"I don’t like the clean-shaven boy with the necktie and the good job. I like desperate men, men with broken teeth and broken minds and broken ways. They interest me. They are full of surprises and explosions." ~ Charles Bukowski
It is possible to make no mistakes and still lose. That is not weakness. That is life.
We went to the funeral of our ex-farm worker today. He was 87, started work on the farm at 14 & retired in the late 1990's. He requested no flowers but as a dedicated gardener, the family asked for a vegetable wreath. He was here for 47 years & with his death, an era has passed.
BETTER THAN TOFU: Decreasing Your Risk of Heart Disease and More: Scientists Discover New Benefits of Eating Strawberries
Father Mike: The Bible In 10 Minutes
Bottled rage, sublime violence, threats and tears, love and anger. Never has a woman bared so much of her soul,” the French dramatist and poet Théophile Gautier wrote of Italian opera singer Giulia Grisi in the 1830s.
An Absolutely Fabulous Celebration of History’s Greatest Divas
The Library of Congress maintains a collection of more than 175 million objects. How does it decide what to keep?... more »
Caja de las Letras': Inside an old Madrid bank vault full of literary treasures
Mechanical Intelligence and Counterfeit Humanity
“Explore prints [browse by designer, decade or style or search by image] – Since the early 1950s, Marimekko designers have created some 3,500 prints. At the moment, the number of patterns in Maripedia is limited. We’re constantly adding more designs to our virtual print library.”
Susannah Breslin discovers that you can post nudity on YouTube if it’s artistic (or advertising?) “[YouTube’s policy] did not seem to allow for viewer interpretation.”
