October 2011
24 posts
danmanco:
Lou Reed - “Halloween Parade” from New...
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It was possible to feel superior to other people...
Jeffrey Eugenides The Marriage Plot
“Be stress free. Be grateful for everything you have, stay away from people who...”
– Wise words from Fauja Singh, the 100-year-old Brit who just became the world’s oldest marathon runner after finishing a race in Toronto. (via siximpossiblethingsforbreakfast)
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ATTN Memphis
From Revolutions:
Following this morning’s Public Works committee meeting, Councilwoman Fullilove stated that she wants to move the “discussion item” about Madison Avenue bike lanes to the full council agenda this afternoon. She has been informed by multiple other council members and the city council’s own attorney that there is nothing she can legally do to halt our...
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“I’m a big believer in boredom. Boredom allows one to indulge in curiosity, and...”
– Steve Jobs (via mlarson: “Sort of paraphrasing here”)
wholeheartedly agree with this.
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Writers in Support of the Occupy Movement
We, the undersigned writers and all who will join us, support Occupy Wall Street and the Occupy Movement around the world.
Lorraine Adams, author of Harbor
Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard Out of Carolina
Steve Almond, author of Letters from People Who Hate Me
Katie Arnold-Ratliff, author of Bright Before Us
Rosecrans Baldwin, author of You Lost Me There
Russell Banks, author of Lost Memory of...
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“Let me tell you a wonderful old joke from communist times.
A guy was sent from...”
– Slavoj Žižek at Occupy Wall Street (via kateoplis)
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Allegro by Tomas Tranströmer
After a black day, I play Haydn,
and feel a little warmth in my hands.
The keys are ready. Kind hammers fall.
The sound is spirited, green, and full of silence.
The sound says that freedom exists
and someone pays no tax to Caesar.
I shove my hands in my haydnpockets
and act like a man who is calm about it all.
I raise my haydnflag. The signal is:
“We do not surrender. But want...
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“The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than...”
– Norman Vincent Peale (via ableparris)
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