Monday
Tea with Stalin’s Daughter « LRB blog
Image via WikipediaI 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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Frank Delaney: Archives
Image via Wikipedia"RE: JOYCE
a podcast on james joyce's ulysses"
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Sunday
Art Beat | PBS NewsHour | PBS
Wednesday
MPL Book Trailer #78: The 13 Clocks, by James Thurber - YouTube
Image via Wikipedia'via Blog this'
Saturday
Dan Dennett: Ants, terrorism, and the awesome power of memes - YouTube
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
Noam Chomsky on Occupy Wall Street protests - YouTube: "Noam Chomsky on Occupy Wall Street protests"
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Saturday
The Associated Press: Cruise ship docks in Boston with 2 dead passengers
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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"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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Tuesday
O-Bits Blog
'via Blog this'
Saturday
The Teacher Salary Project
Image via WikipediaOur 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.
'via Blog this'
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Thursday
Poetry Pairing | The Beautiful and the Bad - NYTimes.com
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."
'via Blog this'
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."
'via Blog this'
Sunday
. . . at the mercy of the world
Image via Wikipedia
"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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How to Hack the New York Times in One Easy Step | Motherboard
Image via Wikipedia"How to Hack the New York Times in One Easy Step"
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Catching Up With Former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky : NewsHour Poetry Series : Video : The Poetry Foundation
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"
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"
Wednesday
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."
Friday
Coffee and Reefer Lyrics by Ron Sunshine
Image by Federacion de asociaciones cannabicas via FlickrCoffee and Reefer Lyrics by Ron Sunshine: "
Coffee and Reefer
by Ron Sunshine"
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Thursday
Friday
The Locket: Surviving the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire by Suzann
Image by dpstyles™ via FlickrThe 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.
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.
Sunday
give my regards to St. Peter
Image via Wikipediaor whoever has his job, but in Hell.
~~ Joss Whedon
Wednesday
Tuesday
Purple Panda — March to your Own Beat
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
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."
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."
Monday
Level with your child
Image via WikipediaNobody spots a phony quicker than a child."
~~ Mary MacCracken
Saturday
Walt Disney's "Peter Pan" premiered, 1953
Image via Wikipedia[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.
Friday
Thursday
Wednesday
Word Spy - blizzaster
Word Spy - blizzaster:
"blizzaster
n. A massive snowstorm; the negative effects of such a storm. Also: blizz-aster. [Blend of blizzard and disaster.]"
n. A massive snowstorm; the negative effects of such a storm. Also: blizz-aster. [Blend of blizzard and disaster.]"
Race-Labor Bibliography
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.
Sunday
Quotes by George Polya. An George Polya Quote Library | The Gaiam Blog
Image via Wikipedia"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"
George Polya"
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Mental Illness
Image via Wikipedia"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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Wednesday
Sesquipedalian | Define Sesquipedalian at Dictionary.com
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
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1.
given to using long words.
2.
(of a word) containing many syllables."
"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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