June 2011
20 posts
Watchthedailywhat:
How About That of the Day: For 24 years, Canada was forced to watch as its national Under 17 soccer team lost match after FIFA U-17 World Cup match, outscored by superior players 45-3 across 13 games.
Enter: Quillan Roberts, the team’s 16-year-old reserve goalie, who, in the 87th minute of play against England, with his team down 2-1, shot a powerful kick from the halfway to score...
“If you can’t write clearly, you probably don’t think nearly as well as you think...”
– Kurt Vonnegut (via nevver)
Iceland Is Crowdsourcing Its New Constitution
Iceland is creating a new constitution…via social media. Draft clauses to the constitution are posted online and drafters are taking comments/suggestions/edits in Facebook, Twitter and Youtube form.
Read more at the Atlantic
Kenyon does it again! Franzen's 2011 commencement... →
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