We must be prepared to laugh with the universe at the banality of our own immolation. Full moon. Snowfield, vast beneath the mountain: to understand the truth of people, study their contradictions. This morning I posted this little koan (minus graphic) to Facebook: I’m hardly the first to trot out a “there is no future” Zen meme. My grasp of
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Whatever power you will have begins with accepting who you are. I was fortunate enough to see Audre Lorde speak not long before she died. There was a moment that evening that’s always stuck with me, and I think it’s relevant to what some of my friends and I are facing in our lives these days. A young woman in the
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This may or may not be a creeping trumpet flower. Help?
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Automation is getting worse for workers, and the emotional strain is already evident. I’ve noticed something. When I take a Lyft (I never take Uber, although I imagine the same is true for them), I’m rarely in the car more than a minute before the driver subtly makes it known that he/she has a real job (ie, white collar –
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Some love the neo-Zep sound and others hate it, but both sides are missing the point. Greta Van Fleet, a young Michigan-based rock band featuring three brothers with a friend on drums, have been ripping the lid off the joint lately. As of this moment the video for “Highway Tune” has well over 20 million views. They’re playing all the
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Vintage miniature…
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The brand now stinks worse than the actual pizza, and it’s going to stay that way. The F6 shitnado that is Massa Papa John Schnatter continues unabated. The most reecent episode found him dropping N-bombs during a company conference call, and as a result he’s now out as Chairman of the business he founded. Also, people are rushing to scrub
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Why should I, or you, or anyone else in the United States follow the law? Serious question. One answer, obviously, is “because I don’t want to go to jail.” Aside from “I choose to,” I believe it’s the only answer.
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U2 is my favorite band of all time. But they haven’t been relevant since the early-to-mid ’90s. I think I have a clue as to why. Good is the enemy of great. Around 1984 The Police, my previous favorite band of all time, was calling it quits, and U2 released The Unforgettable Fire, hot on the heels of 1983’s War and the live EP Under
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Happy 4th from S&R.
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From Let Them Eat Cake, it’s Neo-Feudal Society!
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Welcome to the GOP Family Feud, where there’s no answer so bad it won’t elicit enthusiastic, unanimous support. Ever watch Family Feud? It seems like this moment happens in every show. The question is something like “name a popular item of men’s clothing.” Turtle, the patriarch of the Gopfluffer family, hits the button and guesses “shirt.” [BING] That’s the #1
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Happy Solstice from the staff of Scholars & Rogues…
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Vintage doll…
Read moreOh, look. It’s US Open week. Let the fluffing begin. And away we go. Today the top story is that Tiger won the tournament a long time ago. If Tiger wins this week, that will be the top story. If he finishes 30th, the story will be that he’s the reason the winner won. If we nuke Canada, the story
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