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You know things are looking bleak when comedy starts making fodder out of depression themes. Here’s a bit that tells you how to go from office worker to homeless drifter in seven easy steps. (Video courtesy of Howcast) via Valleywag Subscribe to Our Feed
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“Comedian, actor and satirist Chris Elliott has made a career of blurring truth and absurdity. Elliott wrote and performed for Late Night With David Letterman, and went on to perform in other television programs, including Saturday Night Live.” Here he is in conversation with writer Dave Eggers (A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius). The video [...]
≡ Category: Audio Books, Literature, Video - Arts & Culture | ≅ Leave a Comment
In a quick three minutes, you can watch the sometimes cocky author of The Corrections read from an essay on bird watching, courtesy of BigThink.com, where you can also find more videos with intellectual heft. For more thoughtful video, also see our YouTube playlist and the related collection: Intelligent Life at YouTube: 70 Educational Video [...]
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As US stock declines, China’s stock keeps going up. It’s the story of the decade, really. Here’s footage from China’s first space walk this past week … Subscribe to Our Feed
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From The Daily Dish: “Clouds move across the sky on Mars. The sun rises. Snow falls – but never touches the ground.” Subscribe to Our Feed
≡ Category: Audio Books, Literature | ≅ 6 Comments
I first posted this one during the dead of summer, so it seemed worth revisiting this now that we’re all a bit more focused …. Over at the Internet Archive, you can find George Orwell’s classic, 1984, available as a free audio book. As you’ll see, the recording is professionally done. You can download the [...]
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This post is a twofer. First, I get to tell you about FiveChapters.com, a web site that posts new fiction in kind of a novel way. Almost a throwback to the 19th century, FiveChapters publishes short fiction in serial format. Each week, they present a story in five parts, and you can follow along as [...]
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Thanks to a heads up from one of our loyal readers (thanks Bob!) you can see a new artistic trend that’s turning books back into trees. Good stuff. Subscribe to Our Feed
≡ Category: Film | ≅ 4 Comments
In memory of Paul Newman … Subscribe to Our Feed  Â
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Straight from BoingBoing: The new MAD Magazine artwork below. Glad someone can find a little humor in this… (PS Also see BoingBoing’s piece on the changing WaMu web site.)
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