On Lent, Facebook, and Bill Watterson

I gave up Facebook for Lent.  I've done this for a few years now -- I wonder what sort of dip in site usage Facebook sees over these forty days.  I wonder if whoever is in charge of retention at Facebook finds it worrisome that some users consider it as a vice on par with...

Teaching the Deaf — The deal with language

"Oh wow, that sounds rewarding." "Do you know sign language?" "Ohh deaf education.  I thought you said "death" education." These are the three most common replies I encounter when telling someone about my current studies.  The third one is actually the most common, and usually followed by the first -- apparently educating people about death is currently...