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This meant one thing: it was time for Glenn Beck to break out the Jenga...
...Beck, Jenga is a metaphor for the plan's risk. But it is also a metaphor for Beck's show, which teeters from humor to predictions of apocalypse to self-esteem sermons to fits of weeping. ("I'm sorry. I just love my country. And I fear for it.") This is what makes it so compelling: the breathless feeling that at any moment, everything could spectacularly collapse...
...like a mix of colonial pamphleteering, Great Depression demagoguery and the movie Red Dawn. But is he serious? He describes himself as a "rodeo clown," and he is a talented TV showman - joking and self-effacing, with a gift for big visuals and low-tech explainer stunts like his Jenga bit. Unlike O'Reilly et al., he's not a shouter. He calls his program "the fusion of entertainment and enlightenment...
Instead of watching hours of Barney, the study’s author suggests reading, singing, and stacking blocks with your child, all of which help brain development. Once they get older, you can move them up to Jenga (Okay, Jenga is not actually part of the study...
...filmed the park as part of his project to promote urban sustainability in Boston. Some pedestrians, who stopped by simply because they were curious about the incongruous spot of green, ended up drinking their coffee in the park or joining in on a game of Jenga. “People were curious at first and then really thrilled,” said Jackie K. Douglas, a Boston University graduate who works for the Livable Streets Alliance. “Two girls were so excited, that they ran across the grass barefoot.” The event was meant to build...