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Chet Haase: Things I Believe: Thoughts for Friday
History repeats itself itself.Ignorance is Bliss. Complete stupidity is Bliss's sister, Irene.They're both very nice and have lovely hair.Marriages are made in heaven.Divorces are down the hall to the...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: You’ve Been Out-Doodled: 13 Ballpoint Pen Artworks That...
True artists don’t need anything fancy to make awe inspiring works. These ballpoint pen artists can come out with something that’s photo realistic and vibrant in color (or equally vibrant in...
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Erik Hanberg: Parks Are For Everyone
This article from The Atlantic about the history of London's private parks opening to the public during WWII is fascinating. In the early 1940s, in the name of the war effort, the British government...
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Dan Schofer '00
8-24-2012Mud Road. 32 minutes. 4 miles.Hot and sunny! Easy shakeout run with Marie.
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Dan Schofer '00
8-25-2012Sac & Fox Trail. 83 minutes. 12 miles.Warm, sunny, and nice. Relaxed but steady pace. Down to 6:30s for the last few miles. Felt pretty good and got to 12 miles in 82:55.
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Cheryl Klein: "Throwing Away the Alarm Clock" by Charles Bukowski
via The Writer's Almanac my father always said, "early to bed andearly to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."it was lights out at 8 p.m. in our houseand we were up at dawn to the smell...
View ArticleCarleton News: Carleton College Welcomes Class of 2016; 531 Students Hail...
On Tuesday, September 4, Carleton College welcomes the Class of 2016 to campus. There are 531 students in the class, selected from a pool of 5,856 applicants. The students represent 45 states and 18...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Daring Dress-Up in All Kinds of Recycled Outfits
[ By Delana in Design & Products & Packaging. ] Fashion and advertising are so closely linked that it almost seems we could not have one without the other. These shots from the inaugural issue...
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Benjamin Lenzner: a painter on a peak.
on the day that e and i climbed to the rocky crest of mt. colden there were only a few people on the top, none of them did we say much too, besides talking to a woman who asked about the route we had...
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Dan Schofer '00
8-26-2012Wilcox out and back + Town. 72 minutes. 10 miles.Mild (71 degrees) and raining. Relaxed and easy run but decent pace at times. A little tired but overall felt fine. [Week: 80 miles]
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John Tischer '71: Yin Yang
Bright dot Dark dot No matter how dark it seems, there is still a spot of brightness. No matter how bright it seems, darkness still exists. This is the dark age…. did our eyes adjust to the lack of...
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Alicia Hutchison Steffann '94: Welcome, and Have a Nap!
If you’re landing at Naps Happen for the first time, the sheer number of dreamy snoozes in here can get overwhelming. You can just scroll down and start clicking, or you can sample a few of my...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Boarded Up: 15 Rad & Gnarly Abandoned Skate Parks
[ By Steve in Abandoned Places & Architecture. ] Looking like reinforced concrete reflections of topographic terrain, the abandoned ruins of once raucous skateparks lie scattered across the urban...
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Chet Haase: When I am King: The Rating Game
When I am King...Movie ratings will be clearer. Warning: This blog has been rated by the Malicious Blogger Association of America (MBAA):I've always found movie ratings so helpful. They take two hours...
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Cheryl Klein: The Quote File: Ideas
“I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.” — Picasso"If you want to find, you must search. Rarely does a good idea interrupt you." — Jim Rohn"You get ideas from daydreaming. You get...
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David Ocker '73: Lies, Damn Lies, Statistics and Politics
It's hard to know what to believe in the run-up to this years Presidential election. The Republicans and Democrats are now pretty much lying through their teeth every time they open their mouths....
View ArticleAvery Morrow '10: English Sources on the Teachings of Onisaburō Deguchi
Divine Signposts at the Oomoto website – actually a retranslation from the Esperanto Aizen-en on Onisaburo Jinrui Aizenkai (ULBA — Universal Love and Brotherhood Association) The Moon of Onisaburo...
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Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: How much will people pay?
The Iranian government is asking a lot of its citizens in order to pursue its nuclear goals. The question is how much are people willing to "pay" for the those policies? When will it ever end? For...
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Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: Talking to the enemy
It seems that at least part of the government is talking to part of Boko Haram in Nigeria. Nigeria confirms informal Boko Haram talksThe Nigerian government says it has started informal talks with Boko...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Walk on the Wild (Out)side: 14 Stunning Exterior Staircases
Some are so steep they’re nearly vertical. Some cantilever from a wall ten stories off the ground, with no handrail. Some lead to the roofs of houses, while others lead nowhere at all. These 14 sets...
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