Spring break. In Canada, it was better known as "Reading Week" and it wasn't in March - it was in February. I don't remember there being a mad rush to Florida or South Padre Island. You were probably spending that week shoveling snow and longing for spring time.
I don't ever remember that week being anything like Spring Break week in Austin - otherwise known as SXSW. What started as 4 days of music from unsigned bands back in the late '80s and early '90s has become a 10 day multimedia extravaganza for music, film, and social media celebrities. As much as I appreciate SXSW, it's just not like it used to be. Austin ends up looking a lot less weird, or, perhaps more appropriately, a lot more manufactured, trendy, pretentious weird.
In an attempt to inject some "weird" back into our world this week, I bring you the the latest episode of the Rhubarb Report. Where else can you find politics, mathematics and physics, and economics all in the same 500 words? You are in the right place. Onwards with Episode 062!
Allan Besselink, PT, DPT, Ph.D., Dip.MDT has a unique voice in the world of sports, education, and health care. Read more about Allan here.