February 2010
On this day in history, Bunito Mussolini became Prime Minister of Italy. This would’ve happened sooner, but the trains were running late.
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On this day in history, Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenburg. In its first official response, the Chuch asked for a donation.
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On this day in history, death-row inmate Sam Tennyson escaped Long Island Federal Penitentiary by asking his last meal to be all the prison guards.
January 2010
Great news — “Meditations: Man on Water” has raised enough of a budget to start shooting. We posted an appeal here on behalf of the filmmaker — a dear friend — and while we don’t know if any of you contributed — well, if you did, thanks.
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J.D. Salinger lends a book.
“Google Wave was built to show younger people how older people feel when they try...”
– @shiflett
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The history of the first robot, which — from what little I’ve read into it — is commonly thought to be a duck — “Vaucanson’s Digesting Duck.”
A great discussion:
Bill Moyers talks with Monica Youn and Zephyr Teachout about the Citizens United decision.
@jecoart Thanks for the shout-out!
In Case You Haven't Seen It:
Corporation Runs for Maryland Congressional Seat To Protest SCOTUS Campaign Finance Decision.
The connection between Crazy Heart and Donald Barthelme, courtesy of Mr. Garner.
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Stockholm mapped out with old film clips.
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Bearing in mind that each of these were made under completely different circumstances, the combination of “Someone Like Putin” and “Crush on Obama” still strikes me — “Someone Like Putin”:
“Crush on Obama”:
That’s all.
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J.D. Salinger, 91, Is Dead.
The worshippers who kneel at the altar of Humor never cease to marvel at the unique capacity humans have to make others laugh. They worship the worship, too, for the only thing cooler than having a sense of humor is to know that you have such a thing and that it really matters. Humor is serious stuff. It exposes hypocrisy, punctures vanity, challenges falsehoods, skewers prejudice, and, in our...
@gusset Anytime. And, yeah — I don’t know why I wasn’t paying him the attention I should have been paying before. As for the photo — could it have literally been one after the other? @anotherfreesocialnetworkingsite Sorry!
Text of the State of the Union.
RIP Howard Zinn.
Mistranslations: Dawn - Vicente Gerbasi.
I feel the rush of day like the rumor of animals — there are animals a-foot — have you seen them? — the fever rushing from the marsh and further on to the dark hills where the light rises like torn flags — desgarradas banderas — like a quartz mountain gleaming brilliantly in the distance. There has been shade around my life — an owl, a river here that drags...
I've made up my mind.
Meet an old friend with a new face — The Craziest Literary Magazine in the World.
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