Category: Whatever
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What’s your favorite painting by Van Gogh?
Originally posted on keys 2 change: Moulin de blute-fin This is one of my favorite paintings ever done by Van Gogh. Pictured is a windmill in Montmartre, France where he spent a good deal of time not only because he loved the scenery and the people, but also because it was…
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The 5 Most Impressively Convoluted Traps Set by Animals | Cracked.com
There is a natural order to things, a set of immutable rules that all beasts must adhere to: The strong eat the weak, the fast catch the slow, the early bird gets the worm, don’t fuck with the honey badger, never go to Australia without life insurance, and so on…
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On transmigration (or reincarnation)
Originally posted on Unanimous Tradition / Tradición Unánime: ….There are other realms or (eschatological) degrees or states of being, like the diverse hells, the purgatory and limbo of Christian theology and other, peripheral or central states (following René Guénon), through which the unsanctified soul passes. “No being of any kind…
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The Mistake Smart People Make: Being In Motion vs. Taking Action – The Buffer Blog
Motion is when you’re busy doing something, but that task will never produce an outcome by itself. Action, on the other hand, is the type of behavior that will get you a result… http://blog.bufferapp.com/the-mistake-smart-people-make-being-in-motion-vs-taking-action Posted by KWB wandering among the borderlands of the Ether.
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GOP and the White Strategy
Not as good of an idea as some strategists think. Republican leaders would do well to diversify and not openly depend on a path that history will paint as not only a bad decision but more than likely an example of early 21st century racism. http://www.businessinsider.com/white-vote-and-the-gop-a-bad-strategy-2013-7 Posted by KWB wandering…
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In Chicago, 3-D Printers Are Available To Anyone With A Library Card | Popular Science
Starting this week, though, 3-D printing will be as easy as swiping a library card for Chicago residents. The city’s main downtown library, the Harold Washington Library Center, has opened up a free maker lab that anyone can access, with three MakerBot 3-D printers, laser cutters and a milling machine.…
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Study raises new concern about earthquakes and fracking fluids | Reuters
Powerful earthquakes thousands of miles (km) away can trigger swarms of minor quakes near wastewater-injection wells like those used in oil and gas recovery, scientists reported on Thursday, sometimes followed months later by quakes big enough to destroy buildings. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/11/us-science-fracking-earthquakes-idUSBRE96A0TZ20130711 Posted by KWB wandering among the borderlands of the Ether.
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Article: 17-Year-Old Daydreamer’s Surreal Escape
17-Year-Old Daydreamer’s Surreal Escape http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/ian-komac-photography Posted by KWB wandering among the borderlands of the Ether.
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Picture: Land of Elves by Ildiko Neer
Land of Elves by Ildiko Neer http://500px.com/photo/39814398 Posted by KWB wandering among the borderlands of the Ether.
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Not Letting Arlo Guthrie’s Birthday Pass Me By!
Originally posted on Ilene On Words : “Only the words of love kept alive are worthy of not being wasted”-Arlo Guthrie It seems I was always aware of Arlo Guthrie, even before he burst onto the folk scene, since I followed the life and career of his dad, Woody and…
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Goodbye
Originally posted on allmostrelevant: Two people lived on a small man-made island just off the shore of the mainland. These two residents were not the only people on this island, but they lived alone. The residents were both on a schedule, both lived through their days as a series of…
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Soon enough
Soon enough awake From benadryl dreams Walking slumberland Each table a pillow Every surface A creature comfort Inviting me to Continue the big Easy sleep… Free of Itchy allergens But limited in Operating the Heavy equipment Out profound reason. Good night. Posted by KWB wandering among the borderlands of the…
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The Lost Treasure of Da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci is considered by many to be one of the greatest artists who ever lived. Yet his reputation rests on only a handful of pictures – including the world’s most famous painting, the Mona Lisa. …Fiona Bruce travels to Florence, Milan, Paris and Warsaw to uncover the story…
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Just two small bricks
Wonderful talk by Ajahn Brahm. Highly recommend it. Watch, listen, contemplate. If you watch the whole talk, you will get why I decided on today’s title.
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The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things
The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things is a painting attributed to Hieronymus Bosch, completed around 1500 or later. The painting is oil on wood panels. The painting is presented in a series of circular images. Four small circles, detailing “Death of the Sinner”, “Judgement”, “Hell”, and “Glory”,…
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The library, the cloud, and the digital scholar
Originally posted on jbrittholbrook: Mark Carrigan and I have continued our discussion begun here about the difference between various media (in this case, blogs and Moleskine notebooks). We haven’t discussed aesthetics, yet — but, to be clear, I’m not into technophilia. Dalek, you look maaaavelous! Makes me want to exterminate…
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