\o Salve!
No, no. Not at all. Go forth and multiply. :)
I used it first, but kb was a fan. ;)
Nah, I joined because you guys are awesome. ;)
Nah, i don't think academia is for me. I'm studying now to work in a bank.
You're welcome. =)
2012 goal: accomplished.
I've discovered Grace Jones this week.
From Brazil: Central Station
Behind the Sun
(Elite Squad)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropa_de_Elite] Although they're all great, Central Station was the only one that made me cry, so I recommend that one the most.
Oh, man, that dance sequence is very funny.
And oddly literary moment.Helgen estimates that there are 2,000 of these lovables, jumping in the dark among the foliage, just like memories.
Related movie (fiction): Moolaadé. In a small village in Senegal, a woman decides to shelter a group of girls from suffering female genital mutilation.
Done. Hmmm, cyberhugs.
I can't find the damn paper, but I know there's research that indicates that children learn to write faster if they write in print than if they write in cursive. If the argument is perhaps that this is a tradition worth preserving, i think it's already preserved in old documents and papers. Tradition is hardly a good reason for keed doing something. Kate Gladstone, in the NYT: [...] Mandating cursive to preserve handwriting resembles mandating stovepipe hats and crinolines to preserve the art of tailoring. http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/04/30/should-schoo...Adults increasingly abandon cursive. In 2012, handwriting teachers were surveyed at a conference hosted by Zaner-Bloser, a publisher of cursive textbooks. Only 37 percent wrote in cursive; another 8 percent printed. The majority, 55 percent, wrote a hybrid: some elements resembling print-writing, others resembling cursive. When most handwriting teachers shun cursive, why mandate it?
While thinking about this article, I came upon this great essay by Isaac Asimov: The Relativity of Wrong It's a reply to an English Lit major who thinks there can be no true knowledge because, as history shows, every theory in every century was proven wrong. Therefore, our current theories must also be wrong. Asimov goes on to show this way of thinking -- in absolutes rights and wrongs -- is inadequate. Indeed, for Asimov, right and wrong are in a continuum, with varying degrees of rightness and wrongness. For instance: Good read.You can see what I mean as soon as you admit that right and wrong are relative.
How do you spell "sugar?" Suppose Alice spells it p-q-z-z-f and Genevieve spells it s-h-u-g-e-r. Both are wrong, but is there any doubt that Alice is wronger than Genevieve?
Seconded.Ignore the fucking snobs. Write that space zombie sex opera. Just give it some fucking soul.
One can only hope this turns out as glorious as the Space Jam webpage.
Thanks. Will take a look.
Speaking of anarcho-communism, these protests have led me to do research on the anarcho-syndicalist strain of anarquism.
I don't think fascism has co-opted the protest, but it very well could. There's a pro-life "March for Life against Abortion" scheduled for later this year. Conservatism is organized in Brazil, but, right now, these protest are very out of focus. They could swing either side. There are all kinds of people: integralistas (brazilian fascists), communists, anarchists, middle- and lower-class, pacifists, war-mongers. He's right: the majority of the opposition to the center-left Worker's Party (WP) comes from the center-right Social-Democrat party. But saying it like that sounds like there's no criticism coming from the left, which is just not true: to cite two examples, there's the Socialism and Freedom Party, which came from a more radical wing of the WP, and the United Socialist Worker's Party. Both parties are very critical with the more neoliberal policies coming from the WP. I'm also pretty optimistic. I think these protests, however aggressive and diffuse, are a first step towards a more politicized and active population. They also bring attention to the idiotic and gruesome way that the police treats demonstrators. Those are both good things. It's a confuse and happy moment to be living. Let's see how it turns out. :)You are also probably not aware that the large majority of the opposition to the Worker's Party does not come from the radical left, as I wish it did, as MPL does, but it comes from PSDB and half of their electors are nostalgic of our fascist dictatorship. So they are going out there and asking for a new one.
Several states have, but the police violence from the first protest seems to have ignited a chain reaction. Indeed, people seem to be mad as hell and not willing to take "it" anymore (whatever "it" means. See my reply to mk).
Smurf your dark: I'm smurfing my spring.
Ensemble D.E.U.M - Tant que vivray We're singing this in our choir now. Cool renaissance song.
i just posted this today. ("Thundaraaa!") The shots of Earth are beautiful.
Oh, man, it's been taken offline. And I didn't even get to see it. What was it? Google tells me it's something between Paul and Dave Grohl.
Southern hemisphere, bitches. /insidejoke
A term paper assignment from Kurt. https://docs.google.com/document/d/14VXteDQ2fYAkzY9GWSFZ9bU7...
Oglaf's take on the issue.
Only through YT. http://youtu.be/aDU1BEFWk8g Seems like a fun festival. John Hodgman's gonna be there. He's a funny guy. Enjoy the show. =) http://youtu.be/8W51H1croBw
Most relevant. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBDA2E52FB1EF80C9