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Brian Phillips on the boxing career of freed American slave Tom Molineaux - Grantland

2012-01-29T09:18:00.001-05:00

Brian Phillips on the boxing career of freed American slave Tom Molineaux - Grantland:

In 1810, a freed slave named Tom Molineaux fought in one of the most important fights in the history of boxing. This is his story."

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2012-01-29T02:33:00.000-05:00

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Once You Learn How To Read,
You Will Be Forever Free!

~Frederick Douglass

Light My Fire - The Doors - YouTube

2012-01-29T00:39:00.000-05:00

Light My Fire - The Doors - YouTube: ""

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Kim Jwa-Jin, Varban Kilifarski, Michael Bakunin, Emma Goldman, Alexander Berkman

2012-01-20T21:29:00.000-05:00

Kim Jwa-Jin, Varban Kilifarski, Michael Bakunin, Emma Goldman, Alexander Berkman:

"Once upon a time
there was grass instead of
astro-turf,
more trees than telephone poles
& the sky was blue
when the sun came out.
— Susan Johnson, "Bedtime Story"
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The ITT List -- In These Times

2012-01-20T21:00:00.000-05:00

The ITT List -- In These Times:

""Pedagogy of the Oppressed" by Paulo Freire is among the books

that may no longer be taught in Tucson schools following the suspension of its ethnic studies programs. "

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what is our love, girl?

2012-01-18T10:10:00.001-05:00

what is our love, girl?
an excuse to not be alone, perhaps?

'cause,
somewhere between twenty-four minutes
and twenty-four hours . . . there's the problem.

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2012-01-18T08:39:00.001-05:00

2012-01-18T08:37:00.002-05:00

All Empires: Online History Community

2012-01-15T06:04:00.000-05:00

All Empires: Online History Community:

"All Empires History Forum

Discuss history with people of all backgrounds,

or simply hang out and have fun. The Forums is the heart of All Empires' community."

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Titi Celia

2012-01-03T06:15:00.001-05:00

visiting my 86 year-old aunt is a trying experience.

she's very grateful for the visit,
fawningly attentive but if i happen to remind her of anything that sets her off,
then she turns relentlessly abusive.

Still, i'm grateful to have her, if only because i love her.

Poetry X » Poetry Archives » T. S. Eliot » "The Hollow Men"

2012-01-01T16:34:00.002-05:00

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Poetry X » Poetry Archives » T. S. Eliot » "The Hollow Men":

"Between the desire
And the spasm
Between the potency
And the existence
Between the essence
And the descent
Falls the Shadow"

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Listen To A Beatles Discussion [Something] - YouTube

2011-12-26T14:28:00.000-05:00

Listen To A Beatles Discussion [Something] - YouTube:

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Tea with Stalin’s Daughter « LRB blog

2011-12-05T07:08:00.001-05:00

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Tea with Stalin’s Daughter « LRB blog:

I should have addressed the envelope to ‘Lana Peters’ at 280 Ladbroke Grove, but I didn’t,
and the package I sent out from the London Review’s offices in the spring of 1992 was instead addressed to Svetlana Allilueva.

Several days later, I heard that she was angry I’d used her better-known name.
Worse, a story then appeared in the Evening Standard, which said that Stalin’s daughter was living in a halfway house in Notting Hill.

Had I helped blow her cover? I apologised. She asked me to tea.

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Peter Nevland- The Most Amazing Slam Poet - YouTube

2011-12-04T06:13:00.001-05:00

Peter Nevland- The Most Amazing Slam Poet - YouTube: ""

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The Store by O'Dasor De, LAM

2011-12-04T03:24:00.001-05:00

to knit, to knit,
to riot.

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Frank Delaney: Archives

2011-11-26T02:55:00.003-05:00

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Frank Delaney: Archives:

"RE: JOYCE
a podcast on james joyce's ulysses"

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How to Read James Joyce’s Ulysses (and Why You Should Avoid “How-to” Guides Like This One) | biblioklept

2011-11-26T02:26:00.001-05:00

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How to Read James Joyce’s Ulysses (and Why You Should Avoid “How-to” Guides Like This One) | biblioklept:

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Art Beat | PBS NewsHour | PBS

2011-11-13T09:19:00.004-05:00

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"The rage of Achilles-

-sing it now, goddess, sing through me."

Art Beat | PBS NewsHour | PBS:

"Conversation: Stephen Mitchell, Author of the New Translation of Homer's 'The Iliad'"

MPL Book Trailer #78: The 13 Clocks, by James Thurber - YouTube

2011-11-09T06:02:00.001-05:00

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MPL Book Trailer #78: The 13 Clocks, by James Thurber - YouTube: "MPL Book Trailer #78: The 13 Clocks, by James Thurber"

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Dan Dennett: Ants, terrorism, and the awesome power of memes - YouTube

2011-11-05T13:13:00.001-04:00

Dan Dennett: Ants, terrorism, and the awesome power of memes - YouTube: "http://www.ted.com Starting with the simple tale of an ant, philosopher Dan Dennett unleashes a devastating salvo of ideas, making a powerful case for the existence of memes -- concepts that are literally alive."

