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Sunday Burst

You stay classy, Internet! :: This is good a graphical representation of what it feels like to be in an ensemble, performing a piece of great music, as I’m ever likely to see. If you have the bandwidth, put it … Continue reading

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Sunday Stuff

A quick post of some stuff, whilst I take a break from packing…. :: The definitive map of England, according to stereotype. :: Paul Krugman: Why we are in a new Gilded Age. ::  Someone thought this was a good … Continue reading

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Sunday Burst of…a lot of stuff

Time to clear the decks of some stuff I’ve been saving up! Some of this stuff has been lingering in my Bookmarks folder for a while, and I’ve long-since lost track of the sites from which I originally filched the … Continue reading

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Sunday Burst of Weird and Awesome

Oddities and Awesome abound! :: I know I’ve blogged about this before, but it’s been years and it’s always stunning to look again. Here is the amazing forbidden “Stairway to Heaven” in Hawaii. I’d walk this. Would you? :: I’m … Continue reading

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Sunday Burst of Weird and Awesome

Oddities and Awesome abound! :: Interesting article on the Lost Art of the Unsent Angry Letter: WHENEVER Abraham Lincoln felt the urge to tell someone off, he would compose what he called a “hot letter.” He’d pile all of his … Continue reading

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Sunday Burst of Weird and Awesome (late Saturday edition)

Oddities and Awesome abound! :: Trains are wonderful and people are garbage, which is in partial response to… :: …Amtrak is running a pilot program for writers’ retreats on their trains. If accepted, I guess you literally get to ride … Continue reading

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Sunday Burst of Weird and Awesome

Oddities and Awesome abound! :: Secret passage bookshelves. I dig this notion. :: I note with sadness the passing of Geoff Edwards, who was a staple of my teevee watching as a kid, because he was…a game show host! As … Continue reading

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Sunday Burst of Weird and Awesome

Oddities and Awesome abound! I only have one link this week, and it’s a pretty amazing read about “The audacious rescue plan that might have saved the space shuttle Columbia. Could NASA have rescued the Columbia astronauts? Technically…perhaps. Practically…almost certainly … Continue reading

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Sunday Burst of Weird and Awesome

Oddities and Awesome abound! :: While I enjoy reading criticism, I don’t really take critics all that seriously, and here’s yet another example why. It’s always fun reading critics of the time trashing what would go on to prove iconic. … Continue reading

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Sunday Burst of Weird and Awesome

Oddities and Awesome abound! :: An artist starts sketches, and lets her four-year-old finish them. :: Victorian mansion for sale. Keep scrolling. :: Two thrill-seekers PLUS crane at top of second highest building in the world EQUALS some serious vertigo! … Continue reading

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