A terrible comic about baseball
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On social media recently, it was “Make a Terrible Comic Day.” Since making
terrible things comes naturally to me, I decided to participate! Here is my
cont...
In the Zone
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One weekend last December, Donald Trump suddenly became fixated on reviving
a ghost of US empire—control of the Panama Canal. He has since warned that
he m...
M*A*S*H --7/11/25
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*Today's selection--from The Platinum Age of Television by David Bianculli.*
The 1970s television phenomenon—M*A*S*H, based on the subversive 1970
Robert...
Death of a Village
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When the settlers moved in on the Palestinian village of al-Mu’arrajat, we
all knew what was coming next. It has happened again and again throughout...
Signal-to-noise Tokyo
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A Surrealism of Pure Endurance
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Carrington’s animals shift, transmute, and exit human epistemologies. Vik
Shirley’s deer cannot. Instead, they persist—not because they expect to
change an...
Immediate Family
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A recent case before the New York State Supreme Court revolved around the
question of whether a family dog could be considered “immediate family”
under the...
'You should be sketching always, always'
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Abbey wrote to an art student: "You should be sketching always, always.
Draw anything. Draw the dishes on the table while you are waiting for your
bre...
Marsilius of Inghen
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[Revised entry by Maarten Hoenen on July 9, 2025. Changes to: Main text,
Bibliography, notes.html] Marsilius of Inghen, master at the Universities
of Paris...
Project 24: Book 15
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I have a handful of ‘want’ alerts set up at abebooks – books that aren’t
currently available anywhere, at least not affordably, so that I get an
email when...
Anniversary Trip
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[image: A toad is approached by another toad with flowers, a box of bugs,
and a couples massage coupon. Eventually, we see them getting their backs
massa...
The Writing on the Wall
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I put my dunderheadedness on display as to how I repeatedly missed the
net-negative impact written language has had on the living planet. Continue
reading →
The Millions’ Great Summer 2025 Book Preview
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Any book can be a beach read with the right attitude. On offer this summer
are a bevy of books to take seaside, or poolside, or to the park, patio, or
ou...
UPDATE: Now also on Substack
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Google seems to have lost interest in the Blogger app and it is showing its
age.
I am trying out Substack, and if it works out will be migrating the blo...
Book Covers of Note, June 2025
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It’s been another busy month here, so apologies for the slightly scattered
post. It includes a few covers that I missed earlier in early in…
Steven Heller’s Font of the Month: Kefir
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Read the book, Typographic Firsts
This month, Steven Heller takes a closer look at Roch Modrzejewski’s Kefir
font family.
The post Steven Heller’s Font ...
Encounters with Reality
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When I was fourteen, my family went on a Caribbean cruise. I have always
been allergic to the idea of going somewhere for the explicit […]
The post Encou...
New Book on Kickstarter!
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Don’t miss out on this self-published anthology! Only 2 weeks left!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theawkwardyeti/heart-and-brain-barely-hanging-on-...
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I own that the very notion of writing a twentieth-anniversary essay on “Proprietary
Names: The Name/Proprietary Names: The Place” h...
New Neighbor, Who's This?
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On Friday nights in the 1990s, the American family came under attack.
Intruders penetrated the home: they stole food, lured children into moral
decay, and…
Archigram: The Magazine
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Originally self-published by the London-based architectural collective of
the same name, this lo-fi but materially ingenious publication challenged
an...
FIL(M)OVANJE 27
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The Dark Half - Džordž Romero (SAD) 1993
Romerov film iz devedesetih, po predlošku Stivena Kinga, sigurno je jedan
od filmova kojim je zaokružio prvu faz...
Jednooka vizija
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Nekada davno sam se zanimao mehanicističkim pristupom, zabavljala me je
ideja čoveka kao nekakvog mernog instrumenta koji oseća i očitava svet oko
sebe u u...
Mali Bol i Veliki Bol
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Pre nekoliko dana u MIlanu, bila sam na predstavi Falaise. Pripremila sam
bila sebe za savremeno pozorište, za koje nemam sluha, znam od ranije. Ovo
je tre...
Povratak otpisane
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Nikad za sebe ne bih rekla da sam glupa, osim možda u jednoj stvari:
dopustila sam društvenim mrežama da mi podvale privid neposrednog dijaloga.
Nasjela sa...