Noam Chomsky on Occupy Wall Street protests - YouTube

2011-11-05T09:16:00.001-04:00

Noam Chomsky on Occupy Wall Street protests - YouTube: "Noam Chomsky on Occupy Wall Street protests"

Why Read Moby-Dick? - Books by Nathaniel Philbrick - Penguin Group (USA)

2011-10-31T13:33:00.000-04:00

Why Read Moby-Dick? - Books by Nathaniel Philbrick - Penguin Group (USA):

AN ABUNDANCE OF COVERS! - YouTube

2011-10-31T13:28:00.001-04:00

AN ABUNDANCE OF COVERS! - YouTube:

"AN ABUNDANCE OF COVERS!"

The Associated Press: Cruise ship docks in Boston with 2 dead passengers

2011-10-29T07:01:00.001-04:00

The Associated Press: Cruise ship docks in Boston with 2 dead passengers:
"Cruise ship docks in Boston with 2 dead passengers"

A spokesman for the Suffolk County District Attorney says the probe involving experts from the office of the chief examiner showed a 67-year-old woman from Tiverton, R.I., and a 23-year-old man from Littleton, N.H., were not murdered aboard the Norwegian Cruise Line ship.

this blurb got me to thinking isn't this how a vampire movie begins?

better yet, the tale of a plague?

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O-Bits Blog

2011-10-18T06:24:00.003-04:00

O-Bits Blog: "On October 15th The Coffin Factory visited Liberty Plaza in Manhattan. In the shadow of a halfway built Freedom Tower, we asked Occupy Wall Street two questions"

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Three Questions

2011-09-28T01:33:00.000-04:00

The Teacher Salary Project

2011-09-17T04:42:00.001-04:00

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The Teacher Salary Project:

Our educational system must change. Currently, 30 percent of American students drop out of school by age eighteen. Fewer than 30 percent of all eighth-grade students are proficient in grade-level reading and math. Most significantly, students from urban, financially disadvantaged backgrounds are at a greater risk for decreased cognitive development and ability, lower school attendance, and higher rates of grade failure and early drop-out. And though it is well documented that the most important school-based factor in students' academic achievement and future success is the quality of their teachers, 46 percent of public school teachers leave the profession within the first five years of being in the classroom. A good teacher has the power to change the course of a life—yet because teachers in the United States have historically had an average annual salary lower than their peers with similar educational backgrounds, 62 percent of our nation's teachers must have second jobs outside of the classroom-like tutoring, mowing lawns, selling stereos, or bartending—to be able to afford to teach.

Weaving interviews of policy experts and startling facts with the lives and careers of four teachers, our film, American Teacher, tells the collective story by and about those closest to the issues in our educational system—the 3.2 million teachers who spend every day in classrooms across the country. Through an interactive and evolving website and a feature-length documentary that brings together educational experts, student interviews, and a year of documenting the day-to-day lives and sacrifices of public school teachers, THE TEACHER SALARY PROJECT will bring an awareness to the real and imminent crisis in our educational system—how little we value our strongest, most committed, and most effective teachers, and the ripple effect this has on how our children learn and their potential for future success.

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Poetry Pairing | The Beautiful and the Bad - NYTimes.com

2011-09-15T19:42:00.000-04:00

Poetry Pairing | The Beautiful and the Bad - NYTimes.com: "Pity the Beautiful
By Dana Gioia

Pity the beautiful,
the dolls, and the dishes,
the babes with big daddies
granting their wishes.

Pity the pretty boys,
the hunks, and Apollos,
the golden lads whom
success always follows.

The hotties, the knock-outs,
the tens out of ten,
the drop-dead gorgeous,
the great leading men.

Pity the faded,
the bloated, the blowsy,
the paunchy Adonis
whose luck’s gone lousy.

Pity the gods,
no longer divine.
Pity the night
the stars lose their shine."

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. . . at the mercy of the world

2011-09-04T05:21:00.015-04:00

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"However much I am at the mercy of the world I never let myself get lost by brooding over its misery. I hold firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of that misery to an end."

~~ Albert Schweitzer

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a paper bag

2011-09-01T05:49:00.002-04:00

i used to joke that i'd put
a paper bag over her head,
now i'd put one over my own.

Internet Slang words - Internet Dictionary - InternetSlang.com

2011-08-28T15:32:00.000-04:00

Internet Slang words - Internet Dictionary - InternetSlang.com:

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Peter Nevland- No One Told Me - YouTube

2011-07-04T06:21:00.000-04:00

Peter Nevland- No One Told Me - YouTube: ""

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How to Hack the New York Times in One Easy Step | Motherboard

2011-06-25T09:28:00.000-04:00

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How to Hack the New York Times in One Easy Step | Motherboard:

"How to Hack the New York Times in One Easy Step"

Amazing Book Art

2011-06-24T01:01:00.001-04:00

Poetry Daily: I Remember Lost Things , by Ron Padgett

2011-06-20T18:07:00.000-04:00

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Poetry Daily: I Remember Lost Things , by Ron Padgett:

"I Remember Lost Things"

Catching Up With Former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky : NewsHour Poetry Series : Video : The Poetry Foundation

2011-06-19T07:59:00.000-04:00

Catching Up With Former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky : NewsHour Poetry Series : Video : The Poetry Foundation: "Catching Up With Former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky

Since his stint as poet laureate in the late 1990s, Robert Pinsky has been that rare thing in American culture—a public poet, who could appear on The Simpsons and The Colbert Report. And, of course, for several years he regularly brought poetry to the NewsHour. 8:09"

Textbook Disclaimer Stickers

2011-05-25T23:07:00.000-04:00

Textbook Disclaimer Stickers

Poetry 180 - Home Page

2011-05-25T08:12:00.001-04:00

Poetry 180 - Home Page:

"Poetry 180 is designed to make it easy for students to hear or read a poem on each of the 180 days of the school year."

