I really did it this time....: SOPA/PIPA

chrisreade:

Excellent email I got this morning from the Bob Lefsetz blog. The first link is from a TED talk regarding the issue, and is almost 15 minutes long. Very interesting.

Here is the blog post from Lefsetz:

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http://bit.ly/zDdkJy (Video link of TED talk)

“Just consume, don’t…

What he said.

chrisreade

It’s happy hour. nowness: Lead mixologist at one of New York’s hippest cocktail bar, Nicholas O’Connor creates a list of classic seasonal cocktails with a modern twist and offers recipes for you to try them at home.

It’s happy hour.

nowness:

Lead mixologist at one of New York’s hippest cocktail bar, Nicholas O’Connor creates a list of classic seasonal cocktails with a modern twist and offers recipes for you to try them at home.

nowness.com

curiositycounts: From Mark Twain to Kurt Vonnegut to Stephen King, advice on writing from modernity’s greatest writers – and a cautionary tale of knowing when not to take advice. My favorite: “Breathe in experience, breathe out poetry.” ~ Muriel Rukeyser

curiositycounts:

From Mark Twain to Kurt Vonnegut to Stephen King, advice on writing from modernity’s greatest writers – and a cautionary tale of knowing when not to take advice.

My favorite: “Breathe in experience, breathe out poetry.” ~ Muriel Rukeyser

brainpickings.org

nprfreshair: Our Christmas weekend show this year: Tom Waits and Jimmy Fallon. That’ll be on Monday’s show. Fresh Air Weekend this week is Trent Reznor and Elmo. And Tuesday looks like it’ll be Margo Martindale. Happy, Merry, Etc. Etc. Etc.  Great programming.

nprfreshair:

Our Christmas weekend show this year: Tom Waits and Jimmy Fallon. That’ll be on Monday’s show.

Fresh Air Weekend this week is Trent Reznor and Elmo. And Tuesday looks like it’ll be Margo Martindale.

Happy, Merry, Etc. Etc. Etc. 

Great programming.

keeponfloatinon

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Christopher Hitchens (via kateoplis)

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