Hill at 100

This past Tuesday, May 14, was the hundredth anniversary of the first performance at U-M’s Hill Auditorium. The U-M site has a collection of great photos from over the years.

I have some great memories of performances I attended as a student, including Bob Dylan, The Temptations and the Four Tops.

Hill Auditorium, October 2008

Hill Auditorium, October 2008

Coddling kids

Article in Psychology Today about the adverse consequences of today’s over-protective parenting. The thesis is that when parents remove most adversity from kids’ lives, they fall apart when meeting up with it in real life.

I do know that parenting in the American middle class is much different from when I was growing up. My friends and I were left to ourselves much more, and got into all kinds of trouble. I’m not sure about the ultimate consequences.

Funny Google Map Directions, Part 3

Step 1. Go to http://maps.google.com/

Step 2. Click get directions

Step 3. Type origin (A) as Beijing, China

Step 4. Type Destination (B) as Los Angeles, California, USA

Step 5. Go to line 38

Step 6. Go to line 105

Step 7. Go to line 119

Step 8. Laugh!

Part 1 is here, Part 2 is here.