May 2009
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Jesus Preached Open Source
Luke 9:49 - And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us. 9:50 - And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us, is for us. Within Jesus’ time he had already become a meme. A unit of culture, propagating throughout the immediate civilized world. The passage of that meme was free...
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A Smile
I was walking down Ogden Avenue in Chicago listening to David Bowie’s Outside. I was thinking about the day’s work and the current soundtrack; my face conveyed this moment of stern introspection. A van pulls up to a light two lanes away. An aside - It’s a subtle fact that you can feel someone looking at you. I say subtle because there are no clichés, little artistic...
WatchOne of things I can say - I wish I did that.
The Long Haul starring Melissa Hood and Greg Lanzillotta. Directed, animated and written by Sylvain Dumais
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“I am impervious to the flat visual attack of things. I see your khaki shirt...”
– Anaïs Nin
Sometimes Nice Guys Finish First
In tribal societies, one might expect that the fiercest warriors get the most women and father the most children. But that’s not necessarily the case, says a new study of the brutal Waorani tribe of Ecuador. The most aggressive Wao warriors have about the same number of wives and children as milder-mannered men have, and their children are less likely to survive beyond the age of 15, largely...
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