Sep
16
Kevin Taylor
Aug
22
From Arthur Machen’s “The White People”
“‘I am sorry to say,’ remarked Cotgrave, ‘that I have devoted very little of my time to theology. Indeed, I have often wondered on what grounds theologians have claimed the title of Science of Sciences for their favourite study; since the “theological” books I have looked into have always seemed to me to be concerned with feeble and obvious pieties, or with the kings of Israel and Judah. I do not care to hear about those kings.’
Ambrose grinned.”
Aug
9
Are We In a Recession or Not? -- RollingStone.com
Posted: August 6, 2010 5:39 P.M. EDT | By Matt Taibbi Commentary on politics and the economy by Matt Taibbi Follow me on I’m a political reporter for Rolling Stone magazine, a sports columnist for Men’s Journal, and I also write books for a Random House imprint called Spiegel and Grau.
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Jul
31
How I Made My Presentations a Little Better | 43 Folders
Merlin Mann on presentation zen. Outside the box!
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Jul
8
Jean Stevens, Wyalusing Widow, Lived With Corpses Of Husband And Twin Sister, Say Police
WYALUSING, Pa. (AP)— The 91-year-old widow lived by herself in a tumbledown house on a desolate country road. But she wasn’t alone, not really, not as long as she could visit her husband and twin sister. No matter they were already dead. Jean Stevens simply had their embalmed corpses dug up and stored them at her house — in the case of her late husband, for more than a decade — tending to the remains as best she could until police were finally tipped off last month. “Death is very hard for me to take,”…
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Jun
22
'Weird Al' Yankovic - Tiny Desk Concert
Several generations of nerds can chart the course of their lives against the career trajectory of “Weird Al” Yankovic. For me, his 1984 album In 3-D was the first record I ever owned, and his appearance at the Wausau County Fair in 1985 was the second concert I ever attended. I spent my 17th birthday being driven to the movie theater — by my mother, of course — to watch UHF, Yankovic’s debut as a leading man, by myself. (And I mean by myself; my ticket marked a significant percentage of the film’s…
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Jun
13
Marco.org: How I write and time-manage
I was asked a few times by some very nice people at WWDC this week how I manage my time between Instapaper and Tumblr, and how I write essays here that occasionally make sense. If you’ll forgive my auto-back-patting, here’s the answer I gave, and I think it’s worth sharing with you because you can…
Apr
24
Evidence Is Only Part of the Story
When it comes to new treatment guidelines for breast cancer, back pain and other maladies, it’s the narrative presentation that matters.
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