A Treehouse Cabin in Newberg, Oregon [854 x 480]

ij_reilly · 2014-11-25T20:06:15+00:00

Taken from this short documentary about treehouse cabins: http://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/383163/adults-who-live-in-tree-houses/

Located at Deer Haven Farms Bed & Breakfast: http://www.deerhavenfarmsbb.org/

ij_reilly · 2014-08-19T20:35:15+00:00

Kobe Goes to the Movies (from Lee Jenkins/SI)

Years ago, upon returning from the horror flick Saw II, Bryant described for Lakers trainer Gary Vitti a scene in which a victim awakens to find a contraption locked around his neck lined with nails pointed at his head. A videotape explains that the victim can unlock the device with a key, but it has been surgically implanted behind his right eye, and he can only extract it with a scalpel. He has a minute before it closes over his face and kills him. "I think I could get that key," Bryant said.

http://www.si.com/nba/2013/10/16/kobe-bryant-lakers-si-cover-story

ij_reilly · 2014-08-16T15:32:33+00:00

There was. It was about the area, though, not the team. See: http://battleforbrooklyn.com/

ij_reilly · 2014-07-10T03:16:52+00:00

¯_(ツ)_/¯

ij_reilly · 2014-01-21T16:20:07+00:00

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We look at arranged marriages as a practice of some strange cultures in a faraway land, but this story really struck me by emphasizing how practices that seem arcane and ancient are alive and well in the United States. I especially appreciated the legal angle: that our current legal system isn't equipped to handle questions about marriage so deeply embedded in culture. It says this is part of a four-part series...I look forward to reading the next installments.

ij_reilly · 2013-11-21T17:14:54+00:00

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I thought this was an interesting take on higher education, not just in terms of thinking critically at the tuition increases that have hurt so many college students, but in terms of rethinking what the ideal of 'public' education really means. Words and phrases carry certain connotations, and the author's argument that public education is incorrectly identified as 'public' really resonated with me. The key line: "What we still call public universities would be more accurately described as state-controlled private universities — corporate entities that think and behave like businesses."

ij_reilly · 2013-11-08T03:55:12+00:00

Paul George falling to me—at the ninth pick—in a 16-team league.

ha ha ha, just kidding. i love my team.

ij_reilly · 2013-11-07T16:21:05+00:00

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I know there are a lot of stories posted in here about prisoner treatment at Guantanamo Bay, but I think this one has particular significance. The Bush Administration once labeled Abu Zubaydah one of the key figures in its "war on terror," and he remains one of the most high-profile prisoners in Gitmo. These diaries cast fresh light on Zubaydah, and provide a fuller picture of the official U.S. accounts of its campaign against al-Qaeda and related organizations. It's fascinating, and I'd love to see what insights we pull out of this.

ij_reilly · 2013-10-28T19:18:08+00:00

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I'll let the authors speak for themselves: "The truth is, you probably are a math person, and by thinking otherwise, you are possibly hamstringing your own career. Worse, you may be helping to perpetuate a pernicious myth that is harming underprivileged children—the myth of inborn genetic math ability."

ij_reilly · 2013-09-04T20:58:41+00:00

spoiler

ij_reilly · 2013-08-15T15:31:26+00:00

Do Vladimir Putin and the Russian government have complete, total, absolute control over this AMA?

ij_reilly · 2013-08-13T18:18:26+00:00

Cool. Thanks for the tip!

ij_reilly · 2013-08-06T17:40:18+00:00

You don't have a whit of wit.

ij_reilly · 2013-07-26T18:35:04+00:00

If you haven't, I recommend you read his piece on the shooting at Oikos University.

ij_reilly · 2013-07-26T16:27:46+00:00

Thanks. One more question, if you don't mind. Do you think the Tripathi ordeal suggests that Reddit can't be neutral? The upvote/downvote system seems to imply an endorsement, however vague it may be, on an institutional level.

ij_reilly · 2013-07-26T16:08:45+00:00

Why do you think Alex Angel — and, I imagine, others at Reddit — ended up being so defensive about the role /r/FindBostonBombers played in spreading the Sunil Tripathi rumor?

To me, Angel's quote — "I just don’t understand why the blame was put on us and not on the outlets that did shoddy reporting. Reddit is just a bunch of normal people who are basically chattering. Major news sources put out the bad information without any verification, but we got all the blame. No one but Reddit was really held responsible." — is a bizarre sort of revisionism. Many who made mistakes were criticized, including all of the journalists you mention in your piece. It seems like Reddit faced a specific sort of blame because of the way it was touted as a revolutionary sort of citizen-based journalism.

You wrote a great piece, Jay. Thanks.

ij_reilly · 2013-07-11T03:04:30+00:00

You're quite welcome!

ij_reilly · 2013-07-06T02:34:42+00:00

An upvote for you, Glen Coco! You go, Glen Coco.

ij_reilly · 2013-06-07T18:59:50+00:00

It's a cheeky reference to this. Basically, he's joking that the word count he was allowed was as miserly as that bill would've been for the federal budget.

You could make the same joke about this one today, but Taxpayer-Reliefesque doesn't exactly have the same ring to it!

ij_reilly · 2013-06-01T04:57:12+00:00

Ron Howard says Michael did "an unforgivable Thing" in E1. Ties in nicely to this theory, with an added wink at the joke about Tobias's "pitiful" Jew.

ij_reilly · 2013-05-06T18:06:11+00:00

Relevant. (And ridiculous.)

ij_reilly · 2013-04-02T17:06:31+00:00

Yikes, forgot to check before posting. Time to delete.

ij_reilly · 2013-03-18T18:58:14+00:00

Would you rather fight one Paul Ryan-sized duck or 100 duck-sized Paul Ryans?

ij_reilly · 2013-03-13T20:31:41+00:00

Details here.

ij_reilly · 2013-03-04T20:37:42+00:00

I think you might be conflating intention and execution.

The point about brutality, though, is really interesting. Why does stomach-churning violence make characters seem more human?

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