February 2012
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Happy Birthday George.
madeinbrazil78:
Olivia Harrison for Rolling Stone.
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Man On The Side > CB2B = most flawless transition →
Do you have any idea how long it’s been since I’ve had a glass a wine (or 2) while preparing a meal, and listening to my love? Yeah, it’s been TOO long. So, the mushrooms sauteed in butter with wine, my special spice mix and spinach simmered just long enough to wilt as Come Back To Bed was peaking. After pouring what could be a decadent filet sauce onto a plate, I almost licked...
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a tribute to Infinite Jest
theatlantic:
Remembering David Foster Wallace at 50: To commemorate the late writer’s birthday, we dug through our archives to find his Atlantic pieces — and the best of those written about him. (Apologies for the length, we couldn’t help ourselves!)
“Just Asking,” a November 2007 essay about terrorism in America:
Are you up for a thought experiment? What if we chose to regard the 2,973...
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Not endorsing a gender specific God, god, gawd, buddha, Allah, ect in this blog. Henri Nouwen’s reference to a non-possessive life was my take away in that last post.
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“To be able to enjoy fully the many good things the world has to offer, we must...”
– Henri Nouwen (via azspot)
“you can’t love too much one part of it…”
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more on Ayn Rand
Doesn’t sound like she wasn’t particularly vocal as a child. Much of her expression was through creating fictional heroes based on inspirational mythological characters she read about. Although I can’t place when, maybe soon after moving to Hollywood, she started taking Benzedrine to fuel her writing after hours having a full time job. If she happened to be bi-polar as well then...
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to be fair... an article on INFANT genital... →
united-nations:
It is estimated that from 100 to 140 million girls and women have undergone some form of genital mutilation/cutting, and at least 3 million girls are at risk of undergoing the practice every year.
A concert featuring UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angelique Kidjo presented by the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations in cooperation with the United Nations, UNFPA and...
“Miracles shift us from a ‘get’ to a ‘give’ mentality. The desire to get...”
– Marianne Williamson (Reflections of our core beliefs)
How do we reconcile this…
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just found this from last summer →
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“Mayer fans are a breed of their own. You all are a community of people who turn...”
– Lindsay (from the JM Team)
or Your Body Is A Wonderland.
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Oh So Anthropological: Stonehenge Inspired By... →
ohsoanthropological:
Theories about the purpose of Stonehenge range from a secular calendar to a place of spiritual worship. Now, an archaeologist suggests that the Stonehenge monument in southern England may have been an attempt to mimic a sound-based illusion.
If two pipers were to play in a field, observers…
Would hear two pipers? Worth reading on.
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and spent time with Ayn Rand this morning...
In a search to determine why so many people are so polarized over this person I wasn’t introduced to until maybe seven years ago by my cousin who most would probably call a libertarian, today I ran across a passage in Anne C. Heller’s biography that helped me to understand why…
Readers familiar with Rand’s disapproval of institutionalized altruism often assume that she...