Intermezzo Bookstore Events
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FSG is partnering with over 140+ bookstores across the country to celebrate
the publication of Sally Rooney’s Intermezzo. Participating stores will
have ...
Whatever It Is: Life Span by Molly Giles
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Molly Giles is funny. Spending time with her, you’ll start to view the
world through a slightly skewed, slightly absurd, and definitely ridiculous
perspect...
Little Seed
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Excerpt
At the time of my brother’s first psychotic break, I knew nothing about
ferns but that I had one and it was dying. I watched its seashell leaves ...
The 20 best Rolling Stones albums, ranked
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More than six decades after the Rolling Stones performed their first show,
at London’s Marquee Club in July 1962, the self-proclaimed World’s Greatest
Ro...
Bernard Malamud: Magično bure
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Ne tako davno, u maloj, gotovo siromašnoj iako pretrpanoj knjigama, sobi u
predgrađu Njujorka, živeo je Leo Finkl, koji je učio za rabina na
Univerzit...
Informasi Aplikasi Pengelolaan Keuangan
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Selamat datang di Informasi Aplikasi Pengelolaan Keuangan. Dilansir dari
Konsumtif.com Aplikasi ini dirancang untuk membantu Anda mengelola keuangan
Anda...
The White Review Summer Party 2023
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Thursday 13 July / Bold Tendencies, Peckham / Doors 6:30 pm, Readings from
7:30pm / Tickets This year, we’ll be hosting our annual summer party on
Thur...
Comet Ice
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Could I cool down the Earth by capturing a comet and dropping it in the
ocean, like an ice cube in a glass of water?
Daniel Becker
No. In fact, it's hon...
Finding The Best Lawyers In Dubai for 2021
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The need to find the best lawyers in Dubai has become very important, more
so in the wake of increasing cases of murder and crime in […]
The post Finding...
Why Violence Goes Viral: A Thread in Six Parts
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THIS PIECE APPEARS IN THE HIGH/LOW ISSUE OF THE LARB QUARTERLY JOURNAL,
NO.29. ¤ 1/ THE MOVEMENT FOR BLACK LIVES has grown during the pandemic.
Facebook,...
It is only a matter of time
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On September 12th of 2011, the *New York Times* published an article by Dr.
Abigail Zuger in which she criticised certain supposedly unrealistic
aspects ...
Svemirom haraju "bande" crnih rupa
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Mislili ste da je jedna crna rupa u središtu galaksije strašna? Mislili ste
da u središtu svih galaksija postoji samo po jedna crna rupa? Nije vam
dovolj...
Poem of the Day: Wings of Desire
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This is what it sounds like outside,
fat geese and guinea hens holding hands.
I am 31, which is very young for my age.
That is enough to realize I’m a penci...
Christopher Columbus And The Natives
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10 Dec 2015. These traits did not stand out in the Europe of the
Renaissance, The Indians, Columbus reported, “are so naive and so free with
their. 7 Oct 2...
Najbolje serije 2019
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1. Too Old to Die Young
2. Gomorra s04
3. Succession s02
4. Chernobyl
5. Kingdom
6. Kominsky Method s02
7. After Life
8. Mindhunter s02
9. Primal
1...
O nepisanju
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Nisam pisao. Dve reči tupe i prazne, bezznačenjske, ništa ne otkrivaju
Nisam pisao. Ne zato što praznina narasta ne ostavljajući za sobom ništa
Jezik kojim...
Johen Šmit
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/ Oktobar 2019. U KROKODILovoj rezidenciji za pisce tokom oktobra boravi
nemački autor Johen Šmit koji je ujedno i 90. gost KROKODILove Kuće za
pisce. Šm...
Frozen Circuitries
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? Here is a brief exercise: go to YouTube, find a video on deep fakes, and
scroll down to the comment section. Here you will be met with the same
comment o...
On Edge
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by
Daniel Kahneman
[1.11.23]
It seems like yesterday, but *Edge* has been up and running for
twenty-two years. Twenty-two years in which it has channele...
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In this essay on the dearth of conservatives in higher education, the
possible oppression of conservatives will be considered. I am obviously not
the first...
WAYNESAW
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Hey ASP Readers! Yes, we aren’t dead, and we also haven’t run off with the
Kickstarter money to buy a mid-size luxury sedan and drive straight across
the M...
