love and marriage are changing, according to 63,000 New York Times wedding announcements Vox
Driven by greater student demand, colleges expand access to mental health services Inside Higher Ed
***PHILOSOPHY
Philosophy versus Neuroscience on the Question of Free Will Scientific America
***GRAMMAR
How The Wrong Verb Meant The Texas GOP Called Most Texans Gay NPR
***WRITING& READING
Stop The Presses. No More Capital I For The Internet NPR
2016 AP Stylebook new terms and changes GateHouse Newsroom
***LANGUAGE
A brief history of today’s most pretentious word The Awl
***LITERATURE
Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Life & Literature Introduced in a Monty Python-Style Animation Open Culture
'Everybody Behaves Badly': The Backstory To 'The Sun Also Rises' NPR
***RESEARCH
How to prove that your therapy is effective, even when it is not: a guideline Cambridge Journals
***GENDER ISSUES
Why aren’t there more women in science? The industry structure is sexist The Guardian
Women in data science--their numbers may actually be decreasing Predictive Analytics World
***RACE
Judges Treat Juveniles Of The Same Race As Themselves More Harshly NPR
***SEXUAL ASSAULT
How to Use The Chronicle’s Title IX Tracker, and What We’ve Learned Chronicle of Higher Ed
Stanford Swimmer Rapes Woman, Gets Short Jail Sentence Because Jail Might Be Hard For Him Mic
BYU police under state investigation for sexual assault reporting (The university is currently investigating the relationship between its Title IX and Honor Code offices) Daily Herald
Study: More than half of intercollegiate and recreational athletes say they have pressured women into having sex Inside Higher Ed
***FREE SPEECH
UC San Diego student newspaper sues University over free speech violations Washington Times
How far can schools go in limiting student speech online? Student Press Law Center
***LEGAL ISSUES
Hacker Lexicon: What Is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act? Wired
***ART AND DESIGN
Pair of glasses left on US gallery floor mistaken for art The Guardian
***RELIGION
The Sun Is Always Shining In Modern Christian Pop FiveThirtyEight
Christian rock star comes out as gay. Here’s the letter he wrote to the world (opinion) Religious News Service
10 facts about atheists Pew Research Center
Growing concern for German churches: Muslim refugees harassing Christians Religious News Service
TBN’s Jan Crouch Dies at 78 (family mired in multiple lawsuits involving accusations of rape, cover-up, and financial improprieties) New York Times
The Bible in Emojis? Terrific idea, sloppy execution Religious News Service
Canadian parents charged with teen son’s murder claimed he was resurrected by God NY Daily News
***STUDENT MEDIA
Appeals court hands Arizona student group First Amendment victory in battle over withheld fee support Student Press Law Center
Title IX : How to investigate if your school is inflating gender equity numbers Reveal
Student journalists will be spared from paying for federal agencies to locate and retrieve documents Student Press Law Center
***TEACHING JOURNALISM
UNLV launching ambitious overhaul to journalism school Las Vegas Review Journal
***STUDENT LIFE
Politics In Real Life: The Struggle To Pay For College NPR
New report on transfer of struggling students from universities to community colleges finds students benefit from moving in nontraditional direction Inside Higher Ed
***JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
These grads found creative ways to land a job New York Post
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Professor Claims Princeton Defamed Him Courthouse News
***PERSONAL GROWTH
There is the time when it isn’t the old way any more, but not yet the new way, either Becoming (my site)
***HIGHER ED
A popular college investment promised students a career, but didn’t pay off Washington Post
Report Slams Accreditor as ‘Incapable’ of Assessing College Quality Chronicle of Higher Ed
An Unlikely Campaign to Move Beyond GRE Scores Inside Higher Ed
Chancellor's smartphone action during recent graduation ceremony sparks conversation about academics' etiquette and netiquette (and lack thereof) Inside Higher Ed
Seattle University dean placed on administrative leave amid student protests Seattle Times
Jazz vespers every week in San Diego Christian Century
***TEACHING
What Should a Major Teach? ‘Adrift’ Authors Offer Answers Chronicle of Higher Ed
Plan to Define and Test What Students Should Know Inside Higher Ed
A Cautionary Tale about Jumping into MOOCs (Report: The University failed to protect the professor’s property rights) Chronicle of Higher Ed
***HUMANITIES /STEM
The Disappearing Humanities Jobs (New analysis shows dramatic decreases in open positions for professors) Inside Higher Ed
You Complete Me
/One of the most memorable scenes in the movie Jerry Maguire climaxes with the main character telling his estranged wife, “You complete me.” Many people understand the line to mean "I'm not a whole person without you." As if a person is like a machine missing a critical part until the "right one' comes along.
But you could also hear it as a statement of realization that "I finally see how we fit together." Like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. Or better yet, like two great works of art. The paintings or sculptures or rugs are beautiful on their own, yet together they create a new, compelling and intricate tapestry of vibrant colors.
Stephen Goforth
Life is..
/Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament. – George Santayana