Quotes About Politics (1460 quotes):
"“If you are bored and disgusted by politics and don't bother to vote, you are in effect voting for the entrenched Establishments of the two major parties, who please rest assured are not dumb, and who are keenly aware that it is in their interests to keep you disgusted and bored and cynical and to give you every possible reason to stay at home doing one-hitters and watching MTV on primary day. By all means stay home if you want, but don't bullshit yourself that you're not voting. In reality, there is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehard's vote.”
― David Foster Wallace, Up, Simba!"
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Monday
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| Evey Hammond (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Evey Hammond: [voiceover] Remember, remember, the Fifth of November, the Gunpowder Treason and Plot. I know of no reason why the Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot...
But what of the man? I know his name was Guy Fawkes and I know, in 1605, he attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament. But who was he really? What was he like?
We are told to remember the idea, not the man, because a man can fail. He can be caught, he can be killed and forgotten, but 400 years later, an idea can still change the world. I've witnessed first hand the power of ideas, I've seen people kill in the name of them, and die defending them...
but you cannot kiss an idea, cannot touch it, or hold it...
ideas do not bleed, they do not feel pain, they do not love...
And it is not an idea that I miss, it is a man...
A man that made me remember the Fifth of November. A man that I will never forget.
~~from Alan Moore's V for Vendetta
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Athanasius, Underground | The Public Domain Review
Athanasius, Underground | The Public Domain Review:
"ATHANASIUS, UNDERGROUND
With his enormous range of scholarly pursuits the 17th century polymath Athanasius Kircher has been hailed as the last Renaissance man and “the master of hundred arts”. John Glassie looks at one of Kircher’s great masterworks Mundus Subterraneus and how it was inspired by a subterranean adventure Kircher himself made into the bowl of Vesuvius."
"ATHANASIUS, UNDERGROUND
With his enormous range of scholarly pursuits the 17th century polymath Athanasius Kircher has been hailed as the last Renaissance man and “the master of hundred arts”. John Glassie looks at one of Kircher’s great masterworks Mundus Subterraneus and how it was inspired by a subterranean adventure Kircher himself made into the bowl of Vesuvius."
Sunday
Written Inc.
Written Inc.:
""There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president."
Kurt Vonnegut "
""There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president."
Kurt Vonnegut "
Thursday
National Novel Writing Month
National Novel Writing Month: "What is NaNoWriMo?
National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing on November 1. The goal is to write a 50,000 word, (approximately 175 page) novel by 11:59:59, November 30."
National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing on November 1. The goal is to write a 50,000 word, (approximately 175 page) novel by 11:59:59, November 30."
Tuesday
The War of the Worlds
Seventy years later, Orson Welles' "The War of the Worlds" remains electrifying
Scar "War" put Welles on map
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008310729_waroftheworlds27.html
Ball St. recreating 'War of the Worlds' broadcast
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-in-marsattacks-broad,0,5630576.story
Orson Welles' complicated feelings for Kenosha
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/movies/33095059.html
A history of Grover's Mill
http://www.war-ofthe-worlds.co.uk/grovers_mill.htm
The Mercury Theatre on the Air [Real Player]
http://www.mercurytheatre.info/
Monday
Crisfield Maryland News and Photography: Patron Saint Gertrude of Nivelles
Crisfield Maryland News and Photography: Patron Saint Gertrude of Nivelles:
"Ye Shall not possess any beast, my dear sisters, save only a cat."
~ Gertrude of Nivelles
Filtered for watercolor effect.
iPhone photo...
"Ye Shall not possess any beast, my dear sisters, save only a cat."
~ Gertrude of Nivelles
Filtered for watercolor effect.
iPhone photo...
Sunday
Friday
Sunday
The Exonerated -- UF School of Theatre and Dance on Vimeo
The Exonerated -- UF School of Theatre and Dance on Vimeo:
"Clips and images from the UF production of "The Exonerated"
by Erik Jensen and Jessica Blank,
directed by Yanci Bukovec."
"Clips and images from the UF production of "The Exonerated"
by Erik Jensen and Jessica Blank,
directed by Yanci Bukovec."
Herb Alpert - This Guy's in Love with You - YouTube
Herb Alpert - This Guy's in Love with You - YouTube: ""
a little lady, as they say "the love of my life", "the one you never forget". . . she was always on the verge of leaving me, and eventually she did.
on one such ocassion, i'd actually seen it coming, i fully expected that she'd finally had enough and she surprised me. she stuck around and i didn't immediately see why, she was a gorgeous woman, and i wasn't half the loser that i'd eventually become, but i was well on my way, and the signs were evident . . . but she stayed, she stayed much to my perplexity . . .
one day out of the blue, she tells me that she loved me because of Herb Alpert and Burt Bacharach.
huh?
she meant that this song, this song, reminded her of me. . . .
so, thank you Burt & Herb . . .
she eventually did leave, when i no longer expected her to . . . life surprises us this way
. . . and my heart keeps breaking.
a little lady, as they say "the love of my life", "the one you never forget". . . she was always on the verge of leaving me, and eventually she did.
on one such ocassion, i'd actually seen it coming, i fully expected that she'd finally had enough and she surprised me. she stuck around and i didn't immediately see why, she was a gorgeous woman, and i wasn't half the loser that i'd eventually become, but i was well on my way, and the signs were evident . . . but she stayed, she stayed much to my perplexity . . .
one day out of the blue, she tells me that she loved me because of Herb Alpert and Burt Bacharach.
huh?
she meant that this song, this song, reminded her of me. . . .
so, thank you Burt & Herb . . .
she eventually did leave, when i no longer expected her to . . . life surprises us this way
. . . and my heart keeps breaking.
Friday
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| Dante gazes at Mount Purgatory in an allegorical portrait by Agnolo Bronzino, painted c. 1530 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate.
* All hope abandon, ye who enter in*
~ Dante Alighieri {from THE INFERNO} ~
Wednesday
50 Banned Books That Everyone Should Read | Online College Degrees
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| is everything permissible? (Photo credit: the|G|™) |
"50 Banned Books That Everyone Should Read
By Britney Wilkins
As long as there have been books, there have been people opposed to what is said in some of those books. Authors who challenge the accepted norms in their literature are often the target of angry people who do not understand or appreciate their literature. The following books are excellent examples of great literature that has become banned or challenged in an attempt to shield the public from what some see as inappropriate."
Saturday
The Implacability of Things | The Public Domain Review
The Implacability of Things | The Public Domain Review: "THE IMPLACABILITY OF THINGS
Jonathan Lamb explores the genre of ‘it-narratives’ – stories told from the point of view of an object, often as it travels in circulation through human hands."
Jonathan Lamb explores the genre of ‘it-narratives’ – stories told from the point of view of an object, often as it travels in circulation through human hands."
Friday
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