December 2010
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3 Recent Movies About Young Women
(photos from appopriate studios) Three major films are out right now featuring stories centered around young women - Black Swan, Tangled, and True Grit. I have seen two of the three, and wonder if anyone out there has written a single review of all three - are there any comparisons or parallels to be made? Does it mean anything that these three have come out all at the same time, i.e. can we...
Dec 30th
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For Kodachrome Fans, Roads End at Photo Lab in... →
Dec 30th
Dec 20th
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Supreme Court Justices Memorization Project
I’ve been working on this tonight. I’ve got them memorized with photos and some basic biographical information about them. I’ll have to check back in a week to see if I still remember.  mohandasgandhi: “Since only 1% of the country can correctly name ALL of the Supreme Court Justices, I will do it for you.” We have: Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justice...
Dec 19th
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Dec 18th
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tumblrbot asked: WHAT IS YOUR EARLIEST HUMAN MEMORY?
Dec 18th
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Dec 17th
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“Beloved, gaze in thine own heart, The holy tree is growing there.”
– W.B. Yeats, from The Two Trees (poem)
Dec 17th
Dec 17th
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“Appearance is for me that which lives and is effective and goes so far in its...”
– Nietzsche, The Gay Science #54
Dec 16th
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Dec 16th
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Dec 16th
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Japanese New Year's Food
I decided this afternoon to make osechi-ryori for New Year’s. This will be the first year in a long time (ever?) that DH doesn’t get to have his mother’s mochi for good luck on the first day of the New Year, so I will attempt it. Also decided I’d like a cast iron pot or french pot for the purpose of making hot pots (yosenabi).  I’ve been very much inspired by the...
Dec 16th
“If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with...”
– Ken Robinson
Dec 14th