Richie the Barber is the most legit barber in Los Angeles, maybe California (maybe the world). Photo by David Poole.
On the Media’s John Soloman explains how public radio is produced/edited.
Via this discussion on MeFi. Source: WNYC.org (min. 20) Transcript: OntheMedia.org
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Vesta, the second largest object in the asteroid belt, in the first picture from the Dawn spacecraft. Vesta is a remnant protoplanet with a mean diameter of 330 miles.
Dawn will reach Vesta in July, enter its orbit, then proceed to Ceres (a dwarf planet and the largest and most massive object in the asteroid belt, thought to have water below its surface). Dawn will be the first spacecraft to enter the orbit of one celestial body, leave under power, and then enter the orbit of another.
Yelle — Je Veux Te Voir for Piano
posting this for jill
I have seen the truth; I have seen and I know that people can be beautiful and happy without losing the power of living on earth. I will not and cannot believe that evil is the normal condition of mankind. And it is just this faith of mine that they laugh at. But how can I help believing it? I have seen the truth — it is not as though I had invented it with my mind, I have seen it, seen it, and the living image of it has filled my soul for ever.
William Kunstler - The Terrible Myth of Society: The Aura of Legality
This mysterious form was presented to me after submitting a job application. Its purpose is not mentioned anywhere, the application itself — which included areas for a resumé and cover letter, so it’s not for that — was complete and had been submitted at that point. What exactly did they expect me to upload? And why are JPGs an option?
My only conclusion was that it was some sort of psychological profiling (note the title: attach files to my profile); when presented with the opportunity to upload anything and attach it to a job application, what will the individual attach? If this was the case, I passed with flying colours: I uploaded a copy of Anna Karenina I downloaded (demonstrates literary depth and that I am an intellectual), a drawing depicting how tidy my bedroom is with a view of my colour-sorted bookshelf (excellent work ethic, very organised, creative), a photograph of my penis (very manly, and works well with women), a zipped backup copy of my entire hard drive (prepared for disaster, aware of the importance of platform agnostic compression, and just in case I lose mine), and a photograph of my ex-girlfriend nude (I am a giver, I get on well with colleagues, I have impeccable taste in women).
I’ll let you know how it turns out, guys.
Straight linearity, which we have come to take for granted in everything from physics to fiction, simply does not exist. Linearity is an artificial way of viewing the world. Real life isn’t a series of interconnected events occurring one after another like beads strung on a necklace. Life is actually a series of encounters in which one event may change those that follow in a wholly unpredictable, even devastating way. That’s a deep truth about the structure of our universe. But, for some reason, we insist on behaving as if it were not true.
