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2 days ago by Nathan

Via Quotes of the Day: Tom Stoppard: “It’s not the voting that’s democracy, it’s the counting.” As evidenced by the recent “election” in Iran.

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14 days ago by creative sources

Giampaolo Verga - an Italian composer who is also actively involved in the encouragement of artistic creativity during the recovery processes of psychically disadvantaged persons – seems to be genuinely aware of the value of silence. With violin, voice and electronics he reveals what his mind is mad ...

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19 days ago by alexwellss

it is amazing what you can learn by simply listening to children. a truth that is in no way novel or groundbreaking. all the same, i have to say that i was caught off guard by what i learned from the mouths of 2 children this past week. my oldest niece and her younger brother (number 2 of my 4 nephe ...

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21 days ago by Allison

Blogging seems to come up as an invariable point of interest and necessity whenever I ought to be doing something productive (like figuring out the question or doing the bit of work that will bring my grand total of earnings for this coming week up to $15). Unfortunately, as has been previously disc ...

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21 days ago by cornerseat

long weekend. back from out of town. laptop and big bag of potato chips in bed. rain pattering on the window, cartoons blaring from the tv. despite all the pain this world is known for, there are just some days when i am convinced that this is indeed a wonderful world. [...]

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35 days ago by cornerseat

in november last year, i wrote this entry. immediately after i published it, i wrote mr. despain an email: thank you for creating the exchange. it quite literally took my breath away. (link attached here) four days later, mr. despain wrote back: Thanks for writing that wonderful little anecdote and ...

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38 days ago by Nathan

Via The Quill: On Critical Theory: One of the big frustrations of my academic career has been my uneasy relationship with critical theory. We both seem to have always been talking at cross-purposes. Critical theory says, “X is really important, and we must work toward it. Y isn’t so much important a ...

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44 days ago by Nathan

Via Quotes of the Day: Edward R. Murrow: “When the politicians complain that TV turns the proceedings into a circus, it should be made clear that the circus was already there, and that TV has merely demonstrated that not all the performers are well trained.” Especially these days.

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46 days ago by alexwellss

when i came back into the office from lunch today i noticed that i had a text message on my cell phone. “call me a gossip but i had to tell you that [he] got picked up for meth” he being my late sister’s husband… he being the one who abused her like no man should ever be able to abuse any woman – mu ...

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57 days ago by Nathan

Via Quotes of the Day: Frank Tibolt: “We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.” This is something I’ve been having to remember as I work on my startup. There are days when I simply don’t know where to ...

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