May 2013
23 posts
“You can’t think yourself out of a writing block; you have to write yourself out...”
– John Rogers (via amandaonwriting)
May 23rd
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WatchWatch
explore-blog: Neuroscientist David Eagleman, author of the excellent Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain, explains the curious neurological wire-crossing of synesthesia. Complement with a synesthetic person’s first-hand account of the experience.
May 22nd
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May 20th
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May 19th
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May 18th
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May 17th
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May 16th
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May 15th
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May 14th
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May 13th
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May 12th
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May 11th
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May 9th
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May 8th
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“At least one study suggests that 10 percent of communication between spouses is...”
– On lying (via explore-blog)
May 7th
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May 6th
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May 5th
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May 4th
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May 3rd
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May 2nd
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May 1st
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April 2013
30 posts
Apr 30th
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Apr 29th
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Evaluation Prayer.
churchjanitor: Lord, I have looked for some way of measuring what my day looks like in your eyes. I tried to consider what events are big and small in light of your grace. I looked at what I prayed, what I thought, and repented of sin. I tried to evaluate my days, but I heard you say one question in response. Did I live as Jesus lives today? I thank you for that question. It comforts me, yet...
Apr 28th
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“My own philosophy on storytelling is that people don’t want to be told how to...”
–  Jad Abumrad shares insights on storytelling from Radiolab’s origin story (via explore-blog)
Apr 27th
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Apr 24th
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Apr 23rd
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Apr 22nd
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“Lying is both a failure of understanding and an unwillingness to be understood.”
– Anatomy of lying by neuroscientist Sam Harris. (via explore-blog)
Apr 21st
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Apr 19th
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“What lasts in the reader’s mind is not the phrase but the effect the phrase...”
– Isaac Asimov (via amandaonwriting)
Apr 18th
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Apr 14th
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“When I’m with him, there is someone with me in my house of grief, someone who...”
– Jandy Nelson (via amandaonwriting)
Apr 13th
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curiosity counts: The History of the Olympic... →
curiositycounts: Of all the instances in which graphic communication is necessary to transcend language barriers, the Olympic Games are, if not the most important, probably the most visible. We take the little icons of swimmers and sprinters as a given aspect of Olympic design, but the pictograms were a…
Apr 12th
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Apr 11th
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Apr 8th
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Apr 7th
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“This is the essence of the popular arts in America: Be a magpie, take from...”
– On Bob Dylan And Jonah Lehrer, Two Fabulists – the only piece on the Lehrer scandal worth reading comes from NPR, who remind us that the only transgression here is in failing to enact the different standards of journalism and art. (via explore-blog)
Apr 6th
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Apr 5th
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Top 100 Harry Potter Quotables →
amandaonwriting: These include: 10 Quotes from “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” 10 Quotes from “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” 10 Quotes from “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” 10 Quotes from “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” 10 Quotes from “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” 10 Quotes from “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” 10 Quotes from...
Apr 4th
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