Posted on September 18, 2008 by wanderingtree
…not that these two things go together, per se, but just a combination of two interesting concepts I’ve read about over the past few days. NPR did a story on the concept of silent raves, in which people organize, usually via Facebook, to a public area, each person armed with their personal Ipod. At the [...]
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Posted on June 23, 2008 by wanderingtree
Saw this as my wife and I walked down Newbury St., Boston, on a recent trip to visit family in New England. I don’t remember what church this was, but I am pleased to see the Christian community speaking out against all forms of violence done in the name of God or State.
It wasn’t [...]
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Posted on May 7, 2008 by wanderingtree
At Barnes and Noble the other day and picked up a copy of BBC History Magazine, (March) which had an amazing cover that I initially thought was Salvador Dali, but turned out to be an excerpt from Tondal’s Vision by Hieronymus Bosch
Needless to say, quite enamored of this twisted medieval proto-surrealist. Especially remembering that [...]
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