Little Star #7 arriving, with Alison Hall
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Our latest issue of Little Star, the print magazine, is thundering in our
direction, and time remains to order it at it’s larcenous pre-publication
price h...
Savage Minds is dead! Long live anthro{dendum}!
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This will be the last post on the domain savageminds.org, but the site will
live on. It will live on both at this address (savageminds.org) where there
wil...
Mirko Kovač - Iz bilježnice o Borislavu Pekiću
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1.
Ako smo imali kojeg aristokrata među piscima, onda je to bio Borislav
Pekić. Njegova je otmjenost bogomdana i stavlja se iznad staleža i odgoja.
Plava ...
Merci, Paris
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Several years ago, I ran away to Paris. At the time, I felt cast out to sea
without anchor and incapable of steering my ship back on course. Paris was
my k...
The Origami of Space Exploration
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Undergrad Robert Salazar is using his expertise in paper-folding to help
NASA create deployable solar reflectors for lunar outposts
-- Read more on Scient...
DANIJEL DRAGOJEVIĆ: Brojevi
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Lev Borodulin
Tko ne bi žalio brojeve.
Tako su neporočni i čisti.
Samuju u dječjim bilježnicama.
Pet i dva su sedam. Stoji čovjek
pred tim razoružan i ...
Companies That Buy Houses Cash In Florida
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*Advantages Of Selling House Through Companies That Buy Houses Cash Rather
Than Hiring A Realtor*
Dealing with a property is a crucial decision, and ther...
Featuring Vicky Mochama
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On episode 25 of Cavern of Secrets—our last for the year!—Lauren looks back
at 2016 before speaking with national columnist Vicky Mochama.
Metamorfoza
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Ako se udubite, postane vrlo potresno. Lirski subjekt prolazi unutarnju
dramu i transformaciju koja završava tragično. Nešto kao The Fly od
Cronenberga
Marko Poropatić - Balada o stanovima
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Koliko puta bežiš iz njenog stana,
Toliko puta u njega opet kročiš,
To već postaje navika nastrana;
Navika da se u odlasku kočiš.
Sporta radi, glođete se u...
Priče s Korane
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Otkad je moga grada, njegovi stanovnici odlaze ljetom na rijeke što ga
grle i s njima dišu… Sjedimo tako mama i ja na jednoj od obala, ljetni je
vruć dan...
Adam Roberts: Bête
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Adam Roberts je veoma provokativan autor. Elokventan i načitan, pronicljiv
i nemilosrdan, Roberts je ona vrst pisca čije knjige podrazumevaju i dubok
okrš...
An Interview with Ross Posnock
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"It is not in the role of an artist to worry about life – to feel
responsible for creating a better world. This is a very serious
distraction. All your con...
Kristospolna zajednica
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Mi obitelj smo išli u šoping u Emezete. Pred ulazom u Emezetu su stajali
jedan barba i jedna teta. Do barbe i tete je bijo jedan stolić sa papirima.
Kad sm...
Bats of the Republic
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Bats of the Republic
Author/Designer/Illustrator Zach Dodson
Publisher: Doubleday
Typefaces: "The main fonts used are Fontin Sans and Sentinel, but there are...
Integrated Bus Suggestions
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On December 1st, 1955, the course of history was changed when Rosa Parks
refused to give up her bus seat for a white passenger and was subsequently
arreste...
Violinin zvuk...
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Kaldrma. Ostrvo. I taj zvuk. Ni od kuda se čuje a u stopu te prati.
Udaranje potpetica po kaldrmisanom putu... dajući takt onda... kada se zvuk
obmota o...
Brojanje do 8
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Lindsay Thomas
s kreveta
gledam
3 ptice
na telefonskoj
žici.
jedna odleće.
zatim
druga.
jedna je ostala,
a onda
i ona
nestaje.
moja pisaća mašina
mirn...
Osamnaest minuta (une promesse non tenue)
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Osamnaest minuta, gledala sam u to lice, u oči, obrve, obraze… Osamnaest
minuta mi je trebalo da pustim suze niz lice. I tada je zaista nebitno
miriše li z...
Gosti
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*Poseban je onaj dan kada dolaze gosti. *
Tako je oduvek bilo. Gosti su dolazili "na velika zvona" kada su posebne
prilike, od kada pamtim svet oko sebe. ...