Coffee and Reefer Lyrics by Ron Sunshine

2011-05-20T07:07:00.001-04:00

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Coffee and Reefer Lyrics by Ron Sunshine: "

Coffee and Reefer
by Ron Sunshine"

Chocolate cake makes my poor stomach ache
And all those pills are too much for me to take
I don’t like cocaine cause it makes me all uptight
But Coffee and Reefer makes me feel all right

Crystal meth will make you high, and it’s cheap
But I never liked going five days without sleep
Acid makes me say stupid things like “Outta Sight”
But Coffee and Reefer makes me feel all right

You know the Coffee takes you high, and reefer takes you low
The bean will make you fly, while the bud makes you slow
Shooting speedballs will make you sell your stereo
Who ever heard of going in hock, for a cup of Joe

You know that crank will land you right in the clank
Smoke that nasty crack and you’ll want to rob a bank
Forget the nicotine, ketamine, amphetamines
Try Coffee and Reefer for a real mellow scene

Bridge:
Don’t drive a car or answer the phone
Just try to spend a couple of hours alone
Don’t operate machinery when you’re smoking on that weed
The Cartoon Channel has everything you need

Ecstasy can cause a man to love a wall
Whiskey make you love a girl you’d never touch at all
Mescaline will turn you into a little pink eraser
So try a cappuccino with a mellow gage chaser

Synonym-Finder

2011-05-08T19:12:00.000-04:00

Synonym-Finder

Knights Who Say Ni

2011-04-07T01:32:00.000-04:00

The Locket: Surviving the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire by Suzann

2011-03-25T18:39:00.000-04:00

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The Locket:
Surviving the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire by Suzanne Lieurance

Galena, an eleven-year-old Russian-Jewish immigrant, lives in New York City with her family and works at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory with her older sister Anya. The factory pays low wages and has terrible working conditions, making Anya yearn to join a union. Soon a horrible fire guts the factory leaving Galena with painful, horrific memories. Follow author Suzanne Lieurance in this dramatic historical fiction novel, as she describes how Galena uses the support of friends, family, and Jewish traditions to inspire her to fight for workers' rights.

give my regards to St. Peter

2011-03-20T07:46:00.000-04:00

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You give my regards to St. Peter,
or whoever has his job, but in Hell.
~~ Joss Whedon

William L Calley Jr

2011-03-16T10:14:00.000-04:00

Purple Panda — March to your Own Beat

2011-03-15T05:45:00.000-04:00

Purple Panda — March to your Own Beat

I’m sick of the romance. It’s over. It’s been a nice year but… We need to break up.

it's ironic,

i could've saved this young lady a whole year,

but then,

it wouldn't have been the same.

she needed the experience.

oh well, she DID stop when she got blisters,

we ALL do.

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AFL-CIO NOW BLOG

2011-03-01T05:48:00.000-05:00

AFL-CIO NOW BLOG:

"Glover then read a poem by Langston Hughes entitled “Let America be America Again,” which includes this verse:

Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed—

Let it be that great strong land of love

Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme

That any man be crushed by one above."

Level with your child

2011-02-28T21:20:00.000-05:00

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"Level with your child by being honest.
Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child."

~~ Mary MacCracken

Mark Fiore's Aggregation

2011-02-18T06:16:00.000-05:00

Walt Disney's "Peter Pan" premiered, 1953

2011-02-05T12:34:00.001-05:00

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[Wendy has just become the Lost Boys' mother]
Peter: Discipline. That's what fathers believe in. We must spank the children immediately before they try to kill you again. In fact, we should kill them.
Wendy: Father. I agree that they are... perfectly horrid, but... kill them and they should think themselves... important.
The Lost Boys: So important, Peter.
Curly: And unique.
Wendy: I, propose something far more dreadful. Medicine. The sticky, sweet kind.
The Lost Boys: Kill us, Peter.

Lyla Poetry Slam Winner - YouTube

2011-02-04T06:24:00.001-05:00

Lyla Poetry Slam Winner - YouTube: ""

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Napoleon's Penis!

2011-02-03T06:30:00.000-05:00

Word Spy - blizzaster

2011-02-02T19:10:00.000-05:00

Word Spy - blizzaster:

"blizzaster
n. A massive snowstorm; the negative effects of such a storm. Also: blizz-aster. [Blend of blizzard and disaster.]"

Race-Labor Bibliography

2011-02-02T07:05:00.000-05:00

race-labor bib:

"Race-Labor Bibliography"

The theme of black workers, their role in the broader working class, and their relationship to the labor movement has been a particularly lively one among scholars over the past several decades.

