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The Heretic
http://beautifuldecay.com/2013/03/04/wang-zin-wons-praying-machines/
Jun 05 2013 06:32 PM -
Nullifidian
Anyone who likes theater should listen to this verion of Schiller's "Don Carlos". This is a GREAT performance of a classic play (audio only). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boaNIGfSZcE
Jun 05 2013 04:23 AM
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Nullifidian
There's quite a good review of this production here: http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2004/11/schi-n12.html
Jun 05 2013 04:27 AM -
Michio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj-VcZY_nwE This is the most beautiful trailer for anything I have ever seen. I have tears.
Jun 01 2013 04:34 PM
Nullifidian
I'm reading Charles Lyell on the development of geology in the 18th and early 19th centuries, and he recounts how the Huttonian theory of geological change through causes operating in the present, primarily volcanic ones, was regarded as heretical by devout believers, who adopted Werner's Neptunism in response. Lyell writes of Werner's mechanisms that "They had not the smallest foundation either in Scripture or in common sense, and were probably approved of by many as being so...
May 27 2013 10:49 PM
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Nullifidian
...ideal and unsubstantial, that they could never come into violent collision with any preconceived opinions." I love it when 19th c. scientists get snarky. :heh:
May 27 2013 10:50 PM -
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Nullifidian
That quote reminded me very much of the way the new brand of creationism-lite, intelligent design, refuses to state anything firm about exactly who is doing the designing and why.
May 28 2013 07:37 PM
davidm
Eternity Invasion rejected via form letter after nearly 3 months of waiting. I'm tired of this. Scott, can we realistically set up Pood Paw Prints?
May 26 2013 01:06 AM
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DaveT
The best thing to do would be to finish editing Sandal, send that off, and rejoice when it is accepted. :deal:
May 28 2013 12:42 PM
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The Heretic
no but I know people who liberally pepper footnotes in their conversation
May 25 2013 11:12 PM -
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DeadCanDance
Well Michael, I tried introducing these lovely ideas (of Levinas) to YouTube and the fucking mob started clamoring for my head...I give up, that place is a wasteland! I need to come back home to TGL.
May 21 2013 10:04 PM
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DaveT
Here is a video to introduce you to that language. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjEFlcbj-Qc
May 21 2013 10:36 PM -
DeadCanDance
*bark!* *bark!* *kill!* I'm fed up with those clowns! (tired of being a masochist)
May 21 2013 11:10 PM -
Michael S. Pearl
I'd like to see what you came up with -- so that I might learn to be more off-putting than I am told that I already am. Heh.
May 22 2013 03:41 AM
