September 2008
“The pirates who answered the phone call on Tuesday morning from The New York...”
– Somali Pirates Tell All
“Ra was a logophile — words were another form of music, which was the ultimate...”
– John Corbett, Sun Ra, Street Priest and Father of D.I.Y. Jazz (Design Observer)
“Looming over the two men was an enormous American eagle with the traditional...”
– Neither Obama nor McCain won a clear victory. - By John Dickerson
An Urban Farmer Is Rewarded for His Dream →
My new hero. Fieldtrip?
America the Gift Shop →
by Phillip Toledano
English #143. Birthplace: Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Dear Old Love →
“Dear Old Love” is short notes to people we’ve loved (or at least liked). Requited or unrequited.
Dog Heaven →
a short story by Stephanie Vaughn
bzzzpeek.com →
onomatopoeia from around the world
How Muslim flashmobs can feed homeless people →
speakingoffaith:
Shiraz Janjua, Associate Producer
This story in the UK’s The Guardian is about a 27-year-old fellow in London who is using the concept of flash mobs to feed homeless people during Ramadan. I’m going to have to look further into this, because it sounds like he could be a voice for next year’s potential Ramadan show.
“The designation dromedarius has nothing to do with humps — it comes from...”
– Lulu, Queen of the Camels (Atlantic Monthly, 2009)
€500,000 scam of a Spanish Robin Hood →
“If I had to express in one word what makes [creative] personalities different...”
– Psychology Today: The Creative Personality
“Sports are to war as pornography is to sex.”
– Jonathon Haidt
Brian Eno’s Mutating “Spore” Score Reinventing... →
“Democracy is not average people selecting average leaders. It is average people...”
– David Brooks
“At 5:30 a.m., I went back to bed, to catch a few more hours of sleep before...”
– SOF Observed: Of Veggie Omelets and Cognitive Dissonance
“Now even Brazil’s politicians are lining up for their piece of the pie....”
– Brazil’s ‘Barack Obamas’
“In sum: Higgamus, hoggamus, Pygmalionus, Playboy magazine, eternitas. Amen.”
– Men, Women, Sex And Darwin by Natalie Angier
“Judging political lies is a bit like trying to evaluate bad American Idol...”
– Why doesn’t Barack Obama lie more often?
kfong: i so love that air album
amdayton: me too!
kfong: it is perfect for sitting at your computer and drinking tea at night
amdayton: yes
amdayton: or water, as the case may be
amdayton: air + water
kfong: tea = air + water + earth
“The irony, of course, is that, in pre-Goldwater days, conservatives were...”
– David Brooks: The Social Animal
“Watching The Big Lebowski in 2008, it becomes clear that appreciating Walter is...”
– The prescient politics of The Big Lebowski by David Haglund
“When, last Sunday, I picked up the New York Post, with its front-page headline...”
– Rebecca Traister in Zombie feminists of the RNC
“Palin called Rick Warren and asked for bible verses on how to deal with the...”
– John Dickerson
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Watchflyingpizzakitty:
flying pizza kitty in attack of the jetpack lizards! ben did the art. paul did the code. niko did the music.
