May 2012
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Touching window into Ken Burns and his attempt to “wake the dead” through film…and who the dead are that he’s trying to wake.
theatlanticvideo:
Ken Burns on Why His Formula for a Great Story Is 1+1=3
For a documentary filmmaker, it’s hard to imagine a more intimidating project than making a documentary film about Ken Burns. When Sarah Klein and Tom Mason set out explore...
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Rotate the classroom desks 180 degrees. When your schoolmaster enters, you and...
– From “Droll Pranks for Rich Boys”…
(via drollpranks)
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Moving On Up to the Northeast Side: Where Can You... →
Can’t help but notice that the states with the worst social mobility are heavily Republican. I know it’s a complex issue, but do you think it’s cause or coincidence?
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The other part of the student debt crisis is all of the debt that students...
– Derek Thompson, on America’s trillion-dollar student debt crisis. (via theatlantic)
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No one even knows what a “good” chair would have to do, hypothetically, let...
– The difficulty of a good chair.
Against Chairs (via taylorlorenz)
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The best part is when he goes along for the ride.
cyclivist:
twiggy114:
A dog guarding his masters bike….So cute.
Too cute.
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andrewmalo:
From our tour practice sessions, as a submission to couch by couch west.
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April 2012
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Picking a fight
animalsbeingdicks:
Quit it. Quit it. Quit it. Quit it. Quit it. Quit it.
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Baha'i Mention on Prairie Home Companion! →
truenorth365:
:) Funny segment on Prairie Home Companion by Garrison Keillor about a Baha’i cop pulling over a Lutheran pastor on Easter Sunday (at about minute 102)!
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"The Titanic's Forgotten 'Survivor'" →
Great piece in Huffington Post by Rainn Wilson about a historic event and figure that’s often overlooked…
He preached the faith founded by his father, Baha’u’llah, in the mid-1800s, rooted in the unity of all religions. At the time there were only a few hundred Bahai’s in the U.S.; today there are 150,000. Day after day, month after month, crowds across America...
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Pigeon Tread Mill
animalsbeingdicks:
Someone stumbled upon the set for the new Rescuers movie.
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The Strange (and Formerly Sexist) Economics of... →
Interesting article about the history of the engagement ring - insurance for the woman should the man cancel the engagement. Does it have a place today?
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March 2012
37 posts
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