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The Story of the Week →
Getting to the bottom of that truth requires delving into a story that might have resulted from an artistic collaboration between Ian Fleming and Salvador Dalí. Gamboa’s tale involves secret ore deposits, hidden stocks of Soviet nuclear armaments, the Queen Mary ocean liner, portions of Antarctica, a new version of the Bible, allegations of fake deaths and miraculous resurrections, and a...
December 2010
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I’ve sworn off contests and portfolio reviews. If people like what I do, then...
– Mike Peters via Flickr: Discussing Mike Peters interview on Cinemafia Photography in HCSP (Hardcore Street Photography)
July 2010
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June 2010
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Danger (and Art)
# So the thing is… people have become obsessed with avoiding danger these days. Problem is, danger is hard to avoid.
# The world is just chock full of danger! It’s our approach to it that gets us in trouble. People have forgotten that danger should be fun.
# If the world is already full of danger, doesn’t it make more sense to BE danger than to hide from it? That’s one reason...
Writers tend to work early in the morning, or late at night, when brains are...
– Scott Adams: Like a Night Watchman (via matttrent, marco)
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Pure. Whoaah. Pure.
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March 2010
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January 2010
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In order of desirability: (1) success, (2) failure, (3) neither.
– Twitter / colinmarshall: In order of desirability: … (via maneeshsethi)
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December 2009
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Alain de Botton examines our ideas of success and failure — and questions the assumptions underlying these two judgments. Is success always earned? Is failure? He makes an eloquent, witty case to move beyond snobbery to find true pleasure in our work.
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ludios.org | Greek Gods Family Tree →
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