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Verily, then, Jessica Simpson traveled to Kenya not for her sins but for mine. When a pop star inserts herself into weighty world matters, she may seem ridiculous, but only because we are too--because she has reminded us that we spend so much time on trivia that we ignore matters of life and death to other people. Even matters of our own life and death. We think about stem-cell research because Michael J. Fox or Nancy Reagan talks about it. We put off colon-cancer checkups or mammograms, and then get them because Katie Couric reminds...
...Trivia note: The directors of my top three films all have selections on the all-TIME 100 Movies. And stay tuned for a fourth...
...Voith agreed that creating a pub in Loker Commons would not be endorsing binge drinking in any way. “It is our chief concern that this pub is not centered around alcohol,” Haddock said. He suggested theme nights, such as Karaoke Night or Trivia Night, that would take the emphasis off drinking. “These sorts of concrete activities allow the pub to be a center of activity,” he said. Grimeland steered clear of the pub issue, saying that he would increase funding for alcohol-free parties. The only moment...
...fiction demands more than cold facts, and unfortunately, “The Google Story” is a repetitive panegyric that lacks the narrative drive necessary to pull readers onto the next page.Nevertheless, as a reference tool, the book is indispensable, and, regardless of style, provides truckloads of trivia, such as the genesis of the word “google.” To arrive at that household name, Brin and Page unintentionally misspelled the math term “googol,” proving that even Stanford educated computer junkies make mistakes (if they were Harvard-educated, things might...
Seriously, listen: “I love anime and science fiction and I am kind of obsessed with ‘Lord of the Rings.’ I did trivia competitions in high school, so I could tell you the capital of pretty much every country. It’s so nerdy, but you end up having these long arguments with people over lunch because everyone here just likes to argue for the sake of it.” Sure enough, Jones is just a normal Harvard kid doing her own over-achieving thing. She checks her email compulsively...