http://www.ted.com/talks/charlie_todd_the_shared_experience_of_absurdity.html Hello!  Watching this TED Talk is one of the neatest ways I can suggest that you spend 12 minutes of your day in front of the computer—or whatever screen it is on which you are reading this.  Charlie Todd is the creator of Improv Everywhere, a group that creates absurd and joyful public scenes.  He cares… Continue reading →

Here are some resources to help us think about Hiroshima by John Hersey.  These will help us with divergent thinking, which means that we’ll generate many different ideas about the book in a short period of time.  Such thinking involves discussing various component parts of the book in order to gain insight about issues, setting, writing style, and people in the book.  Ultimately we’ll… Continue reading →