Quotes by George Polya. An George Polya Quote Library | The Gaiam Blog

2011-01-30T15:13:00.001-05:00

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Quotes by George Polya. An George Polya Quote Library | The Gaiam Blog:

"In order to translate a sentence from English into French two things are necessary.

First, we must understand thoroughly the English sentence. Second, we must be familiar with the forms of expression peculiar to the French language.

The situation is very similar when we attempt to express in mathematical symbols a condition proposed in words. First, we must understand thoroughly the condition. Second, we must be familiar with the forms of mathematical expression.

George Polya"

2011-01-22T16:13:00.000-05:00

2011-01-21T16:06:00.001-05:00

Capricorn

2011-01-21T00:51:00.001-05:00

2011-01-20T15:50:00.000-05:00

Mental Illness

2011-01-16T19:39:00.000-05:00

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"People often write me and ask
how I keep my wood floors so clean
when I live with a child and a dog,
and my answer is that I use a technique called
Suffering From a Mental Illness."

  ~~ Heather Armstrong

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Sesquipedalian | Define Sesquipedalian at Dictionary.com

2011-01-12T00:37:00.000-05:00

Sesquipedalian | Define Sesquipedalian at Dictionary.com:

"ses·qui·pe·da·li·an
[ses-kwi-pi-dey-lee-uhn, -deyl-yuhn] Show IPA
–adjective Also, ses·quip·e·dal
[ses-kwip-i-dl] Show IPA
.
1.
given to using long words.
2.
(of a word) containing many syllables."

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Capricornio

2011-01-11T00:22:00.001-05:00

Urban Dictionary: ain't that some shit

2010-12-28T05:38:00.000-05:00

Urban Dictionary: ain't that some shit:

"Irony. When something is definatly, "Some shit"

Ron: Donny, are you still going out with annie?

Donny: Nah, I found out she was a dude.

Ron: Ain't that some shit.."

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Words, words, words (and phrases)

2010-12-23T02:52:00.000-05:00

Words, words, words (and phrases): "Volute"

Capricornio

2010-12-22T04:55:00.000-05:00

What do the Z, I, and P in “ZIP code” stand for? And what do the numbers represent? | The Hot Word

2010-12-18T17:48:00.000-05:00

What do the Z, I, and P in “ZIP code” stand for? And what do the numbers represent? | The Hot Word:

"What do the Z, I, and P in “ZIP code” stand for? And what do the numbers represent?"

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Replevy | Define Replevy at Dictionary.com

2010-12-18T17:44:00.000-05:00

Replevy | Define Replevy at Dictionary.com:

"Main Entry: replevy
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: re·plev·ied ; re·plevy·ing
Etymology: probably from Anglo-French replevi , past participle of replevir to give security, from Old French, to give security for, from re- back + plevir to pledge
: to take or get back by replevin — re·plev·i·able /ri-'ple-vE-&-b&l/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Cite This Source"

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Merriam-Webster Online: pogonip

2010-12-17T07:07:00.000-05:00

Image via WikipediaMerriam-Webster Online: "pogonip\PAH-guh-nip\
DEFINITION
noun

: a dense winter fog containing frozen particles that is formed in deep mountain valleys of the western United States"

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The One Minute Writer: Friday Fiction: Ocean

2010-08-20T06:18:00.002-04:00

prompted by

The One Minute Writer
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 2010

Friday Fiction: Ocean

the sun is hot, of course its hot,
the kids are on the beach, of course,
and the surf is pounding in my ears!
surprise!
white christmas in the tropics- oh cliche of cliches:
i miss New York, don't you?
.O'Dasor De
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The One-Minute Writer: Ice cream truck

2010-03-25T06:44:00.001-04:00

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prompted by C.Beth's

The One-Minute Writer: "THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 2010

Today's Writing Prompt: Ice cream truck
Kids get so excited when the ice cream truck comes into the neighborhood. What kind of delivery truck would make adults line up in excitement?"

oh, dunno,

but we DO line up for the espresso coffee truck at 14th street/Union Square, NYC . . . a Due Shot of hot roast knocks off forty years in one slurp!

prompted by Six Word Saturday: Describe your life

2010-03-20T07:57:00.003-04:00

prompted by Six Word Saturday
at Cate's Show My Face .

Explore and Worry,

More and Less.

:-0

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prompted by My Town Shoot-out: Aquariums

2010-02-12T07:01:00.001-05:00

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prompted by My Town Shoot-out:
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2010
Member Voice - ChefE on Aquariums

Fish Mosaic at Delancey Street
Subway Station, NYC, NY

we're not sure if what follows qualifies as an aquarium,
but its the best that we can muster up at such short notice. :-)

btw, the mosaics are popping up all over town,
all with different themes.

so why fish as a mosaic theme at Delancey?

our guess is that Delancey Street is not too far from the East River,
Chinatowns' Fish Stalls, or even a skip and a hop from the
old Fulton Fish Market.

in the early 20th century, we know that Delancey Street
had its own Fish Stalls (this was pre-Yuppification).

in a prior post, we told of swimming in the river as a child
and the feel of fish against our bodies as we swam.
at the time we lived on Allen Street a couple of blocks away.

more recently, we associate the Delacey St/Essex St. station,
where these murals are located, as a transfer point for
Coney Island-bound trains. so there's a connection to
the Coney Island Aquarium.

aha! kinda forced but we DID it,
AQUARIUM. :-)

{Fish Mosaic at Delancey Street by O'Dasor De, LAM}

hope that you enjoy this post,
and if you want to see the work
of other contributors just click on this icon:

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Prompted by Question of the day: Tues., Feb. 9th, 2010

2010-02-09T11:47:00.000-05:00

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Question of the day

Check, Please

"A confused bank teller

transposed the dollars and cents when he cashed a check for Ms Smith . ."

