So.

“Ever since my house burned down I see the moon more clearly. I gazed upon all the Edens that have fallen in me. I saw Edens that I had held in my hands but let go. I saw promises I did not keep, pains I did not sooth, wounds I did not heal, tears I did not shed. I saw deaths I did not mourn, prayers I did not answer, doors I did not open and ( Read more... )

Big Bang Big Boom

You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com

BIG BANG BIG BOOM - the new wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

Despair Work by Joanna Rogers Macy

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Denialism: Media in the Age of Disinformation
Michael Specter
Chris Mooney
Shannon Brownlee
Shankar Vedantam


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The little AU: Summer lights: distance
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“Some people spend their entire lives reading but never get beyond reading the words on the page, they don't understand that the words are merely stepping stones placed across a fast-flowing river, and the reason they're there is so that we can reach the farther shore, it's the other side that matters ( Read more... )

The little AU: Spring Rains: Indiscretion
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He's out somewhere and hears, on a radio, in a taxi? this poem being read, about Calvin's Theory of Predestination, and the lines that catch him are Yes ( Read more... )

the last one I got? 'inuktitut genteel'. I knew enough to know that 'inuktitut' was probably Inuit/Alaskan, and so it is: http://www.native-languages.org/inuktitut.htmRead more... )

Katz Lecture Orlando @ dyslexia conference.
( cut for size, but check this out. Oh, to be able to fold the map and walk to NYC. )

Kill Busywork: The One Skill to Focus On What Matters | Zen HabitsI met Stewart Brand a couple of times, back in the day when The Whole Earth Catalog was an idea, and when it was new. He was a friend of my father's, and he had some pretty good ideas ( Read more... )

Rep. Kucinich on Afghanistan War: "We're Acting Like a Latter Day Version of the Roman Empire"

they who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
how d'you think it went, for the ordinary roman, as the empire crumbled?

Anat Baniel MethodWent to a free talk last night. Supposed to be two hours, went three, because the group work she did with us on the mats went long (and was fabulous. She's an excellent leader/teacher). I went because of my work with the lad, and because of my years working with healthy kids (infant/toddler daycare) and sick/injured kids (PICU/ ( Read more... )