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Textimony 20131009
purple sage flower falling, drifting before dawn cold morning sidewalk Posted by KWB wandering among the borderlands of the Ether.
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The Debt Ceiling Denialists « The Dish
Some of the current GOP delusions: the deficit is rising (it isn’t); the debt is currently unsustainable (it isn’t); the public wants Obamacare ended (it’s split on even delaying it); climate change has nothing to do with human-produced carbon emissions (it is, according to almost every single reputable scientist examining…
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Deconstructing the Monogenre
Props to Joseph C. and the Buddy-Friend-Guy, Chris, for pointing this very good article out. The singularity is approaching. Not just the dystopian rule of sentient robot overlords as prophesied by every sci-fi movie ever, but sure, that too. (Have you seen what Google wants us to put on our…
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The Feast of St. Francis
Every year, as my birthday approaches, my spirit returns to the Prayer of St. Francis whose feast day is Oct 04. I know that many of my brothers and sisters in the Ether are not Catholic, but I ask you all to consider this beautiful prayer. Lord, make me an…
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The Odd Habits and Curious Customs of Famous Writers | Brain Pickings
This should be a very interesting read. The article itself gives us a great glimpse at what the book offers. Famous authors are notorious for their daily routines — sometimes outrageous, usually obsessive, invariably peculiar. In Odd Type Writers: From Joyce and Dickens to Wharton and Welty, the Obsessive Habits…
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Any Animal That Touches This Lethal Lake Turns to Stone
There’s a deceptively still body of water in Tanzania with a deadly secret—it turns any animal it touches to stone. The rare phenomenon is caused by the chemical makeup of the lake, but the petrified creatures it leaves behind are straight out of a horror film. Photographed by Nick Brandt…
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Language Log » House of Turds
Thanks to my friend Rose K. for pointing out this discussion at the Language Log. All of the comments are worth the read, and for once are not a collection of idiocy that makes a person regret going down into the comment section. The illustration in the online version of…
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First Trailer for James Franco’s Gay Biopic ‘Sal’
Sal follows the final hours in the life of ’50s teen idol and Oscar-nominated actor Sal Mineo, who rose to fame opposite James Dean in Rebel Without A Cause and was murdered at age 37. James Franco, who once starred as James Dean in a TV movie, co-wrote, directed, and co-starred in the biopic,…
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Steal This Research Paper! (You Already Paid for It.) | Mother Jones
Originally posted on jbrittholbrook: This is an interesting read on the Open Access movement. Here’s the conclusion, with a quote from Michael Eisen that provides some food for thought. In the end, his disdain isn’t directed at the publishers who hoard scientific knowledge so much as at his colleagues who…
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Inability to govern
Daily News is not my usual go-to paper. But this was too funny. Posted by KWB wandering among the borderlands of the Ether. Related articles Obama in Shutdown Politics Channels Clinton Who Proved a Winner (bloomberg.com) Every government shutdown ever, in one chart (washingtonpost.com) After the Shutdown: The Debt Ceiling…
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» “Other-Appreciation” :AMSDaily
What I know now, however, is as much as we all work so very hard on “self-appreciation” and “self-improvement” day in and day out, sometimes it is alright to take a few moments to practice “other-appreciation.” via » “Other-Appreciation” :AMSDaily.
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Oscar Peterson Trio and Ben Webster – Come Sunday [1972] – YouTube
NDR Jazz Workshop “Funkhaus Hannover”, Germany – December 14, 1972 Ben Webster – Tenor Sax Oscar Peterson – Piano Niels Henning Ørsted-Pedersen – Bass Tony Inzalaco – Drums Related articles BEN WEBSTER: from Kansas City to Copenhagen (rocketgrants.org) Oscar Peterson Trio – C Jam Blues (seriousmoonlighters.wordpress.com) Piano trio encounters of…
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Saint Stephen The Ironist « The Dish
Some good points from Sullivan on Colbert as an example of what happens when one is capable of intelligence and irony while being a person of faith. If I were to sum up the various forms of popular culture that I have come to love in this century, I’d say…
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Beyond Savage Politics and Dystopian Nightmares
What kind of society emerges when it is governed by the market-driven assumption that the only value that matters is exchange value, when the common good is denigrated to the status of a mall, and social order is composed only of individuals free to pursue their own interests? What happens…
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Op-Ed – What’s Wrong With The Republican Party – Don’t Blame Ted Cruz
Originally posted on The Last Of The Millenniums: Ted Cruz is the result not the cause. So who to blame for a possible Government shutdown. What caused us to get to this point? How about the ‘main stream media’. When people like Chuck Todd tell us that ‘it’s not the…
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The Myth of Welfare Queens and the Reality of Racism
Fiscal conservative politicians including some Democrats like Bill Clinton have presided over a massive and systematic redistribution of wealth into the 1 percent since the 1980s. For African-Americans this means that we lost over half of our collective and meager net wealth, in just the last five years, due to…
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Spellbinding experiences
Most everyday experiences are lessons in the inevitable pull of the future: books are replaced with e-books, laptops are replaced with tablet computers, billions of dollars are replaced with trillions of dollars, fresh is replaced with cling-wrapped. When travelling, however, you may find fragile environments that have resisted the future.…
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The Hazards and Sacrifices of Chewbacca Cos-Play
Interview with a Comic-Con Chewbacca on His Sacrifices for Star Wars, Dating a Sith, and Almost Getting Run Over by Harrison Ford Posted by KWB wandering among the borderlands of the Ether.
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