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“Water, water, everywhere,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.”

- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

An extended version of Bon Iver’s La Blogotheque Take Away Show of “For Emma, Forever Ago” with three versions of the song and some very startled tourists.  I think this is one of my favorite things in the whole world. Not just that the song is so beautiful, and is so beautifully sung, but that [...]

A man once said, “Childrens do learn.” and I believe childrens should learn to dream big dreams. Even better is to dream arty dreams like a hipster might draw. This hipster author’s name is Dallas Clayton. Although I do not know for sure that Dallas Clayton is a hipster, he looks like this: And, I [...]

It isn’t simply that you are loved gloriously, or loved beautifully. But rather that a pitch perfect expression of love for you sounds and sounds, Rises into the very air. Though the love itself may fade, I do not know, The poetry you inspire ascends, ascending Becomes stars and you, who are so loved, Look [...]

“However, this was one of those shows that blows you quite away and I felt privileged to have gotten to witness it.”

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Here’s a stellar clip we found on The Huffington Post of a Fox News reporter trying to ambush Bill Moyers. The backlash from his fellow journalists is priceless:  

One night last year, my friend and his friend (let’s call her…Betty) go out to see a movie, throughout which a group of people talk incessantly and kick the back of their seats. Though dirty looks are leveled at the offending group, the hint is not taken. When the credits roll, Betty turns around in [...]

Thanks largely to George W. Bush, lately, we’ve had the luxury of reserving most of our ire for evengelicals in America. Sure, there’s a taste of crazy on every spiritual doorstep, but when we have to start interpreting government policies through a lense which includes “the rapture”, then clearly your esteemed brand of crazy deserves [...]

  After the multitude of recent apocalypse-level meltdowns on Wall Street, followed by the subsequent bailouts of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and then AIG shortly thereafter, it seems our Democracy has found itself desperately wanting for some reliable economic expertise and guidance. Suddenly, as the government is “forced” to wave it’s magic wand and single-handedly usher in [...]

“If you know anything about bedbugs, you know they are ridiculously difficult to get rid of once you have an infestation.”