May 2012
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April 2012
6 posts
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Live Art
The great painter
paints the baker’s sign
the great sculptor
designs a car
the great architect
designs the president’s
house
the great poet
writes popular songs
the great musician
writes music for
the poet’s song
a civilized population
lives
in the midst of its art.
—Bruno Munari
March 2012
5 posts
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February 2012
12 posts
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The helicopter flew to a nearby graveyard from where they fled on motorcycles
– List of helicopter prison escapes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Where did we come from? I find the explanation that we were made in stars to be...
– Kevin Kelly (What is your favorite deep, elegant or beautiful explanation?)
January 2012
7 posts
The better telescopes become, the more stars appear.
– Julian Barnes
Nature and Nature’s Laws lay hid in Night;
God said, Let Newton be: and...
– Alexander Pope
(Re: The publication of Newton’s Principia)
That kind of happiness that doesn’t depend on what happens.
– The Joy of Quiet
December 2011
14 posts
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100 Years Ago
On December 15, 1910, Norwegian Roald Amudsen’s party reached the South Pole. They left a note and mittens for Robert F. Scott’s party who had yet to arrive. They ate most of their sled dogs and returned home safely.
Robert F. Scott’s party had no dogs to eat and died of starvation on their way home, less than 20 miles from food.
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November 2011
23 posts
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