August 2012
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“There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been...”
– Charles Darwin
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“Why does everyone hate Céline Dion? Except, of course, it’s not everyone, is it?...”
– Nick Hornby, via brainpickings
“(..) that’s okay – we all internalize messages from our surroundings. The...”
– Food and exercise are not matter and anti-matter, by Michelle (The Fat Nutritionist)
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“Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough, but not baked in the same oven.”
– Yiddish Proverb
“You will fall in love with your friends. Deep, passionate love. You will create...”
– Ryan O’Connell, The People You Will Fall In Love With In Your 20s
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“It’s part of the nature of man to start with romance and build to a reality.”
– Ray Bradbury
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“In the past, we didn’t understand the effect of our actions. Unknowingly, we...”
– David Attenborough
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“But the idolatry of food cuts across class lines. This can be seen in the...”
– Brian R. Myers, Hard to Swallow review of Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore Dilemma
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You Are What You Eat (Or Don’t Eat) →
world-realities:
Recently, I made the transition from a nearly-vegan diet to a fully vegan one. I did this because I finally decided to pull my head out of my ass and approach conEating meat does not make you an inherently bad person. Not eating meat does not make you an inherently good person. Given that we are largely defined by our choices, however, what we choose to consume says something...
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VaioMusicBox’s shuffle is being too kind to me tonight:
These Waters - Ben Howard
This Is Not About Love - Fiona Apple
Case in Point - Andrew Bird
Lonelity - Damien Rice
Someone That Cannot Love - David Fonseca
Mirroball - Elbow
Black Market Blood - Placebo
Make this go on Forever - Snow Patrol
Pyramid Song - Radiohead
Put Your Head Towards the Air - Editors
Trouble - Coldplay
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Click here and everything that's wrong with your... →
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“I feel that art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the...”
– Saul Bellow
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An exclusive early excerpt of the new Tempe Novel... →
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literaryjukebox:
Above all, don’t lie to...
Risk Intelligence, the Art of Uncertainty, and the... →
so i had nothing to do for 2 hours at work then I scrolled the 190 pages of this tumblr and added tags: video ; music vid and, i couldn’t help it on the old posts, fav
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With every new iteration, software simultaneously distances itself from where it came from with new capabilities, as well as shifts the entry-point to older techniques, making them even more accessible. There will be a point in the not too distant future, when cameras pick up anything we can see and anything we don’t — ISO, megapixel, aperture, and shutterspeed will be irrelevant buzzwords. The...
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Rare things, by Japanese court lady Sei Shonagon:
71. Rare Things–
A son-in-law who’s praised by his wife’s father. Likewise, a wife who’s loved by her mother-in-law.
A pair of silver tweezers that can actually pull out hairs properly.
A retainer who doesn’t speak ill of his master.
A person who is without a single quirk. Someone who’s superior in both appearance and character, and who’s remained utterly blameless throughout his long dealings...
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You Can't Always Get What You Want: on Music and... →
Birthdays come but once a year, but for music lovers, what I like to call “that birthday feeling” is a semi-regular thing. I’m talking about the rush, tinged by anxiety, greeting the first download click on an album you’ve been longing to hear for months. It’s a complicated wash of emotions, boosted by conflicting hopes and assumptions. You’re about to get...
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You can’t do me - Madeleine Peyroux
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“I see the world in very fluid, contradictory, emerging, interconnected terms,...”
– Jerry Brown
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WatchLaura Marling - opbmusic Session 4-12-12
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