September 2009
36 posts
I was just told by a friend that The Melting Pot...
‘Twas a revelation from Heaven.
Sep 30th
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“…a bicycle can and should be something quite beautiful. Not beautiful in...”
– “On the Aesthetics of Bicycles”, The World Awheel I’m clearly addicted to bikes.  I don’t think I’ve mentioned it, but I bought a second one last Saturday.  Pretty much all of my attention has been thrown into cleaning and restoring the two bikes. It’s been...
Sep 30th
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Listen“Help Me Rhonda” (1967 Studio...
Sep 30th
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Sep 30th
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ListenLa Vie En Rose - Edith Pilaf
Sep 29th
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Sep 28th
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SIGG Waterbottles Full of BPA's, Lies. →
…Also, not completely honest. Despite a squeaky-clean image as the greenest of waterbottle manufacturers, Swiss maker SIGG has confessed to using BPA’s (an unstable and unhealthy plastic compound) in the interior lining of it’s aluminum bottles. If you pitched you Nalgene to go cleaner with SIGG, you might need to start looking again. (I highly recommend Kleen Kanteen - the...
Sep 28th
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Sep 28th
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Sep 25th
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Sep 23rd
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Sep 23rd
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Sep 22nd
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Listen“Heartless” (Kanye West Cover), by...
Sep 22nd
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Listen“Summer Circuit” (DJ Jazzy Jeff & The...
Sep 18th
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ListenPeter, Paul, & Mary - “Don’t Think...
Sep 17th
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Sep 17th
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Sep 17th
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ListenPeter, Paul, and Mary - “Blowin’ In...
Sep 17th
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Sep 17th
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Sep 16th
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“Love removes none of the contradictions of our lives but, by adding one more,...”
– Randall Jarrell This is from an anthology of Jarrell’s poetry criticism. If critics wrote like this today my library might actually circulate more than 2 volumes of poetry a month. (via reconnoitre, originally posted by thebronzemedal) Words are cheap, but good writing is hard to come by. In my...
Sep 15th
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“More people in the United States attend zoos than they do all the National...”
– Nancy Etcoff, in her lecture on Happiness at TED 2004.
Sep 15th
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This is just really really darn good. →
Talk about a good advertisement…This is a sure-fire cure if you happen to be experiencing “a case of the Mondays.”
Sep 15th
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“The most excellent jihad is that for conquest of self.”
–  Bumper sticker my friend bought from Muslim store in Brooklyn (via kareem) That is a truly awesome bumper sticker.
Sep 15th
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“We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I...”
– W.H. Auden american poet, dramatist, and essayist.
Sep 15th
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“The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.”
– Albert Schweitzer philosopher, theologian, musician, Winner of the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize. (via meta-theologica)
Sep 15th
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ListenAberfeldy, “Summer’s Gone” ...
Sep 10th
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Sep 10th
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“JOE WILSON GAVE YOUR DAUGHTER SWINE FLU. JOE WILSON ATE THE LAST SLICE OF YOUR...”
– So allegeth the internet (www.joewilsonisyourpreexistingcondition.com)
Sep 10th
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Listenthe morning benders - “Why Don’t They...
Sep 9th
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Sep 9th
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Sep 9th
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Sep 8th
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ListenPedro Umiliani, “Mah Na Mah Na” The...
Sep 8th
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What I Googled during the business meeting today:
Napoleon complex.
Sep 1st