January 2012
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Jan 28th
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Jan 27th
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ListenSpiritualized - “200 Bars” Lazer...
Jan 26th
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Jan 25th
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Jan 25th
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“If a man have neither wife nor other to rule his household, know you how it is...”
– St. Bernardino
Jan 24th
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Sent from F. Scott Fitzgerald to his young... →
Things to worry about: Worry about courage Worry about cleanliness Worry about efficiency Worry about horsemanship Things not to worry about: Don’t worry about popular opinion Don’t worry about dolls
Jan 23rd
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“He who does not turn up the earth with the plough ought to write the parchment...”
– St. Ferreol
Jan 21st
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Jan 21st
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Jan 21st
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ListenThe Beatles - “I Feel Fine...
Jan 20th
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Jan 19th
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“He made no pretentions to botany, and knew nothing of groups or classification;...”
– Les Miserables
Jan 17th
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The Food of the Gods (H.G. Wells, 1904)
One of Wells’ lesser-known works, The Food of the Gods is an enjoyable but perplexing book. The premise is simple enough: a pair of scientists invent a substance that causes life to grow much larger than normal, the explanation being that growth is naturally punctuated because of the sporadic presence of this substance, which if supplied artificially causes continual expansion. A neat and...
Jan 15th
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“For conduct which to clearer minds seems merely sane, was in those days to be...”
– Olaf Stapledon, Last and First Men
Jan 6th
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ListenClams Casino - “What You Doin”...
Jan 5th
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Vocabulary: Kimmering Clachan Edition
Scots words and phrases from The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner braird: the early shoots of a crop of grain like wheat or barley luckpenny: a sort of discount given to a buyer for luck windelstrae: a stalk of dry grass bicker: wooden drinking vessel wynd: a narrow alley (i.e. wind) aumuse: a cap worn by clergy ayont: beside or adjacent to bourock: a hovel or shelter...
Jan 5th
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Jan 4th
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The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified...
This interesting book was put in my hands by a good friend whose literary suggestions are sound without exception. It is not, as the title may suggest, a tell-all like Pepys’ diaries, or even, really, a private memoir at all. It’s a striking early example of nontraditional narrative structure, predating many other adventurous novels and reportedly inspiring Stevenson’s Jekyll...
Jan 4th
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“Did I exist before my birth? No. Shall I, after my death? No. What am I? A...”
– Les Miserables
Jan 4th
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Jan 4th
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Jan 4th
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