January 2009
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The End of Solitude →
givemesomethingtoread:
As everyone seeks more and broader connectivity, the still, small voice speaks only in silence.
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Spain's barefoot nuns put faith in YouTube to find... →
shadowfirebird:
‘For the 11 remaining “Barefoot Carmelite” nuns at the San Jose convent in Ecija, near the southern Spanish city of Seville, the future looked grim.
No young novices had joined the convent for three years and, as is happening in convents all over Spain, their numbers were dwindling so fast as the elder ones died that it looked as though it may have to close after almost 400...
I feel good! I knew that I would! - Roger Ebert's... →
toldorknown:
I’ve been saying for years that I never cry during sad moments in the movies, only during moments about goodness. At the end of “Terms of Endearment,” I didn’t cry because of Debra Winger’s death, but because of how she said goodbye to her sons. Now I’ve discovered a scientific explanation for why I feel the way that I do, and there is even a name for my specific emotion.
Just...
An Experiment in Provocation
“Stealing Gaza”
by Brian Eno
It’s a tragedy that the Israelis - a people who must understand better than almost anybody the horrors of oppression - are now acting as oppressors. As the great Jewish writer Primo Levi once remarked “Everybody has their Jews, and for the Israelis it’s the Palestinians”. By creating a middle Eastern version of the Warsaw ghetto they are recapitulating their own...
What You Don’t Know About Gaza →
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Writing in the Age of Distraction →
givemesomethingtoread:
I think I’ve managed to balance things out through a few simple techniques that I’ve been refining for years. I still sometimes feel frazzled and info-whelmed, but that’s rare. Most of the time, I’m on top of my workload and my muse. Here’s how I do it.
By Cory Doctorow.
Best Proposal Ever
scout:askvero:emilyposts(via insidethebox):IMDB’s How I Met Your Mother Trivia:
During one episode, Robin freaks out in a restaurant when she mistakenly thinks Ted is proposing to her after she receives a champagne glass with an engagement ring at the bottom. When Ted tells her “That’s not mine”, another gentlemen at the table behind them says “It’s mine”, then proceeds to propose to the woman...
