January 2011
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Jan 29th
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Jan 28th
100 Best Twitter Feeds for Librarians of the... →
Tags: twitter libraries librarian
Jan 28th
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Jan 26th
Neutral Tones by Thomas Hardy : The Poetry... →
One of my favorite poems. Tags: neutral tones hardy poem poetry
Jan 26th
“Bad lovers face to face in the morning — Shy apologies and polite...”
– Elvis Costello, “New Lace Sleeves.”
Jan 25th
Text cloud -- crimes of Irish convicts > Labs at... →
“This text cloud displays the 100 most common crimes of Irish convicts transported to Australia. The data has been extracted from Peter Mayberry’s compilation of Irish Convicts to New South Wales…
Jan 24th
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“Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large,...”
–  Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself”         US poet (1819 - 1892)
Jan 23rd
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Futurist: Paper awesome, Facebook sucks, Canada... →
Jan 21st
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Jan 19th
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“In the sleepy west of the woody east is a valley called the Pioneer...”
– “U-Mass,” The Pixies.
Jan 19th
Jan 13th
“I am TEDxSpartanburg.”
Jan 12th
Paris Review – When I Got Cable, Josh... →
Tags: parisreview hillbillyjim wrestling story
Jan 12th
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Jan 8th
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Columbia v. Colombia
In a recent article, the local free paper misspelled Colombia (the country) seven (counted ‘em) times as “Columbia.” The latter word was used appropriately once, when referring to the capital city of this state. Bush league.
Jan 8th
Moby Dick Marathon -New Bedford Whaling Museum →
The New Bedford Whaling Museum’s Moby-Dick Marathon celebrates its fifteenth annual non-stop reading of Herman Melville’s literary masterpiece with an expanded 3-day program of entertaining…
Jan 8th
Art Film Audience Soundboard →
Another awesome from Wonder-Tonic. Tags: audience soundboard wonder-tonic
Jan 7th
The Past isn't Past: Read it? Yes. Worship it? No. →
The Constitution is not scripture. It is not something to be worshipped. You would think people who say they take religion seriously would know to keep sacred only that which is truly sacred…..
Jan 6th
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“Let us begin an era of political collaboration, of cultural and ethnic...”
– - Lincoln Chafee, yesterday.  Excerpted from his Inaugural Address. And that is how you come out of the gate, signaling that you are actually going to fight for the change you promise.    (via listofnow) Lincoln Chaffee, back from the political graveyard. I like me some Linc. Way back in 2003 he...
Jan 6th
Banksy Street Art →
Jan 6th
Elmo orders Taco Bell. [VIDEO] →
If you don’t laugh when Elmo says “chalupa” there is something wrong with you.
Jan 6th
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Jan 5th
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Teaching and learning elementary crap detection -... →
Jan 5th
Police Blotter: Fight erupts at Waffle House |... →
<excerpt>A discussion about personal hygiene sparked a fight at Waffle House at 2193 Southport Road.
Jan 4th
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Moving to Vancouver
I had a dream last night that I was moving back to Vancouver, and I was so damned happy about it that I’m a little sad to be awake again.
Jan 4th
British Actor Pete Postlethwaite Dies At 64 : NPR →
Jan 3rd