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Dec 31st

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Happy New Year, you monkeys. May you be a grain of couscous in a beach made of couscous of happiness. And a tomato. (I’m trying out new sayings. It’s going great.)

Dec 31st

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Dec 31st

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This is the plot of the next Errol Morris movie.

Dec 31st

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Dec 30th

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Dec 27th

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Universal Hub’s Adam Gaffin (or Adam Gaffin’s Universal Hub) point the way to a terrific snow graphic courtesy of the Boston Globe.

Dec 27th

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Here’s a video of Edmund Morris telling Bob Schieffer that his question regarding Theodore Roosevelt is a “bullshit question.” Morris goes on to say that you can’t pluck people out of the past and expect them to comment on what’s happening today. I’m enormously fond of Roosevelt and what Morris did with Theodore Rex, but — and I haven’t seen other...

Dec 27th

Dec 24th

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Forget start-up company — what about a start-up country?

Dec 24th

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Dec 23rd

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Dec 23rd

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Dec 21st

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So — here is the first video of “Some Context,” where I read the entire New START Treaty. Some of the terms used in the treaty that might need context: 1. Article 102 of the UN Charter. 2. The Bilateral Consultative Commission. 3. The Non-Proliferation Treaty. 4. SLBMs. 5. ICBMs. 6. The Minuteman. 7. RS-12M. 8. RSM-54. 9. Tu-95. As for “performance issues” —...

Dec 21st

FYI:

I’ve started a silly little project. I don’t know if it’s worth it, but as you’ll hear me soon say, I’d rather hear my voice say something than listen to some local news. It’s a video podcast called “Some Context,” and the first one is me reading the entire New START treaty. The idea is not to necessarily provide “expert opinion” —...

Dec 21st

Tickets to a baseball game in Cuba cost a nickel? My Fenway heart just fainted.

Dec 21st

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“Since a songline can span the lands of several different language groups,...”

– via.

Dec 20th

“songlines—the native Australian practice of mapping paths by creating songs...”

– http://sfartscommission.org/artery/2010/12/lights-on-market-street-installation-storylines-by-paul-notzold/#more-224 (via landscapearchitecture)

Dec 20th

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Dec 19th

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via: The government is expected to announce the first cuts to university budgets, withdrawing funding before the revenue from the increased tuition fees comes in. … By not synchronising the timing of the cuts and the introduction of fees, the government appears to be opening another front in its battle to reform higher education. Some universities have warned they might have to declare...

Dec 19th

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Dec 19th

The British Library wants a recording of your voice.

Dec 18th

via the Guardian:

Jokes compiled from around the world.

Dec 18th

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Don’t Ask Don’t Tell: gone.

Dec 18th

re: 9/11 Health Bill:

Good for Stewart.

Dec 17th

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Year in Review: Music:

It’s the only thing that warranted a mid-year post. Here’s a collection of the rest of the music that’s been posted on this blog since June: 1. Bruce Springsteen — Merry Christmas, Baby. 2. Tom Chaplin — Go Away, Sarah Palin. 3. Segovia at the White House. 4. Roy Montrell - (Everytime I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone. 5. Clarence Williams’ Blue Five - Texas Moaner....

Dec 17th

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