David Foster Wallace was like, Art must be sincere! We must use every tool in the linguistic toolbox to cut through sentiment and dishonest cliche and build fresh ways to reveal the power and reality of unironized emotion.
And Mister Rogers was like, Basically the same thing, but without any shame or pretense or fear of sincerity.
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I rather enjoy number 3, being as I’m in college because I actually want to learn and will probably be in debt 4ever over it. Whatevz, life is short.
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DAY: 34/100
Shel Silverstein: “The Given Tree”
DAY: 29/100
Timothy McSweeney’s: “Sea Men/Semen: The Complete List of Freudian Spelling Mistakes and Their Subsequent Uncomfortable Insinuations
-or-Words to Avoid Using in Print at all Times Supposing you Happen to be The Kind of Person Whose Predisposition to Tension Between the ID & EGO Results in Years of Repression and a Multitude Anxious Behaviours that Fester Beneath the Conscious Surface”
Station’s power relies on ammonia coolant. A few hours ago, we determined that the ammonia was leaking out of the Station and into space. At the analyzed rate, one of the Station’s cooling loops could shut down within 48 hours.
It is a serious situation, but between crew and experts on the ground, it appears to have been stabilized. Tomorrow we find out for certain.
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Season 2 Episode 22: Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts
Season 2 Episode 3: The Psychology of Letting Go
This show and its damn continuity!
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Minimal Posters - Five Great Mathematicians And Their Contributions.
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Rough sketches and process from the poster for the 85th Academy Awards.
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good:
Infographic: The World’s Oldest Trees
- Adele Peters posted in Environment, Sustainability and DesignA recent study in Science reported that some of the world’s oldest trees—most between 100 to 300 years old—are dying rapidly, in part because of climate change. This infographic (from 2010, but still relevant) shows the location of trees that are even older, and now at risk.
Want to hear more about really really old trees? We’ve got a story for you.
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Running pictures, a traveling fox, and other random oddities.
