Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Sep 9 8:29 am
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“Amazing Grace” by Victor Wooten (via jeffro887)

In case you forgot what “beautiful music” means.

This is impressive, especially since he plays a lot of it using harmonics.

That is some impressive work on a base guitar.

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Sep 9 8:53 am
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“So often in my literature classes students told me what they “felt” about a novel, or a particular character in a novel. I tried, ever so gently, to tell them that no one cared what they felt; the trick was to discover not one’s feelings but what the author had put into the book, its moral weight and its resultant power. In essay courses, many of these same students turned in papers upon which I wished to—but did not—write: “D-, Too much love in the home.” I knew where they came by their sense of their own deep significance and that this sense was utterly false to any conceivable reality. Despite what their parents had been telling them from the very outset of their lives, they were not significant. Significance has to be earned, and it is earned only through achievement. Besides, one of the first things that people who really are significant seem to know is that, in the grander scheme, they are themselves really quite insignificant.”
Joseph Epstein: The Kindergarchy (via sds)
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Sep 9 12:12 pm
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1001 rules for my unborn son »

This just might be the perfect blog:

  • 52. Get to know your sister’s boyfriends. I’ll rely on your opinion.

  • 58. Use the broiler. It’s an indoor grill.

  • 94. Don’t show off. Impress.

  • 120. Spend time with your mother. She’s cooler than you think.

  • 138. Treat your body well. You’ll be glad you did when you are a dad.

Plus pictures and quotes!

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Sep 9 1:53 pm
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10 Words That Will Help You Win at Scrabble »

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1. Aa. And I don’t mean the acronym for Alcoholics Anonymous, either. Aa is “basaltic lava having a rough surface.”

2. Qat – a flowering plant native to East Africa and the Arabian peninsula.

3. Zax – a slater or slate mason, or the tool used to cut and punch nail holes in roofing slate.

4. Cwm – a valley, especially one created by glacial movement. Be warned: this one won’t get you many points, but it is good for using up pesky, low-score consonants taking up valuable space on your rack.

5. Xu – Vietnamese money

6. Qua – as or as being, or in the character of.

7. Suq – a market, or part of a market, in an Arab city.

8. Adz – an axe-like tool.

9. Jo – sweetheart or dear

10. Qadi – a judge in the Muslim community.

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Sep 9 3:20 pm
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“Maybe there are two Americas: one likes kids, the other doesn’t. Maybe it’s just that simple.
 
Some people like kids. I do, for example, especially my own. They are cute, for several years of their life span they think you are some sort of hero, and after the phase passes they can at least be disciplined into remaining silent about the fact.”
Tom Smith via Instapundit
 
This is great. Read the whole thing—well, if you’re one of the people that likes kids, anyway.
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