May 2013
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May 19th
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bluejay at the birdbath hypnotized by raindrops and falling pink blossoms          ~kcr
May 19th
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May 19th
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“Being against evil doesn’t make you good.”
– Ernest Hemingway
May 18th
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May 18th
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May 18th
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“One great advantage which poetry has over prose—one sense in which, we might...”
– James Thurber
May 18th
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May 18th
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May 18th
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May 17th
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May 17th
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May 17th
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May 16th
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“History rhymes even if it doesn’t repeat.”
– Kurt Andersen
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“There must be those among whom we can sit down and weep and still be counted as...”
– Adrienne Rich Born: May 16, 1929, Baltimore Died: March 27, 2012, Poet, activist, and MacArthur “genius.” Adrienne Rich was born in 84 years ago today. In 1997 she turned down the National Medal for the Arts in a protest against the disparity of justice in America. Adrienne Rich
May 16th
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May 16th
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May 15th
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May 15th
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May 14th
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May 14th
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Cuddle Cafes →
Not surprisingly, in Japan… Sometimes, after a long, stressful day, there’s nothing more comforting than crawling into bed with your significant other and falling asleep in their arms. But what if you don’t have anyone to cuddle with in the first place? If you’re in Japan, you might think to go to a soapland or some other kind of brothel, but then you’d have to deal with all that sex when...
May 13th
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May 13th
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“I’m not young enough to know everything.”
– J.M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan
May 13th
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May 12th
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“Now the standard cure for one who is sunk is to consider those in actual...”
– yes, F. Scott Fitzgerald got it right - “in a real dark night of the soul it is always three o’clock in the morning, day after day.”
May 11th
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May 11th
Hysterical Literature and Orgasms
In his latest project, Hysterical Literature, photographer Clayton Cubitt takes a beautiful woman, places her at a table in front of a black backdrop and gets her to read from her favorite book while an unseen accomplice below the table attempts to bring the woman to orgasm with a vibrator. The results are an intimate, sexy experience that captures a beauty rarely found in most modern...
May 11th
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May 10th
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“You are lucky to be one of those people who wishes to build sand castles with...”
–  Anne Lamott - author of Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life,  Grace (Eventually), Plan B, Traveling Mercies, and Operating Instructions, as well as seven novels, including Rosie and Crooked Little Heart.
May 10th
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“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It’s a way of understanding it.”
– Lloyd Alexander
May 9th
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May 8th
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“So what? All writers are lunatics!”
– Cornelia Funke
May 8th
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May 8th
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“Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They...”
– Kurt Vonnegut
May 7th
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May 7th
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“I started at the top and worked my way down.”
– Orson Welles, on his film career.
May 7th
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Happy Birthday, Orson
It’s the birthday of Orson Welles. At age 20, he staged Macbeth (1936) as part of the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Theatre Project. He set the scene in Haiti. The weird sisters became witch doctors. They said he was a prodigy. He did radio plays and scared the shit out of listeners with his War of the Worlds that created widespread panic, especially in New Jersey where...
May 7th
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“Dear Mr. Shannon, Just wanted to let you know that another day has passed and...”
– KR
May 6th
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May 6th
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“Organized people are just too lazy to look for things.”
– KR
May 6th
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