February 2012
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Attack Dog →
New Yorker piece on the nature of negative political ads and the Super-pacs that are now able to fund them.  When you read something like this it really is tough to have much hope for the republic. 
Feb 10th
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Feb 10th
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The Amplified Ryan Gosling →
An interesting (if not slightly bitter) take on Ryan Gosling and some of the characters that he plays.
Feb 10th
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Feb 9th
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Feb 9th
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Feb 9th
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Feb 9th
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Feb 9th
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Feb 8th
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Feb 7th
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Feb 7th
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The 20 Most Beautiful Bookshops in the World →
Courtesy of Amos.
Feb 7th
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Feb 7th
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Feb 5th
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“You know what they say about love and war… One is a lot of physical and...”
– Spaced. 
Feb 2nd
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Feb 1st
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January 2012
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Jan 31st
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“Once upon a time in the dead of winter in the Dakota Territory, Theodore...”
– (via cktville)
Jan 31st
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WatchWatch
A method for French press that I swear by. 
Jan 30th
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Glen Jones on NPR’s Tiny Desk.  This is simply perfect for a Monday morning. 
Jan 30th
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Jan 29th
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The Obama Memos →
An incredibly fascinating article from the New Yorker. But how on earth do they get this kind of information? It’s like they’re spying on the Oval Office…. Are they spying on the Oval Office?   Also, there’s this line..  “Obama was learning the same lesson of many previous occupants of the Oval Office: he didn’t have the power that one might think he had. Harry...
Jan 28th
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“There’s this pollyannish notion that the most important thing to do when...”
– From the Article “Group Think” in this week’s New Yorker.  And let me add an “amen” to that. 
Jan 28th
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“If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn’t help the poor,...”
– Stephen Cobert, who is quickly becoming my personal hero. 
Jan 27th
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“Would you hear of an old time sea-fight?  Would you learn who won by the light of the moon and the stars?  List to the yarn, as my grandmother’s father the sailor told it to me. …..  Serene stands the little captain,  He is not hurried, his voice is neither high nor low,  His eyes give more light to us than our battle-lanterns.” - Walt Whitman Song of Myself, 35. 
Jan 27th
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Jan 25th
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Here is a side benefit to my life: went to a Shakespeare lecture with a friend of mine. The guy who teaches the course is the head of the Shakespeare Institute, which is basically the seat of everything Shakespeare in the world.  Anyway, we talked about King Lear.  It has one of my favorite lines:  “The weight of these sad times we must obey, to say what we feel, and not what we ought to...
Jan 24th
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“The deep need of man is the need to overcome separateness, to leave the prison...”
– Eric Fromm
Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
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Quidditch →
Updated with the correct link.  Yes, I will be recreating this very soon. You can count on it. 
Jan 23rd
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Jan 22nd
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Jan 22nd
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Jan 22nd
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Jan 22nd
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“To my writing classes I used to open by saying that anybody who could talk could...”
– Christopher Hitchens, on writing. (via cktville)
Jan 22nd
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Tonight there were four separate people who asked me to perform their wedding when they get married. One guy asked me to do his funeral. The funny thing is that each was completely sincere.  I could say so much about right now. About the people that I’ve met and the conversations that I’ve had just tonight. I am living the dream and beside myself that it’s happening. I am so...
Jan 22nd
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Jan 19th
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Jan 19th
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