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Illiteracy

Illiteracy

Ain’t it true?

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Shelley Segal – “Saved”

Posted on May 15, 2012 by

I just heard this song on a Freethought Radio podcast from a few weeks ago (I’m behind on my listening) and liked it immediately. I even like the lyrics, which remind me so much of the debates I have with … Continue reading →

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The Christian Life

Posted on May 14, 2012 by

I love this song despite – or perhaps because of – its boozy Christian sentiment. It makes me feel like I just stumbled into an Oklahoma leather bar full of Jehovah’s Witnesses (or something). Here’s a lyric that makes me … Continue reading →

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How to drive psychiatrists insane

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

This is a Super-8 film of the Velvet Underground’s first public appearance – at a psychiatrists’ convention in NYC, circa 1966. It’s also the best version of “I’ll Be Your Mirror” I’ve ever heard: fuzzed-out and ear-splitting. Here’s what happened: On … Continue reading →

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Warning: this will hurt your eyes

Posted on February 5, 2012 by

This is an optical illusion – via Michael Shermer. Don’t stare at it for too long or you might begin to feel dizzy. This radial sunburst illusion is known as the Asahi figure, and the researchers analyzed people’s eyes while … Continue reading →

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Keeping tradition alive

Posted on November 29, 2011 by

I’ve recently been digging into Twain’s Innocents Abroad. I carry it around on my phone’s Kindle app, so usually I read a few “locations” at a time while waiting in line in the supermarket or killing time somewhere. Today I … Continue reading →

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Jefferson to Adams

Posted on October 17, 2011 by

I want to share this wonderful little nugget I plucked from one of Thomas Jefferson’s letters to John Adams. I think you’ll see why when you read it. “I have thus stated my opinion on a point on which we … Continue reading →

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(There is) life after CELTA

Posted on October 7, 2011 by

“My blog is dead. My social life has disappeared. I’m living with my aunt, taking cold showers and eating one square meal a day. No, I haven’t gotten divorced – I’m doing CELTA. CELTA, for those who don’t know, means … Continue reading →

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Samuel Menashe, 1925-2011***

Posted on August 24, 2011 by

Poet Samuel Menashe died on August 22, 2011. He was a friend of mine in my New York days, and I’ll remember him fondly. He was a very old school kind of person. He lived alone in a walk-up apartment … Continue reading →

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Bye bye birdie

Posted on August 18, 2011 by

Tim Farley has the scoop on the Mabus arrest. He was a notorious spammer who even spammed me on Twitter (I guess that means I’m a true skeptic now). He would spend hours at it. For example, on February 25th … Continue reading →

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