The Harvard Classics Project is a very Overthinking It-type enterprise, in that it combines high culture and pop culture.

On the high culture side is The Harvard Classics. In the first decade of the 20^th century, Harvard President Charles Eliot claimed that a five-foot shelf of books could provide “a good substitute for a liberal education in youth to anyone who would read them with devotion, even if he could spare but fifteen minutes a day for reading.” (Which leads me to wonder, was President Eliot implying four years of Harvard was a pointless waste of time and money?)

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Welcome back to “Best of the Blogs,” a feature dedicated to decreasing the amount of original content on Overthinking It.

Today’s honoree is “Resurgence of the Soul Sample.” The story of how I came across this website is worth relating. The other day, The Onion Avclub had an interview with Dolph “Ivan Drago” Lundgren, in which he mentioned that he used to date Grace Jones. I was all like, “WHAT?!” And then I googled their names, and came across this post, and I was hooked instantly. God bless the internet. more »

About 60% of the content of any given blog consists of links to other, more interesting blogs. There are exceptions, of course, but I see no reason why overthinkingit.com should be one of them. So this is the first of what I’m hoping will turn out to be a weekly monthly occasional feature, in which I review some of the most creative, unusual, or simply entertaining blogs on the web.

Our first honoree is Nad Shot. more »