August 10–14, 2015
It was redux week here at LWON, in which some People of LWON chose posts that Other People of LWON and our guests wrote.
Ann on Michelle’s post about using bourbon as mouthwash: “This post is one of LWON’s public services unto humankind. . . By re-running it here and now, we can assure that you won’t have to do this dangerous, costly, and intellectually draining experiment yourself.”
Jessa is reading “a memoir of the amazing discovery of split-brain phenomena in patients whose left and right brains have been separated.” So inspired, she picked a post on left-right preferences in art by guest Sam Kean, which might be one of her favorite guest posts so far.
Helen says, “It’s hot and it’s always a good time to think about dogs,” so she chose a post I wrote about my dog and his troubles. (Thanks, Helen!)
Craig picked a post by Christie: “It regards the nature of bending and straightening the truth in journalism. The question of what to write in, what to leave out, and when to apply gentle literary pressure is crucial.”
With all the attention on the recent death of Cecil the lion, Jennifer says, “I thought it was appropriate to revisit a piece on a related topic: Killing animals for conservation (in this case, because they’re invasive).” She reduxed former LWONer Virginia Hughes’s post about goat extermination in the Galápagos.
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Maybe you are reading this post from a hammock like the one in this photo (by slack12 via Flickr/Creative Commons license)