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we date ourselves, for sure,
but high school was a half century ago.

and THAT particular decade is a blur
{call it a misspent youth. lotsa fun, though}

:-)

we DID sweat this puzzle from the
always fun: Question of the day blog

and TG for the net:
we cheated. :-0

and found the answer online.
we won't say where 'cause we don't want
to ruin the fun.

the truth IS out there!

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Thematic Photographic 81 - Feet

2009-12-27T09:13:00.001-05:00

[click to enlarge]
{My Feet with Cons by O'Dasor De, LAM}

prompted by
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Thematic Photographic 81 - Feet

we'd been wearing Chucks since we were kids.

you know how kids are, they bind their identity
to their fashion.

in this vein,
if you were from Brooklyn or, heaven forbid,
from Queens, you wore PF Fliers.
the Bronx denizens wore Pro Keds,
Manhattan was the land of Converse's Chuck Taylors;
and we didn't know anyone who actually lived on
Staten Island. (for that matter,
wazzat Staten Island?)

what one wore on one's feet determined
where one had safe passage, and where
one would get his ass handed to him on
a platter. {pretty much the way colors function
now}

as time passed, we grew up,
and athletic shoes came into
their own following the Great Transit Strike
in the early eighties {a story for another
day.}, and prices went to unaffordable.

we continued to wear our Chucks.
they were the cheapest, American, union-made
sneakers out there and we loved.

then Nike bought-out Converse and
now they're made in China by virgins
(child labor). and they're not so cheap.

hipsters, being kids, have come back to
Converse (and Pabst Blue Ribbon) as badges
of anti-consumerism. (ironic).

yet, the Boat-Rockers have drifted over to
New Balance because they are STILL union-made,
and the only American-made sneaker on the market.
{made in canada and England as well}

us? well, it's hard to teach an old dog new tricks,
so, we've continued the habit of wearing Chucky's.

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go and check out more
Thematic Photographic images at the Written Inc Site!

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The Soccer Mom Files

2009-12-24T13:29:00.001-05:00

this one rox!

check it out. :-)

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The Soccer Mom Files:

"Caption This, Christmas Edition
Merry Christmas to all! May the spirit of the season be with everyone!"

Weekend Wordsmith 129. Knead

2009-12-04T02:34:00.005-05:00

Weekend Wordsmith:
"Friday, December 4, 2009
129. Knead"

I wish I could touch you inside,
somewhere where you remember me,
somewhere,
where you and I are the same....

That time is gone, isn't it?
How do you make oxtail stew?

I see your recognition.
You see that I need you.
You’re grateful. I can tell.
You’re proud. You need me too.

But it’s late for that.
Isn’t it?
How do I do? How do I say?
What can I do? I went away.
I still love you.
Though, . . . goodbye.

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Wordless Wednesday

2009-11-16T02:53:00.001-05:00

prompted by

Wordless Wednesday:
"November 16th, 2009
Monday edition."

Random Tuesday Thoughts

2009-11-07T21:09:00.000-05:00

random thoughts by ~ansarwasif

prompted by
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009
Random Tuesday Thoughts
at the Un Mom blog

okay, so how does this work?

my first Random Tuesday Thoughts.

hmmmmmmm

i'm supposed to be working on something else
but i'm doing this instead,
and its not even Tuesday.

wanna watch the first season of Allie McBeal . . .

rather have some grilled chicken, but
since its already kinda late gonna
have to settle for cheerios

then theres L,
we have a party next week and she's gonna be there.

she's way too young for me,
not that i mind so much
its just that she has the IQ of a gnat
and the maturity of a fifteen year old.

but boy! she'll never drown that's for sure, so okay
one more time, just one and i'll make it last.

and tomorrow i gotta touch base with the family,
early in the morning cause chores beckon.

o'course then i'll practice for my presentation,
and email the ladies who probably
think that i'm not ready for monday and they'd be right.

so there, random enough?

..
.ero

Thematic Photographic 74 - Red

2009-11-07T14:51:00.003-05:00

prompted by

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Thematic Photographic 74 - Red

[click to enlarge]
{RED CRANE by O'Dasor De, LAM}

this red thing is a crane working at The Pit (aka Ground Zero)
where something called "FreedomTowers" has been under
construction, at cost overruns, for close to a decade.

when completed, if ever,
it will stand as a testament to the Private Sectors'
ability to do things more efficiently, and more cheaply,
than Government by the People, of the People, and for the People.

so far, we are awed by the power of the "Invi$ible Hand"
of the Market Place to make profit out of disaster.

Go and check out more
Thematic Photographic images at the Written Inc Site!
..
.O'Dasor De
..
.ero
..

.

