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Back in November, Bruce Worden and Clare Cross offered up this updated, and creepier, version of the 1947 classic children’s picture book by Margaret Wise Brown. This parody features Keith Moon (1946-1978), the impish drummer for The Who.

Click the picture to wish all your little rockstars goodnight.

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Going out in Style

February 5, 2010

Recently deposed Sun Microsystems front man Jonathan Schwartz resigns with a haiku on Twitter, giving the world two things it needs: more poetry and fewer CEOs. [Continue Reading…]

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Blind Faith

October 2, 2009

Grab a glass of wine. It’s six minutes long. Enjoy. Blind Faith follows the Seeing With Photography Collective, a group of blind photographers working in New York.

I sat in the dark watching this after reclining on the deck with Grace contemplating the notion that the while we can see Jupiter tonight, we’re seeing 43 minutes into the past, but whoever/whatever is on Jupiter can’t see the future.

All sight is a form of nostalgia for something lost.

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Lesson Plans, 2009

September 10, 2009

Timothy Egan’s last two posts on the NYTimes site deserve your attention. Check ‘em out:

Lesson Plans, 2009 – Timothy Egan Blog – NYTimes.com

Hunting Wolves, and Men – Timothy Egan Blog – NYTimes.com

And while I’m posting others, say what you will about Al Franken, [Continue Reading…]

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Iran: partying like it’s 1989

June 25, 2009 in  uncategorized
Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Which version of 1989 will Iran 2009 be: Berlin or Beijing?

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