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Buy Indie Day
It's Buy Indie Day! Stop by your favorite local bookseller, say hello, let them know why you love them and pick up a great book! And then continue on to your other favorite local businesses, and artists and musicians who make our communities special! -
been a while...
So... I'm Catholic now. No more agnosticism and "well, I was raised Catholic..." I was confirmed into the Church this past Saturday at the Easter Vigil mass ( Read more... ) -
Finally, a classic I can sink my teeth into... *Edit*
into its delicious brains. Pride and Prejudice and ZombiesI hope I haven't just been had because I'm really looking forward to this book. I'll investigate the next time I'm at work ( Read more... ) -
story vs narrative
Nazi Propaganda movies exploiting Irish IndependenceThese films were produced by the Nazis for their occupied countries as audience in an effort to show how evil Britain was (is) in its occupation of Ireland, and, hopefully, to destroy the sympathy for the British during the war. It backfired as viewers identified with the Irish and the need to ( Read more... ) -
recommendation for those of you with iTunes
Beast is the free download this week. It's pretty decent. I like the whole album. It's kind of like Portishead meets The Herbaliser, with inspiration from Nina Simone and Gospell. Hits the spot more than it misses. Can't find much about the group other than that they're from Montreal and the singer made her mark on the Triplets of Bellevue -
Blogging and Academes
from the huffington post via Academics Anonymous - a post on why academics should blog. I think I would add to the list with the notion that it makes academics human as the backstories of research and friends mix with the thoughts, theories, resources and specific topics covered in a given post. -
voting ethics
usually my normal concern with voting is to vote for a third party just to show that there are people out there voting who are neither republican nor democrat and think that there should be more choices in a democracy ( Read more... ) -
Banking again
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http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2952
sums up the majority of my thoughts on the matter, and perhaps I can let it alone now for a while.
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