Thematic Photographic 74 - Red

2009-11-05T20:19:00.002-05:00

prompted by
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Thematic Photographic 74 - Red

there it was.
not a half block away from Ground Zero;
just laying on the sidewalk and it reads . . . NO STANDING.

what else could we do?
we snapped a picture, then two.

wouldn't you?

Go and check out more
Thematic Photographic images at the Written inc. site

helping people came naturally

2009-11-01T14:24:00.000-05:00

Image via Wikipedia

"Since I had the inclinatation and the training, helping people came naturally. I wasn't thinking in terms of organizing members, but just a duty that I had to do. That goes back to my mother's training. It was not until later that I realized that this was a good organizing tool, although maybe unconsciously, I was already beggining to understand.

But I was used by people for a long time until I wised up. It wasn't that they wanted to do it, but that I was not prepared or able to tell them what to do in return. My work was just another war on poverty gimick, which is what happens when people are given everything and don't give anything in return. you can't mold them into any action.

Well, one night it just hit me. Once you helped people, most became very loyal. The people who helped us back when we wanted volunteers were the people we had helped. So I began to get a group of those people around me.

Once I realized helping people was an organizing technique, I increased that work. I was willing to work all day and night and go to hell and back for people- provided they also did something for the CSO in return. I never felt bad asking for that. It didn't contradict my parents' teachings, because I wasn't asking for something for myself.

For a long time we didn't know how to put that work together into an organization. But we learned after a while- we learned how to help people by making them responsible. Today it's the same principle with the Union. And it works. We don't get everybody, but we get enough to get that nucleus. I think solving problems for people is the only way to build solid groups."
— Cesar Chavez

PIRATE SKULL

2009-10-12T09:02:00.000-04:00

prompted by Skull-a-Day
..

image by O'Dasor De;

for more images see:

.sun-n-steeple

The One-Minute Writer: Friday Fiction: Wedding

2009-10-09T07:24:00.000-04:00

[click to enlarge]
   {WEDDING by O'Dasor De, LAM}

prompted by The One-Minute Writer
   Friday, October 9, 2009
Friday Fiction: Wedding
   Write a brief bit of fiction, with a wedding as the setting.

===================================================

he removes the noose from around his neck and breathes.

its a rental, he thinks, not even my own.

she's perfect, there's nothing amiss.

he's rich, handsome, successful, where's the chink?

where'd he come from?

he slips off his shoes . . . and sighs.

..
.O'Dasor De
..
.ero
..
.

Thematic Photographic 68: Temporary

2009-09-23T06:14:00.001-04:00

[click to enlarge]
{images by O'Dasor De, LAM}

prompted by
Thematic Photographic images at the Written Inc Site!

*{note: as we prepared this posting, we checked back to the Written, Inc. blog
and read todays post where Carmi announces that his Dad passed away last

night. our heartfelt sympathy goes out to him and his family.}* :-(

Thematic Photographic 68: Temporary

we had the chance to visit Coney Island last weekend. we had our Mom with us and she was having a grand ole time enjoying the sparsely peopled beach when her incontinence kicked in.

we rushed up to the boardwalk and ran into a bar (the legendary Rudy's) to use the restroom.

waiting for Mom as she did her thing, we grabbed a brew and a barstool.

at Rudy's the walls are completely covered with pictures of old Coney Island, both the glory days as America's Playground, and the blighted 1970's landscape of THE WARRIORS fame.

"warriors, come out and play-yay . . ."

{never mind}

mixed in with these images are photos of customers and barkeeps thoughout decades of summers and Polar Bear winters. very nostalgic, especially when we realize that we recognize so many of the faces.

anyhoo, suddenly we felt such a wash-over of warmth as we flashed back to a day when we were about five years old, and we sat high up on a bar-stool next to our Dad at this very same bar.

our feet couldn't reach the floor which we remember as covered in sawdust.

and behind the bar is a face that is in so many of the pictures on today's wall. the face of the Old Man - "Mr. Rudy's" himself who tended bar forever until a couple of years ago when he passed on.

at the corner of the bar stand the "regulars" buff and tan, perpetual beach drinkers,

and on the stool next to us is our Dad laughing and story-telling about how we won the race on the Steeplechase ponies . . . .

the flashback lasts a couple of seconds then . . .

then Mom returns from the restroom,

and the old man is gone, and the bar is full of yuppies, and hipsters and tourists,

and the sawdust is gone, and the pictures are yellowed

and my Dad is gone and Steeplechse is gone and no one jumps to their death on the parachute ride anymore,

and the CYCLONE needs paint,
the WONDER WHEEL is still,

and condos are going up and its time to go home . . .

wherever that is.

..
.ero
..
.

Pictures, Poetry & Prose: SecretDoor

2009-09-16T05:59:00.005-04:00

prompted by
Pictures, Poetry & Prose
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Secret Door

[click to enlarge]
{images by O'Dasor De, LAM}

go?
not yet.
not done,
not now. . . . go to hell!

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Now playing: Chino Espinoza y Los Dueños Del Son - Secreto Escondido
via FoxyTunes

happy birthday, C.Beth!

2009-09-01T06:58:00.003-04:00

[click to enlarge]
{images by glassaple}

prompted by The One-Minute Writer

happy birthday, C.Beth!

Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Today's Writing Prompt: Party!
It's C. Beth's birthday! Let's have a virtual One-Minute Writer party. What will you bring to the party?

bARE-eYED sUN said...

a lifetime supply of daily prompts and responses published as an international best-seller that makes you a household name.

;-)

..
.ero

September 1, 2009 5:36 AM

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Now playing: The Beatles - Birthday
via FoxyTunes

The One Minute Writer: Smart

2009-08-24T06:31:00.003-04:00

[click to enlarge]

{images by O'Dasor De, LAM}

.Prompted by The One Minute Writer
MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 2009

Today's Writing Prompt: Smart
In what area do you wish you had more natural intelligence?

bARE-eYED sUN said...
we'd like to increase two areas:

short-term memory and body awareness.

as we've aged our short-term memory has . . .er. . .uhm . . . uh . . . what were we saying?

.O'Dasor De
..
.ero
..
.

One-Minute Writer: Moon

2009-07-22T07:13:00.002-04:00

[click to enlarge]

{image by O'Dasor De, LAM}

prompted by The One-Minute Writer

Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Today's Writing Prompt: Moon
If you'd been the first human to step foot on the moon, what would you have said, for the world to hear?

answer:
okay! . . . can we go home now?

O'Dasor De
..
.ero
..
.

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Now playing: Tony Bennett - Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)
via FoxyTunes

you say hello, i say goodbye

2009-06-20T09:13:00.003-04:00

image by ldinami7e
[aka Leandro Lamezi]

Friends,

we'll certainly take the time to visit our favorite blogs,
{and you know who you are}

but, we'll post infrequently (very infrequently)
between now and September.

we embark on a much deserved summer holiday.

as the song says, see you in September.

hugz-n-kissez from the Big Apple. :-)

..
.ero

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Now playing: Jimmy Durante - I'll Be Seeing You
via FoxyTunes

Saturday Surprise: U.S. Male 2009

2009-06-13T01:49:00.005-04:00

[click to enlarge]
{U.S. Male 2009
by O'Dasor De, LAM}

Saturday Surprise
SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2009

THEME: MALE

.ero
..
.xiombix
..
.
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Now playing: Elvis Presley - U.S. Male
via FoxyTunes

It's About Who Gets to Choose.

2009-06-07T09:54:00.003-04:00

prompted by
The One-Minute Writer

SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 2009
Today's Writing Prompt: Lobby
Imagine you are becoming a lobbyist for the national legislature (such as the U.S. Congress.) What issue will you be fighting for?

we would love to lobby congress for the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) (H.R. 1409, S. 560)

as it stands now the employer decides whether to accept a card-check process or hold an election.

this act transfers that decision to the employee. the employees would decide to have an election if 30% petition for it, or the employees may press for recognition through a majority card-check.

the decision to unionize or not, shouldn't be the employers, it should be the worker's decision.
.
.O'Dasor De
..
.ero
..
.

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Now playing: Ann Feeney - War on the Workers
via FoxyTunes

our teacher gave us two books

2009-06-05T20:40:00.001-04:00

prompted by

the blog: THERE IS A LIFE I WILL TOUCH TODAY

FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2009

Q of the day

As a child,

what was your favorite book?

Have you reread that book since your childhood?

when we left kindergarten, on the last day of class,

after saying our goodbyes, our teacher gave us two books,

a Lassie book, and a Roy Rogers, Cowboy book.

these were largely picture books,

and we don't remember her giving any of the other children books.

so, we presume that there was something about us

that prompted her to give us these books.

whatever it was, these were the first books we remember owning,

and we KNOW that we reread the Roy Rogers book,

which had more prose and less pictures.

again when we were about twelve years old,

and in bed sick and unable to attend school.

we DO remember thinking at this point,

how much fun it was to read,

and how we wanted to read more books.

funny.

we don't remember the teacher's name,

we barely remember what she looked like,

but we've always remembered her giving us those books

back when we were five or six years old.

we're in our late fifties now. and . . . we LOVE to read.

.O'Dasor De

.ero

Visual Response to Question of the Day for May 28, 2009

2009-05-28T10:30:00.002-04:00

image by ~uffaaah
{aka kià.}

our visual response
prompted by
Question of the Day
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Vowels Removed

A well known phrase has had all its vowels removed and has been split into groups of three letters. What is the phrase?

HRT DYG NTM RRW
.
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.ero
..
.
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Now playing: The Ramones - Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
via FoxyTunes

Today's Writing Prompt: Memorial: Corporal Pat Tillman

2009-05-25T08:27:00.003-04:00

Corporal Pat Tillman,
(November 6, 1976 San Jose, California
– April 22, 2004 Sperah, Afghanistan )

thank you for putting aside your personal beliefs,
and then heeding the call of your country;
this is the highest order of hero.
may the details of your passing reach the light of day.
.
..
.ero
..
.
prompted by
The One Minute Writer
MONDAY, MAY 25, 2009

Today's Writing Prompt: Memorial
Write a thank you note or tribute to someone who lost his/her life in an heroic way.

