May 2013
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“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without...”
– Aristotle
May 24th
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“It was a movie about American bombers in World War II and the gallant men who flew them. Seen backwards by Billy, the story went like this: American planes, full of holes and wounded men and corpses took off backwards from an airfield in England. Over France, a few German fighter planes flew at them backwards, sucked bullets and shell fragments from some of the planes and crewmen. They did...
May 22nd
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May 21st
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Children's Imaginations by Pierrette Diaz
May 21st
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“First they came for the socialists, and I didn’t speak out because I...”
– Martin Niemöller I remember seeing this quote at the holocaust memorial in Boston. It gave me full body chills and it rings true to me to this day. It is such an accurate depiction of human connection. It truly is better to focus on the similarities.  (via occupyoppression)
May 20th
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May 19th
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May 19th
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May 16th
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May 14th
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May 13th
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May 9th
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May 8th
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“The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can...”
– Galileo Galilei
May 5th
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May 4th
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May 3rd
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May 1st
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April 2013
17 posts
Apr 30th
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Apr 25th
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Apr 24th
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Apr 22nd
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“Don’t be afraid to be a fool. Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young...”
– Stephen Colbert (Knox College Commencent, June 2006)
Apr 21st
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Apr 18th
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Apr 18th
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“I forget how old I was when I asked somebody about it, and I was told that those...”
– Robert Paul Smith on ‘Floaters’ (1956). Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing. New York: Norton.
Apr 13th
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Apr 12th
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Apr 10th
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ListenFantastic introspective piece
Apr 9th
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Guy posts a picture of his son every time he... →
Apr 8th
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Apr 6th
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Apr 4th
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Diagnosis: Human →
“Ours is an age in which the airwaves and media are one large drug emporium that claims to fix everything from sleep to sex. I fear that being human is itself fast becoming a condition. It’s as if we are trying to contain grief, and the absolute pain of a loss like mine. We have become increasingly disassociated and estranged from the patterns of life and death, uncomfortable with the...
Apr 3rd
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Apr 1st
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March 2013
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Mar 30th
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Mar 29th
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Mar 28th
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Mar 19th
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Mar 14th
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“Right now, it is raining methane on Titan. The planet Uranus, apparently trying...”
– Raj Bains
Mar 12th
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Mar 6th
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Mar 3rd
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Mar 3rd
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Mar 3rd
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February 2013
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How to Write, by Gary Provost.
This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what is happening. The writing is getting boring. The sound of it drones. It’s like a stuck record. The ear demands some variety. Now listen. I vary the sentence length, and I create music. Music. The writing sings. It has a pleasant rhythm, a lilt, a harmony. I...
Feb 28th
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Photographer's girlfriend leads him around the... →
via reddit (of course)
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