Lines of Love and Lust for Valentine’s Day
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*LOVE POEMS by Pablo Neruda*
Oh girl among the roses, oh crush of doves,
oh fortress of fishes and rosebushes,
your soul is a bottle filled with thirsty...
A poem...
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*Od imaginarnog do realnog,od praznine do ljubavi,preko riječi do
dodira,mašta se ostvari.Od poruke pa do čežnje,preko misli sve do
želje,p...
Makazičarenje
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Ja ni ne znam
šta imam i šta
znam
o njemu
Možda je moja kolekcija
najveća na svetu
nije mi žao
Svetu trebaju novi kolekcionari
lažnih idola
On ima novu ko...
Welcome to The Vonnegut Review
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What is *The Vonnegut Review*?
A Brief Reflection on #VonnegutSummer
*Opening Essays*
Kurt Vonnegut Has Come Unstuck in Time
Irony and Authenticity in th...
night time is my time
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pred spavanje čitam mešu begića i gledam dokumentarce o ajkulama. otisnem
se na pučinu bez imalo straha. leđima ka suncu, usnama ka dnu.
So long, and thanks for all the fish
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by Massimo Pigliucci
Or, as the title of the last Star Trek: The Next Generation episode
wistfully announced: “All good things…”
This is the last Ration...
"Svetkovina" Sime Pandurovića #analiza
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Đacima sa Gugla... ... Svetkovinu bismo mogli da posmatramo i kao nešto
više od čisto ljubavne pesme. O ovoj pesmi je, možda, najbolje pisao
Miodrag Pavlov...
Ustaj curo mala, ružo procvjetala...
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Ponekad maštam kako ostavljam poruku na frižideru "Izašla sam u granap po
cigare, vraćam se za 15 minuta", obuvam se, navlačim mantil i ne vratim se
više n...
Thanks for all the Fish…
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[image: Thanks for all the Fish…]
So remember a long time ago when I mentioned that big things were going to
happen with the site? Well, they finally did...
Best of September at A Blog Around The Clock
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I posted five times in September, including: They eat horses, don’t they?
“My Beloved…” and other dinosaurs. WCSJ2013 in Helsinki, a photo-tour
Updates, Ev...
OPEN CALL FOR MUSICIANS!
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OPEN CALL FOR MUSICIANS! (para la versión en español, leer más abajo)
After a few months working on my next short film, I am finally in the
postproductio...
An End to Four Years of Prometheus Fusion Perfection
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I have decided to end Prometheus Fusion Perfection. The project is too
expensive for me. The Polywell requires at least $200MM to bring to
fruition. I cann...
I, ZA KRAJ...
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*"Prijatelju, sad je dosta. *
*Ako još želiš čitati,*
*Idi i sâm budi zapis *
*i njegov smisao" *
*Angelus Silesius*
*Kerubinski putnik, VI, 263, 167...
iPad HD Retina Wallpaper #3
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Here is my last set of ‘HD’ wallpaper designs for a while and again I have
done a multiple set of downloads here for most mobile devices at their
correct...
ekstaza
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Ekstaza
Ostaće daleko za mnom ovi puti
Nestaće i ove suze kud i druge
Ja ću nove želje u svom srcu čuti
Kao nove laste u večeri duge
Prah srebrnih zve...
7 x 7 Award
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Oh, darling Neve. Why would you give an award like this to a
self-destructive cinéaste who subconsciously deters the interest of any one
like minded by bei...
pamtim samo sretne dane
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devendra, nismo se dogovorili tako. ponekad da bi se zaboravilo nešto treba
zaboraviti sve, a ti si pravio iznimke. pakao je onaj dio nas koji ne želi
umr...
Some like it hot
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Iako nisam ni ja fan činjenice da se neprestano osjećam konvekcijski, nije
mi mrsko ovakvo vrijeme. Ipak sam dobila barem temperature mojih željenih
destin...
TakE a Bow (or a knee)
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*Tebow-ing* (verb) - To get down on a knee and start praying, even if
everyone else around you is doing something completely different. (Urban
dictionary)...
Ernesto Sabato, O junacima i grobovima
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Juce je preminuo Ernesto Sabato.
R.I.P.
S` obzirom na ustrojstvo sveta, gajimo nadu u dogadjaje koji bi nam,
ukoliko se dese, doneli samo razocarenje i g...