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Now playing: Wiener Philharmoniker - Symphony No.41 "Jupiter" - IV Finale: Molto allegro
via FoxyTunes

Spoonful o' Jimbo

2009-05-23T17:13:00.004-04:00

inspired by
PAINTBOX PICTURES

[click to enlarge]
{Spoonful o' Jimbo
by O'Dasor De, LAM}

we arrived at the top picture by applying the following tools from a free version of PHOTOSCAPE.

-Distort; using motion blur
-Bloom: high
-Clolorize: high
-Sharpen: 13

these tools/filters were applied to the photo on the bottom. {special thanks to Boat-Rocker Jimbo who has his grand-kids doing the spoon/eye trick at restaurants to the dismay of the Missus.

.
..
.ero
..
.

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Now playing: Beat Positive - If I Could Be Anyone
via FoxyTunes

Thematic Photographic 49 - Human: Fresh Direct

2009-05-17T21:08:00.003-04:00

[click to enlarge]
{Fresh Direct by O'Dasor De, LAM}

following an era of unrestricted greed,
the aftermath is always HUMAN

prompted by
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Thematic Photographic 49 - Human

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.ero
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.
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Now playing: Herbie Hancock - Don't Explain (feat. Damien Rice & Lisa Hannigan)
via FoxyTunes

The One-Minute Writer: Earth

2009-05-13T06:31:00.005-04:00

[click to enlarge]
{EARTH by O'Dasor De, LAM}

The premise is flawed. Earth's environment does not "suffer" because of Human interaction with it. "Suffering" requires cognizance. What does suffer is the Earth’s capacity to sustain life as we know it. Life, however, is highly adaptable and Nature abhors a void.

It is likely that Life (in general) will adapt and survive on Earth, with or without, human intervention.

Mankind, however, if it is to survive must take action to curtail damage to the environment which WE require to survive.

Ironically, while the Earth may be indifferent to human existence, Humanity would be better off if humans (as we know them) had never appeared. . . . heh, heh. ;-)
..
.prompted by The One-Minute Writer
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Today's Writing Prompt: Earth
The environment suffers due to humanity's actions. Would Earth be better off had humans never appeared?
.
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.ero
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.

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Now playing: Aretha Franklin - This Bitter Earth
via FoxyTunes

Meme Express: Give Me Just a Little More Time

2009-05-11T22:22:00.026-04:00

[click to enlarge]
{image by O'Dasor De, LAM}

Trapped Inside Many Eternities,
Every Man Invokes Temperance.
by O'Dasor De, LAM

This is the four-faceted post clock installed
at Millenium Park (near City Hall) as a tribute
to David Rockefeller and his contributions
to the city of New York.

{that tall building in the background (farthest in pic)

is the gorgeous, Art Decorated, Woolworth Building}

if you're curious about Street Clocks of New York go see

It's About Time; an excellent blog by author Emily Stern.

It's About Time is now defunct having accomplished

its task of cataloging the clocks of Manhattan,

however its archives are still replete

with excellent pictures and information.

===========================

Give Me Just a Little More Time

Prompted by

All Aboard the Meme Express

– Monday, May 11, 2009

===========================

Uncle A.

2009-05-09T09:17:00.003-04:00

Uncle A.
Memory.

A cartoonish dream.

Scared,
Frightened and crying!

Uncle A. would visit quite often.
"Your blessing Uncle A."

Uncle A stares with frightening, angry eyes . . .

..
.ero
..
.
inspired by
The One-Minute Writer

.
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Now playing: Ferenc Fricsay, Yehudi Menuhin, Berliner Philarmoniker, Orchestra Sinfonica Della Rias Di Berlino - Concerto Per Violino e Orchestra In Re Maggiore, Op. 35: I. Allegro Moderato (Ciaikovsky)
via FoxyTunes

SkyWatch Friday No. 43: Archway View of Ground Zero Cranes

2009-05-08T10:11:00.007-04:00

[click to enlarge]
{image by O'Dasor De, LAM}

140 West Street in keeping with its Art Deco styling, the building has a archway along its southside (Vesey Street) that is replete with decorative motifs on the walls and ceiling.

this Vesey Street Archway separates the building from the Ground Zero Reconstruction site.

this is a view of cranes working at the sight as viewed through an arch (note the decorations).
.
..
.ero
..
.Go and check out more
Skywatch images at the Skywatch Site!

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Now playing: The Bangles - Watching The Sky
via FoxyTunes

Antara

2009-05-06T09:39:00.001-04:00

well, we're running a bit late on the Thematic Photographic 47 - Musical

but we're hoping to add this tidbit just under the wire. :-)

these shots are of a Busker who plays regularly, weather permitting, on the corner of Broadway right next to City Hall, in New york City. he accepts donations and has CDs of his music for sale.

his music, as we can see, is played on an Antara , or Andean Pan Flute which originates from Peru. The antara is also known as a Siku, Panflute, or Panpipe. Siku is a term used so much in Quechuan as in Aymara used by the peoples of the Plateau of the Collao (P.e. Qcollas and Huancanés).

we've not spoken to the gentleman but he certainly displays Amerind features.

Buskers are popular in NY especially in the warmer months; there are a few Pan Flute players all around sometimes playing in groups of three or more.

during the colder months they play underground in the subway stations where the acoustics transport the listener to the Andes where the sounds of the Siku echo among the snow-capped mountains and verdant valleys.

thanks for stopping by. :-)

.ero

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