Thursday, November 17, 2011

Deep Thoughts By No-Look McFadden: Episode 48


#1
When Ghandi wrote to Hitler.
Those words should have your attention. Fascinating.

#2
So, what would happen if football players boycotted a minor bowl game to bring attention to the issue of paying student-athletes? Dan Wetzel of Yahoo! would like to find out.

#3
Just in case “Modern Family” hasn’t won you over yet, here’s a brilliant ode to this masterpiece of comedic television.

#4
I go back and forth on how I feel about Joe Posnanski’s writing, but I had no qualms with his beautiful tribute to the Chicago Cubs.

#5
I see you working, Beeri. Clever.

Beeri from redpepper on Vimeo.



#6
Word creation time is here:
“adversatility” => When you are flexible enough to take on a wide variety of problems at once.

#7
One of the intense and powerful new shows of the season is “Persons of Interest.” While some of the premise may seem far-fetched, reading this article on cloud-powered facial recognition software can show you (in a terrifying way) just how close it is to reality.

#8
Gary Smith’s profile of Jerry West in Sports Illustrated, titled “Basketball was the Easy Part,” was one of the most stunningly well-written pieces of sports journalism I’ve ever read. A must-read for anyone who does any sort of writing for a living.

#9
You can chalk it up as yet another missed opportunity to promote its brand for NC State: the Pack had little to no storylines coming out of wearing landmark black uniforms with pink numbering and red helmets against Central Michigan. The uniforms were a huge departure for conservative coach Tom O’Brien, and for a great cause as well, yet there was little to no media coverage for it. And State once again fails Marketing 101.

#10
And on a final note, arguably the most amazing photograph I’ve ever seen.

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