December 2011
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Like all forms of design, visual design is about problem solving, not about...
– Bill Baxley, 2003.
October 2011
2 posts
Sometimes, the darkness wins.
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April 2011
1 post
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February 2011
2 posts
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Ontological Parsimony
It is irrational to believe in the existence of anything unless the overall evidence supports your claim.
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Teachers are not the problem in education.
Look, most teachers are altruistic...
– swampland comment section
January 2011
1 post
Wind and Mr. Ug →
November 2010
2 posts
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The Other Parent
full tank
empty car
homeward bound.
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October 2010
7 posts
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The tree which fills the arms grew from the tiniest sprout;
the tower of nine...
– Tao Te Ching (Lao-Tzu)
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Beside the Point
(by Stephen Cushman)
The sky has never won a prize. The clouds have no careers. The rainbow doesn’t say my work, thank goodness.
The rock in the creek’s not so productive. The mud on the bank’s not too pragmatic. There’s nothing useful in the noise the wind makes in the leaves.
Buck up now, my fellow superfluity, and let’s both be of that worthless ilk, ...
August 2010
1 post
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You missed that I, like millions of others, go to work 5 days a week. That...
– Swampland
July 2010
10 posts
Whetting Stone →
Let the wheel spin ‘til the wet stone whines
let the blade thin
‘til the sharp edge shines
this world is the whetting stone
for my jagged soul.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-25) →
James Taylor (2)
Peter, Paul and Mary (1)
Cat Stevens (1)
Paul Simon (1)
Bob Dylan (1)
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To do any kind of creative work well, you have to run at stuff knowing that it’s...
– Ira Glas, On Air and On Error: This American Life’s Ira Glass on Being Wrong (via writingtoreachyou) (via 12minds) (via nerdgasms) (via meldoesgradschool)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-11) →
John Prine (24)
Todd Snider (19)
Jimmy Buffett (18)
Jackson Browne (15)
John Hiatt (13)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-4) →
Paul Simon (8)
Simon & Garfunkel (8)
John Denver (7)
Bob Dylan (6)
Indigo Girls (3)
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People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy...
– Oliver Goldsmith
June 2010
7 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-20) →
Paul Simon (9)
Simon & Garfunkel (7)
John Denver (7)
James Taylor (5)
John Prine (5)
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Why is Barton the only one apologizing when the 115-member Caucus of House...
– This satire from Swampland commenter choska had me rolling! (Re: Rep. Joe Barton, who upbraided the White House for their role in setting up a BP-funded escrow account for victims of the Gulf oil leak.)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-13) →
Simon & Garfunkel (68)
Paul Simon (33)
Old Crow Medicine Show (15)
Bob Dylan (13)
John Prine (11)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-6) →
Simon & Garfunkel (19)
John Denver (18)
Paul Simon (17)
Grateful Dead (12)
Old Crow Medicine Show (11)
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Edge →
I wake and sleep on the honed edge of a paradox. Young enough to feel invulnerable old enough to know better.
Shrouded →
My Past envelops me, a gossamer shroud of metaphysical vapor I can neither descry nor entirely perceive, save for a chill at its whispering touch. At rare moments in time the shroud slips away, and…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-30) →
Morcheeba (35)
Massive Attack (30)
Moby (12)
Zero 7 (9)
Grateful Dead (8)
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May 2010
18 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-23) →
Paul Simon (32)
Simon & Garfunkel (28)
John Prine (24)
Bob Dylan (23)
James Taylor (17)
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why worry? →
baby, I see this world has made you sad some people can be bad the things they do the things they say but baby, I’ll wipe away those bitter tears I’ll chase away those restless fears and turn your…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-16) →
Bob Dylan (24)
Old Crow Medicine Show (21)
Paul Simon (21)
Simon & Garfunkel (13)
Guy Clark (11)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-9) →
Paul Simon (24)
John Denver (16)
James Taylor (11)
Bob Dylan (11)
Steve Earle (11)
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morning →
rise up! the day is calling lilacs blooming sunbeams falling; they light the way from your heart to mine.
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Not that I condone fascism, or any -ism for that matter. -Ism’s in my...
– Ferris Bueller
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