March 2010
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February 2010
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“If you think it’s a socialist plot, then please drop out of the federal...”
– Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL), Health Care Summit, 26 Feb 2010
I haven’t seen any takers yet.
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how to paint a house →
Helen explains how colors should be picked.
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“correction: An earlier version of this post misquoted Mr. Remnick on his...”
– new york times artsbeat, 22 feb 2010
via
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Bush Official Criticizes Obama For Killing Too... →
no, it’s not from the onion
Watchgeneric news report from the bbc
…here’s a lighthouse-keeper being beheaded by a laser beam
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“Part of being an American, whether you agree with what’s going on in the...”
– Ken Hunter, son of Vernon Hunter, who was killed by anti-tax terrorist Joe Stack, as quoted 19 feb 2010
meanwhile, deranged domestic groups express their support for the killer.
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short lenses and large heads →
So that’s why 30Rock looks a little skewed. I thought there was a comedic aspect they were going for with the way it was shot.
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“To do evil a human being must first of all believe that what he’s doing is good...”
– Alexandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago
still sadly relevant
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scram don't scram →
trying out some of joe’s drawings on a zazzle store. I like the indecisive mug.
—jron
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140hours art auction →
and the bidding begins! Helen has two paintings up on the 140hours Valentine’s Art Auction, each starting at $55—Bid now!
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helen ferguson crawford →
helen’s site, updated with new paintings and easier buying
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more prints, more sizes →
we uploaded 30 new images of Helen’s paintings for sale on imagekind
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on empathy
Two intriguing articles
Jonah Lehrer notes a study suggesting that power combined with social isolation leads inevitably toward corruption.
Jeremy Rivkin notes recent scientific evidence that we are a “fundamentally empathic species.”
