January 2009
the Institute for the Visualization of History →
Resources having to do with the visual reconstruction of historical artifacts (mostly archeological). Their current project is a game that allows you to tour a virtual Jerusalem at different periods…
Man died after sex act went wrong - News -... →
From the article: “A security guard accidentally suffocated himself in an autoerotic accident, an inquest heard. Ralph Santiago, 31, was found dead in the men’s toilets of the building he worked…
Old Jews Telling Jokes →
A bunch of two-minute videos of old Jews (sixty plus years of age) telling their favorite jokes. No more, no less. So — nu?
WatchDiane Hoffman, “Broccoli,” from Old Jews Telling Jokes (Jan. 28, 2009)
A priest, a minister, and a rabbi walk into a...
A Catholic priest, a Protestant minister, and a rabbi are discussing what they would like people to say after they die and their bodies are on display in open caskets. Priest: I would like someone to say “He was a righteous man, an honest man, and very generous.” Minister: I would like someone to say “He was very kind and fair, and he was very good to his parishioners.”...
Unveiled: New Art from the Middle East at the... →
Discovered via RAPatton’s Friendfeed stream.
WatchI can’t seem to stop listening to this song.
A visit to the North Museum of Natural History in...
See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from NBR | Comment »
Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical Association →
A museum off Rte. PA-30 east of Lancaster. Looks like a pretty interesting, non-corporate establishment. They have an enormous old steam shovel out front that looks like Mary Ann from “Mike Mulligan…
1 tag
“Only when we realize that Socrates declares happiness a natural human longing at...”
– Darrin M. McMahon, Happiness: A History (NY: Atlantic Monthly P, 2006), p. 25 (Google books link).
“The man who does not enjoy drinking is mad: in drink one can raise this [i.e.,...”
– Euripides (480-406 BCE), Cyclopsis (date unknown), translated by David Kovacs, line 163 (link).
1 tag
“Some day, there is bound to be another national security crisis in America. A...”
– John Conyers Jr. - Learning the Lessons of the Bush Imperial Presidency - washingtonpost.com
John Conyers is going straight to heaven. (via ayse)
Untitled
Playmobil security checkpoint, $55 on Amazon (link) Posted via email from NBR | Comment »
My road-trip mix tape
these would be fun to listen to in the car!
just one look
by
doris troy
it’s bouncy and fun!
nadine
by
chuck berry
because chuck berry is the coolest ever!
white city
by
the pogues
...
Lotte Lenya sings the "Bilbao Song," from Weill... →
The musical was written in 1929; this version was probably recorded in the sixties, but I’m not sure.
"Praise Song for the Day"
furryrabbits:
A Poem for Barack Obama's Presidential Inauguration
Each day we go about our business,
walking past each other, catching each other's
eyes or not, about to speak or speaking.
All about us is noise. All about us is
noise and bramble, thorn and din, each
one of our ancestors on our tongues.
Someone is stitching up a hem, darning
a hole in a uniform, patching a tire,
repairing the...
Twenty-five things about me
1. I met my wife through a personal ad that I placed in the Boston Phoenix. It said, “BAD HABITS: Graduate student, 26, just quit smoking, loves to drink, seeks F, must be gorgeous, wealthy, talented, and compassionate to a fault. Good sense of humor required. Your shrink won’t approve.” I got four responses. My wife was the third. I never met the fourth. We just celebrated our...
Schroeder Played Real Beethoven in Charles M.... →
A new museum exhibit in Santa Rosa looks at those little snippets of musical scores that used to appear floating over Schoeder’s piano in the Peanuts strips, and finds that Schultz chose them with a…
1 tag
“One of the great mysteries of literary history is what exactly the supremely...”
– David Lodge, “Names.” The Art of Fiction (via viz)
Spirituality, not religion, makes kids happy -... →
From the page: “The link between spirituality and happiness is pretty well-established for teens and adults. More spirituality brings more happiness. Now a study has reached into the younger set,…
Our world may be a giant hologram →
buffleheadcabin:
For many months, the GEO600 team-members had been scratching their heads over inexplicable noise that is plaguing their giant detector. Then, out of the blue, a researcher approached them with an explanation. In fact, he had even predicted the noise before he knew they were detecting it. According to Craig Hogan, a physicist at the Fermilab particle physics lab in Batavia,...
home getting the kids ready to leave trying out...
1 tag
“If you are a bad person, a whining enemy or a strong-arm occupier, you are not...”
– Avraham Burg, The Holocaust is Over, We Must Rise from Its Ashes (NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008), pp.198f. Seen on AlterNet.
Gerald T. Gardner and Paul C. Stern, "The Short...
Download now or preview on posterous GardnerStern.pdf (1421 KB) From Environment Magazine. Posted via email from NBR | Comment »
1 tag
Sam Phillips, "The Fan Dance," from Fan Dance...
The Fan Dance by Sam Phillips Download now or listen on posterous fandance.mp3 (4414 KB) Posted via email from NBR | Comment »
Culture and Media Institute's press release on...
Download now or preview on posterous PR081204Prop8TheMovie.pdf (27 KB) The musical is at FunnyOrDie.com; the press release was linked from Religion Dispatches. Posted via email from NBR | Comment »
Photo: Reinhold Niebuhr, Paul Tillich, and Henry...
From Speaking of Faith Posted via email from NBR | Comment »
Don Knuth, "The Potrzebie System of Weights and...
Posted via email from NBR | Comment »
Who Would Jesus Smack Down? - Mark Driscoll, a... →
Profile of Seattle “New Calvinist” evangelical preacher Mark Driscoll, who is apparently famous for his uncompromising view of human depravity, for looking and acting “hip,” for cursing a lot, and…
