February 2012
10 posts
“Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school...”
– W.E.B. Du Bois
“The more you lose your mind, the more interesting you become.”
– Kyle Mcquaid, on a facebook profile photo from 4 years ago.
Great, scientists are trying to read minds. →
January 2012
6 posts
Sandy McIntosh- Lost, One Soul
I lost my soul in a fit of temper
I threw it at somebody’s head
and slammed out
without a second thought
Then I dumped it in a wastebin
along with a love I said I was finished with
I sandpapered my spirit
with a million
bitter barbs
and sent it into orbit
and substituted
guilt instead
My soul went cold
with memories of old friends and kin
who never expected
to be neglected,...
Kanye West's latest n greatest →
December 2011
7 posts
Of Their Own Free Will
In America? People are poor because they are lazy; they don’t work hard enough. They don’t use the right tone of voice when they ask God for relief from their 12 hour workday. You can move on up! After 30, 40, 50 years of menial service for minimum wage, you can move up! In America? People are poor because they are stupid. After college, you can’t be poor! You voted the wrong...
Rodents show empathy driven behavior. →
Language may be dominant social marker for... →
“My soul is a key
Mortality is my cell
I want to be free.”
– Haiku written by one of my seventh graders.
November 2011
14 posts
“I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart.”
– Vincent Van Gogh (via ifdogsrunfree)
“Ayo 1…this nigga whole style is straight baby thighs son. Straight up. He might...”
– Ghostface Killah on Wiz Khalifa (and the other top 10 softest rappers in the game)
“Only the unloved hate. The unloved and the unnatural.”
– Charlie Chaplin
“Es tan corto el amor, y es tan largo el olvido.”
– Pablo Neruda
Robotic artist paints it's feelings. →
“Lately I’ve taken to critiquing the machine as it paints, giving it audio input that is a direct response to what it just did. I’ll tell it what I think of each gesture it paints: if I liked it or didn’t, if I think it should have done something different, or how I see the latest mark fitting into the overall composition of the work. I’ve found that I tend to dislike...
Walking through doorways makes you forget things. →
New research from University of Notre Dame Psychology Professor Gabriel Radvansky suggests that passing through doorways is the cause of these memory lapses. “Entering or exiting through a doorway serves as an ‘event boundary’ in the mind, which separates episodes of activity and files them away,” Radvansky explains. “Recalling the decision or activity that was made...
Tightly knit social groups more likely to view... →
“I heard on the radio the other Wednesday that you have to love whoever has made...”
– Ksenia K
“Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a...”
– Dalai Lama XIV
October 2011
26 posts
“Listen, homie, it’s Dollar Day in New Orleans
It’s water water...”
– Mos Def - Dollar Day
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are...”
– W.E.B. DuBois (via black-wolves)
Jessca if you read this I googled the quote and it’s actually by a woman Marianne Williamson from her early 90’s book and largely misattributed to Nelson Mandela. I just felt that I liked this but it wasn’t DuBois’ style of writing.
