“As technology changes, so do students. So should classrooms, and so should our methods of teaching. In a few short years, connectivity has gone from a technological novelty to a daily necessity. It’s how our culture communicates, and our children are at the forefront of its use. Understanding those tools – and how to integrate [...]
“I have a foreboding of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time–when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the key manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can [...]
“The world is changing, but I am not changing with it. There is no e-reader or Kindle in my future. My philosophy is simple: Certain things are perfect the way they are. The sky, the Pacific Ocean, procreation and the Goldberg Variations all fit this bill, and so do books. Books are sublimely visceral, emotionally [...]
“He also told me one thing, ‘If you do (have premarital sex), just remember, consensual sex can turn into rape in an awful hurry,’ because all of a sudden a young lady gets pregnant and the parents are madder than a wet hen and she’s not going to say, ‘Oh, yeah, I was part of [...]
“Now it can said: Raiders is the least of the quartet, despite its early 80s novelty, coming at the tail-end of the ‘70s American Renaissance when filmmakers brought modernist revisionism to Hollywood genre. Raiders is preferred by those who refuse to take Spielberg (and pop culture) seriously. It’s actually less elegant than the widely disliked Kingdom of the Crystal Skull which [...]
“Loveless is part of a generation of rock albums that court greatness by shrugging off the notion of greatness as a useful concept: Pavement’s Slanted and Enchanted, Wilco’sYankee Hotel Foxtrot, Weezer’s Pinkerton, Neutral Milk Hotel’s In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, Guided by Voices’ Bee Thousand, and Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavilion are also in this company. These records are touchstones of [...]
“The only unit of time that matters is heartbeats. Even if the world were totally silent, even in a dark room covered in five layers of foam, you’d be able to count your own heartbeats. When you get on a plane and travel you go 15 heartbeats per mile. That is, in the time it [...]
“I was so frustrated certain days in that suit that I needed to do something stupid. So we went around the Sony lot (with a photographer) … I mean, who wants to hear an actor complain about being Spider-Man, right? But it sucks!” — Andrew Garfield, explaining his series of candid photos while dressed as the web-slinger [...]
“I’d pay $15 to see Michael Fassbender and Ian McKellen side by side in matching Magneto helmets, and I’m guessing I’m not alone.” — Drew McWeeny, on the news that Matthew Vaughn will be adapting the revered 1981 X-Men “Days Of Future Past” story.
“I think it’s really exciting, will be a little strange and fun to wear color at Wimbledon.I’m looking forward to it.” — Maria Sharapova, on the announcement that All England Club would be suspending its traditional “all white” garment rules at Wimbledon for the London Olympics.
