December 2011
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“Reading gives us some place to go when we have to stay where we are.”
– Marson Cooley (@starlesscityskies)
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11 Quotes From 2011
think-progress:
1. “There’s been class warfare going on for the last 20 years, and my class has won.” — Warren Buffett
2. “Gay rights are human rights and human rights are gay rights.” — Hillary Clinton
3. “Today, we are all Troy Anthony Davis. Tonight, a little piece of all of us will die.” — Rep. John Lewis (D-GA)
4. “Ask Osama bin Laden and the 22-out-of-30 top al-Qaida leaders who’ve been...
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Regarding Christopher | The Nation →
I want to quote this whole thing, it’s a fairly short read, but fascinating and a must-read for fans.
So many people have praised Christopher so effusively, I want to complicate the picture even at the risk of seeming churlish. His drinking was not something to admire, and it was not a charming foible. Maybe sometimes it made him warm and expansive, but I never saw that side of it....
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If I Were A Banned Book
texanmissdirection:
By WILLIAM HENDERSON
If I were a banned book, I’d be the dirty bits and the heaving breasts and the twisted sheets and the scented oils and the chains and rope and dripping candle wax. I would coax you into multiples, and I would urge you to invite another. I’d be the empty bottle of gin on the kitchen table. I’d promise to call, but never would.
If I were a banned book,...
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“Why is marking a book indispensable to reading it? First, it keeps you awake —...”
– How to Read a Book – on marginalia and the yin/yang of reading/writing (via curiositycounts)
I’ve never written in margins… It seems like something I would do so I find it odd I’ve never done it. But what I’ve started to do over the past year is take my notes in my iPhone,...
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“Rest, nature, books, music… such is my idea of happiness.”
– Leo Tolstoy (via pavorst)
Agreed!
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World News - Six decades later, Dutch state... →
Saw Bride Flight last night, which touched on this massacre. I can’t even…
Yay for human beings. We are so awesome!
Right.
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The Great Death Penalty Hypothetical
kohenari:
Every so often, a blog post that I write — typically about the death penalty — is not only read but also shared on various social networking platforms by some percentage of my regular readers. I’m grateful when this happens because it occasionally provides a rare opportunity to have a discussion with someone who disagrees with me.
Earlier in the week, one of my posts was shared on...
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Ugh. One of the worst things that we have to do for work is our yearly self-evaluations. So glad I did mine today!
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Hope for the Giant Manta Ray - NYTimes.com →
From 2000 to 2007, the reported catch rose from 900 tons to 3,300 tons per year, monitors say. (That figure includes devil rays, a close relative to mantas.)
Sigh….
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Vignettes - The Photo Society →
I consider any time you get into a helicopter and shoot aerials with the door off, it is a personal risk. I’ve encountered downdrafts that drop you suddenly, heavy winds, and an emergency landing in a snowstorm. In Uganda rebels attacked the village down the road from me, burned families to death in their homes, kidnapped women and children and placed land mines in the roads. In Mexico a child...
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