Tonight, VP-Elect Mike Pence attended #HamiltonBway. After the show, @BrandonVDixon delivered the following statement on behalf of the show. pic.twitter.com/Jsg9Q1pMZs
- Hamilton (@HamiltonMusical) November 19, 2016

Linguist makes sensational claim: English is a Scandinavian language

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I can't imagine the second without the first. I can't imagine the first, without the second.

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Plenty of time left to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the filming of the Lord of the Rings movies in New Zealand. I know the heyday of the fandom and its many branches seems behind us, but is anything ever really lost in Middle Earth? nzstories open and welcoming.

Excellent 2-part article about the United States' history with Haiti.

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from sheafrodon via mirabile_dictu this awesome post.

bear in mind, i love men. i have sons, i had a father, i've had lovers. i just don't care for the binary, and how if one is up, the other has to be down. i'd rather celebrate 'alive' and mourn 'dead' than say one gender/sex/chromosome pattern (race, ability) is better than another.

And Ain't I a Woman? Sojourner ( Read more... )

Howard Zinn, historian who challenged status quo, dies at 87

January 27, 2010 05:40 PM
By Mark Feeney, Globe StaffHoward Zinn, the Boston University historian and political activist who was an early opponent of US involvement in Vietnam and a leading faculty critic of BU president John Silber, died of a heart attack today in Santa Monica, Calif, ( Read more... )

Chris Moore and Anthony Arnove, Co-Executive Producers and Co-Directors of The People Speak Join History Makers 2010 Line-Up along with Russ McCarroll of History Channel.
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1) awesome bike is awesome.

2) i am not quite *g* in awesome bike-riding shape yet. but awesome bike WANTS me to ride it, therefore, all physical exercise/chores/etc. from now on go toward that end ( Read more... )