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True Love and Boogeymen
Originally posted on Zaphnath-Paaneah: Eye candy is for toy soldiers, true love is for children. Like boogeymen, our parents whisper fables in our eager ears to prevent bad decisions, instill fear at every corner instruct the eyes to heed first… Continue reading
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Lightly my darling, on tiptoes
Originally posted on coromandal: From as early as I can remember, I’ve had a serious streak, scoldy, and humourless. In my undergrad a girl called me IYM, for intense young man. I don’t think I’ve shaken it quite, still striving, overreaching,… Continue reading
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Whitby Abbey in Yorkshire
Something beautiful from out NotestoPonder‘s neck of the woods in the York countryside. It should be noted for the my Goth friends, that these are the abbey ruins that inspired the Bram Stoker to write the scene of Dracula’s arrival… Continue reading
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The Power Of Art: 5/8 – Turner
One of Britain’s most celebrated artists, Turner showed exceptional artistic talent from an early age and entered the Royal Academy aged fourteen. His English landscapes made his name but there was a darker side to his paintings that was difficult… Continue reading
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Thursday Mid-Night Boom Booms
A bit of tunage brought to my attention by Notestoponder. ¡Gracías! Continue reading
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MOOC, Online Education and its future | Learner Weblog
Misunderstanding, lack of common “goals” among various institutions and professors, and differing interests in schools of education and pedagogy have all left people mixing MOOCs with online education. To me, this is only part of the “wicked problems” especially when disruptive… Continue reading
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You’re Invited to a Foxes’ Wedding
Originally posted on Audio SeXXX: Check out The Foxes’ Wedding Available for FREE DOWNLOAD Used to describe a Sun shower, it is reference to a japanese folktale involving a Kitsune (A shapeshifting Fox Spirit) and a human bride the full… Continue reading
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Millions of Egyptians Demand Morsi’s Downfall
Originally posted on Paper to Use: CAIRO, Egypt — June 30 proved to be very different from January 2011, which was made to look like a minor protest in comparison. Tens of thousands of protesters spent the night in the… Continue reading
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Quote: Style and the linguistic bases of Roman rhetorical devices
Originally posted on Wetwiring: I decided recently to brush up on my Latin (it has been a damp week in Ireland so far), and so dug out old grammars, dictionaries, and anthologies. I turned to Cicero (kik-er-oh I keep reminding… Continue reading
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The Legacy of Franz Kafka As Seen Through His Impact on Gabriel García Márquez | Memoir | Biographile
The influence of Kafka, born 130 years ago this week (July 3, 1883) in Prague, is great among twentieth-century writers from Albert Camus to Jorge Luis Borges — the term Kafkaesque has even entered the vernacular as a way to… Continue reading
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If we can refrain from harming others in our everyday actions and words, we can start to give more serious attention to actively doing good.
Originally posted on philosiblog: If we can refrain from harming others in our everyday actions and words, we can start to give more serious attention to actively doing good. – Dalai Lama How do you un-say something they overheard? If you wouldn’t… Continue reading
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58. Dave
Originally posted on 23thorns: The Japanese are sending a man into space. There’s nothing unusual about this; he’s just going up to man the international space station for a while. What is unusual is that they are sending a robot… Continue reading
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midnight epiphany
Originally posted on ∙ tenderheartmusings ∙: walking the path beneath incandescent moonlight as we share similar madness, clarity pours from another realm the words that make us ceaselessly fill the space between us bathed in the light emanating from our beings, absorbed in… Continue reading
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