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Back from Kentucky
Had a chance to visit my friend Shane in Kentucky and took it. So glad I did. Returning to the city has involved a bit of culture-shock for the first time ever, but I'm sure I'll readjust. Meanwhile, some photos of Shane at his work, and also with one of his horses, Motown.
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"I found you in a chain of flowers..."
So this is a normal day on the internet for me:
I find this disturbing article in the NY Times about an anthropologist in the employ of Disney,
who is searching to find better ways to sell the ambiguous product we call Disney to 6-14 year old boys.
This leads me to thinking about Edward Bernays, nephew of Sigmund Freud, author of the book Propaganda,
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Another day on the subway.
I moved her dress so I wouldn't sit on it. Black party dress ( Read more... ) -
awkwardness spied on Craigslist:
My Prince Albert . . . - m4m - 42 (Raleigh)
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Reply to: pers-xxxxxxxxxx@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-11-15, 8:17AM EST
You are the hot bottom that came back to my place for some fun after the bars closed last night. You really liked the feel of my Prince Albert piercing. The ( Read more... ) -
The Ratcharmer's Cabinet of Curiosities, Part 1.
This is hopefully a regular effort to both delight and confuse my friends.
Exhibit A: A brilliant map from the 1860's that charts the progress of Napoleon's diminishing forces as he attacked Moscow and was forced to return home; it also tracks the temperature at different points during the campaign.
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"To John Dillinger, with hopes that he is still alive."
via ditloudidintle :
Creative albeit criminal uses for Craigslist. And inner-tubes. I bow down in awe.
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More about Election night later, but first...interesting trivia.
I spent part of election night dancing on 125th street with the elated residents of Harlem. Having lived under the reign of George Bush for 14 years (I was in Texas when he was the misgovernor) I swore in 2004 that I would dance in the street as soon as somebody better was elected. I couldn't have picked a better place nor better company.
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Musical Meme
So.... This meme, again from hangingfire .
I picked the first 20 songs with lyrics from my Itunes shuffle and post the first line of the song.
You get to guess the song. Person who identifies the most songs and at least one of their performers, gets a special prize. Googling the lyrics IS cheating.
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Nearest Book Meme
Via hangingfire .
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 42.
3. Find the first full sentence.
4. Post the text of the next seven sentences in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.
Not sure if this seems more or less pretentious than hangingfire 's book, but I'm ( Read more... )
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