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For all the creatives tied to mundane jobs...
31 minutes ago
by Ormolu
(Specifically you, blark ) I would highly recommend this book: The Artist in the Office. Over the years, I've accumulated several of these type of inspirational books, but this one really strikes a chord. To borrow a line from the Amazon description, It encourages small acts of creativity and a simp ...
Everything's In Flux... - ormolu.livejournal.com · 15 references
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Win 5 Copies of “jQuery: Novice to Ninja”
34 minutes ago
Sitepoint is known to consistently release amazing books. Their latest book, “jQuery: Novice to Ninja” , covers jQuery, one of the most powerful JavaScript frameworks. The exciting new 390-page book is perfect for any jQuery user, regardless of whether you’re a beginner, advanced, or somewhere in-be ...
Lively Design Tuts - design.livelytuts.com · Rank: 68,996 · 2 references
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In the footsteps of James Hillman 4
36 minutes ago
by TQ
Hillman's opening sentence in his extraordinary book The Soul's Code is a truism to say the least: "There is more in a human life than our theories of it allow." (p. 3) One cannot but agree with him, and see that there is much in this sentiment that agrees with the more existentialist approch to psy ...
Still Point - hugesponge.blogspot.com · 7 references
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Six degrees of separation and Belonging
36 minutes ago
by jillmalleck
From an Integral perspective, we are all connected, or more so, we are all one. I love the times in my life when I am brought up short by that. I call those my “6 degrees of separation” moments, of course after the game where Kevin Bacon is related to every other actor and movie from Hollywood by si ...
Out of the Bluestocking - jillmalleck.wordpress.com
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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
39 minutes ago
by Jeremy Kissel
One of my favorite authors, Michael Lewis, has just released The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine. In The Big Short, the author of Liar’s Poker, Moneyball, and The New New Thing chronicles the financial crisis and the collapse of the American economy. The book currently sits at number one on t ...
Jeremy M. Kissel - jeremykissel.com/blog
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Thora
40 minutes ago
by LCD
Thora, by Gillian Johnson, could probably be called one of the best books for all ages ever, but that’s just my opinion. And it’s quite fun to read aloud. How do I know? I read it to my two brothers. One of them couldn’t wait for me to finish so he read ahead and completed it before I did. XD I feel ...
Chaos of LCD and KenKaniff - chaosoflcd14.wordpress.com · Rank: 153,439 · 1 reference
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Water conservation
42 minutes ago
by Haochenhong1
One day, I told my brother to play, buy aion kinah he saw an uncle was holding a large brush, effortless in the pool also wrote a "Please conserve water," five characters, then who will be the tap open to the uncle began to wash the largest pen. Washing with washing with water on the flooded pond, l ...
Haochenhong1's blog - haochenhong1.typepad.com/blog
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Book Review: Sexuality and Socialism – Sherry Wolf
42 minutes ago
by Benjamin Solah
Sexuality and Socialism by Sherry Wolf is described as the ‘History, Politics and Theory of LGBT Liberation.’ A book like this that covers the issues of sexuality and homophobia under capitalism is a long overdue contribution to socialist politics, but especially timely given the struggles all over ...
Benjamin Solah, Marxist ... - benjaminsolah.com/blog · Rank: 91,137 · 75 references
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The Gathering Storm
45 minutes ago
by synergetic
I finally allowed myself to be tempted into reading The Gathering Storm, the latest book of the Wheel of Time series and the first written by Brian Sanderson, after Robert Jordan's tragic death. Generally, I found The Gathering Storm to be really, really good. It had a fresh feel that recaptured the ...
Ddk's Journal - synergetic.livejournal.com · 6 references
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the joys of old plumbing and other random observations
46 minutes ago
by Floating Leaf
Happy St. Patrick's to all the Irish on my flist and anyone else who celebrates it for whatever reason.:) *waves a shamrock* I am stuck at home today due to yet another plumbing disaster. This is becoming some sort of a neverending saga: if it's not the tub, then it's the kitchen sink, and if it's n ...
Floating Leaf - floatingleaf.livejournal.com · 8 references
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