Tag: art
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A Bit of Science, Some Literature, A Tune or Two, and Some Crazy News
I spent most of my day today, neck deep in code, tweaking Drupal API bits on a data entry form to bend it to the will of my client. I am not exactly a programmer, so this isn’t my idea of a good time. But, it needs to be done, and so it gets done.…
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Political Drift, Questionable Communications Decisions, A Classic Clip, History Online, Seal Snuggles, and Some SciFi Short Goodness
The situation with Cliven Bundy (the man who’s been grazing his cattle illegally for years on federal land) continues to get more surreal. Now that he’s got a speaking stump, all sorts of things are coming out of his mouth that are being made a big deal of. In some cases, like his recent musings…
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Nail in the Net Neutrality Coffin, We Can Be Martians, Inside Mummies, American Dream Evaporated, and Pop Nightmares
The big discussion thread today was all about Avril Lavigne’s new video, which was pretty universally panned by my friends (and me). The meat of the discussion, though centered around a minor dust up over what “art” is for and how dedicated one should be to avoiding “fluff” in life. Really fascinating stuff… and a clear…
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Guns, Crabs, “That’s not cutting a rug”, Dancing, Homeless Jesus, and SCIENCE!
Today’s stream of stuff, plus a few from over the weekend… the most popular of which was quite the discussion about the Second Amendment. I’m at the computer far later than I’ve been trying to be lately. Mostly because I was at a Silver Spring Citizens’ Advisory Board meeting earlier in the evening. That always…