December 2007
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“In an area where almost everything left to itself winds up vandalized at some...”
– Deck the halls
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Descendants of Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse break... →
The Lakota Indians, who gave the world legendary warriors Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, have withdrawn from treaties with the United States, leaders said Wednesday…A delegation of Lakota leaders delivered a message to the State Department on Monday, announcing they were unilaterally withdrawing from treaties they signed with the federal government of the United States, some of them more than...
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eBay: Drive Someone Insane with Postcards →
You are bidding on a rare chance to traumatize a treasured friend or relative with baffling, mind-numbing, mystery correspondence from abroad. Here is the arrangement: I will be spending the Christmas holiday in Poland in a tiny village that has one church with no bell because angry Germans stole it. Aside from vodka, there is not a lot for me to do. During the course of my holiday I will send...
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The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks →
Photographic documentation of found instances of horrible grammar. Really, you needed quotation marks there? Really?
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“There is a large debate within the anthropological world about the ethics of the...”
– Berlinski on “Woman Marries Snake”
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Santa's Ghetto - Bethlehem 2007 →
Santa’s Ghetto is probably the world’s most low-concept art event. Every year we assemble a loose collection of the great unwashed to hawk their artistic wares on the high street amongst the mindless sham and drudgery of the christmas season. This year we’ve moved out of Oxford Street into a former chicken shop on Manger Square in Bethlehem opposite the Church of the Nativity...
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Mana'o Project →
A depository for open access anthropology work. Still in progress, but an interesting project. Looking forward to seeing what happens with this
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“As you exercise on the treadmill, you wonder about the ethical, legal, and...”
– You Know You’re a Bioethicist When….
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Savage Love Podcast →
The audio version of Dan Savage’s great sex advice column, but with more calling-the-questioner and berating them on the phone.
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"To Those Who Are Investigating 'Mormonism'", By... →
Ex-Mormons seem particularly passionate in denouncing their (former) faith, as compared to other ‘recovering’ Christians. Regardless, the ‘secret’ histories of faith (or any of the minutia, actually) are always interesting.
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“Standing in a two hour line makes people worry that they’re not living in...”
– “SantaLand Diaries” by David Sedaris from Holidays on Ice & Barrel Fever
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Richard Beymer's Twin Peaks Gallery →
Photographs taken by Richard Beymer (or Benjamin Horne) while on the set of “Twin Peaks” (or one of my favorite tv shows)
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“…Let the ticker tape come cascading down / Above the greyhound station /...”
– “Pinklon” by The Mountain Goats
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freakyflicks.tk →
FreakyFlicks is a free and open community dedicated to preserving and sharing cinematic art in the digital era. Our goal is to disseminate such works of art to the widest audience possible through the channels provided by P2P technology. The FreakyFlicks collection is limited to those films that have played an exceptional role in the history of cinema and its progression in becoming a great art....
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Neoliberalism's Price Tag: 150,000 Farm Suicides... →
Such suicides are often linked to the farm crisis, with pesticide being the handiest tool available to the farmer. ‘There are clear, disturbing patterns and trends in both farmers’ suicides and pesticide suicides,’ says Professor Nagaraj
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