Beloit College Mindset List for the Class of 2013: "The Green Giant has always been Shrek, not the big guy picking vegetables." Seriously, this list makes me cry each year.

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It’s Hip to Be Round: Apparently I’m ahead of the fashion trend as I’ve been rocking a Ralph Kramden for a couple of years.

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Depression 2009: What would it look like?: "Lines at the ER, a television boom, emptying suburbs. A catastrophic economic downturn would feel nothing like the last one.".

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You got a problem with that?: Why do New Yorkers seem rude? Joan Acocella has a few ideas (Smithsonian Magazine).

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What the World Eats | TIME Magazine: What’s on family dinner tables in fifteen different homes around the globe?

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