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Honey Mushroom.
What is 7,000 years and 1600 foot ball fields in size? The Honey Mushroom in Oregon–the oldest and largest living thing on this planet.
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Shazam! by Jeff Smith
I bought this Friday at the Borders at the District. I picked it up to read to Kate and Jack. They love it–Kate is really into the Mary Marvel character–she is even waking up acting like her! Jack is getting into the puzzles and the magic of the story telling. I really like the book…
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Abnormal Beauty
I watched this last night after I got my sick family to bed. It was on the Cox Free Movie Preview channel for Sundance. It was an amazing Chinese film–yet another movie from China that deal aggressively with the nature of Art.The movie is really well done on a lot of level, the psychosexual killer…
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Tumble Room by Martin Kersels
Martin Kersels, Tumble Room (interior), 2001, mixed media, 15-foot diameter: 3-foot base, 9 x 11-foot room, 10 feet deep, 4 rotations per minute; courtesy of the artist; Deitch Projects, New York; and ACME., Los Angeles I took Jack and Kate to the Orange County Museum of Art to see the new exhibit Disorderly Conduct: Recent…
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What is the What by Dave Eggers
This is the best book of the 21st century. It is amazingly well written, the characters spring off the page, there are images and situations in this writing that have changed my life–the way I look at people, the way I understand cultural difference, etc. The book is some much more than a simple tall…
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Mars Volta–UCI Bren Events 01/30/08
Mars VoltaUCI Bren Events Center01/30/08 Set listThe Haunt of Roulette Dares Viscera eyes Wax Simulacra Goliath Ouroburos Tetris Agadez Cygnus… Vismund Cygnus Metatron Drunkship of Lanterns Ilyena Day of the Baphomets Notes from Security“Beanies off” “All personal items in hand” Notes from the Floor7:42–Preshow[I am] on the floor. Wild jungle techno dud is playing—the floor…
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Coltrane: The Story of a Sound by Ben Ratliff
This is a fantastic book. Some of the greatest jazz writing that I have ever enjoyed. The book is in two parts–how John found his sound and how critics respond to Coltrane. The first part was amazing and covered a lot of the classic Coltrane myths with precision and clarity. Nothing much happened may be…
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25. Knowing Oneself
One who knows others is wise.Knowing oneself, one is enlightened.One who conquers others is strong.Conquering oneself, one is awakened. One who is well satisfied is rich.One who has no objective is at ease.One who can easily change remains secure. One who dies without being corrupted Enjoys a good old age.
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St. Dimitry of Rostov
First of all it must be understood that it is the duty of all Christians – especially of those whose calling dedicates them to the spiritual life – to strive always and in every way to be united with God, their creator, lover, benefactor, and their supreme good, by Whom and for Whom they were…
David Given Schwarm 