January 2011
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Jan 31st
Animated Soviet Propaganda →
Neat.
Jan 31st
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Byronmuller / Darkitectura →
The bookshelves!
Jan 31st
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Jan 30th
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The Art of the Perfect Cup of Coffee →
Sage advice from Intelligensia barista, Michael Phillips. “Coffee, like wine, needs to breathe.”
Jan 30th
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Nostalgia Tripping: Toronto's Morality Police →
Forgotten history of Toronto women. “In the eyes of social reformers, if your date bought you a dinner and you went home with him, you were considered a prostitute, and your daytime work was only an excuse to avoid being arrested for vagrancy. Dance halls were perceived as the central locale of the semi-professional type of prostitution…”
Jan 30th
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Death in the Snow →
essayist: by Paul Berczeller (thanks to Reccos) It was just one of those crazy little stories buried in the morning paper. “News of the Weird,” as it’s sometimes known, true stories about real life events so unlikely and ridiculous that they attain a kind of absurd magnificence in the retelling. “Cult film sparked hunt for a fortune,” was the small headline that attracted my attention that...
Jan 30th
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Jan 29th
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Papelote Stationery Shop / A1Architects →
I love stationery…and pretty paper….and handwriting. Why don’t people write letters anymore? Sigh.
Jan 28th
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Procession (Exodus) - Clinton De Menezes,... →
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"Barbie, we may be plastic but our love is real." →
This is why you have best friends. To send you amazingness like this to give you a laugh after a long week.  
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Jan 26th
A 12-YEAR-OLD EXPLAINS THE INFORMATION AGE'S FACTS... →
It’ll give you a chuckle.
Jan 26th
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The art of good writing →
“Vigorous writing is concise,” Strunk wrote. “When a sentence is made stronger, it usually becomes shorter.”
Jan 26th
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Jan 23rd
Jan 23rd
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Things I love: The Essayist
The Essayist is a new addition to the blogosphere, and not-so-coincidentally, it just happens to be one of my newest blog obsessions. As an academic, I’m prone to finding methods of procrastination that feel legitimate. After all, is it laziness to read a 10-page analysis on society’s pornification when I should be reading a 10 page analysis on economic’s correlative relationship...
Jan 22nd
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Francis Ford Coppola: On Risk, Money, Craft &... →
One of the greats talking about what he does best.
Jan 21st
What We Can Learn from Babies: Experimentation,... →
Great article on tapping your creativity.
Jan 21st
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Ricky Gervais on the Principles of Comedy | Ricky... →
Just watch. Ricky speaks for himself.
Jan 21st
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Jan 21st
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Jan 19th
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Jan 18th
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Jan 16th
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Jan 10th
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A Love Letter For You →
“A Love Letter to You” is a beautiful ongoing graffiti love letter by street artist Steve Powers aka ESPO, stretching across 50 buildings facades and 20 blocks in West Philadelphia. I wish Toronto had something equally as beautiful running along our transit lines.
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Support a Charity Just by Watching YouTube →
Jan 5th