In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded. Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don’t find out til too late that he’s been playing with two queens all along. …
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Category:Media and Gatherings
Goodbye Sir Terry. Grief and legacy.
A long sad sigh was felt around the world when Sir Terry moved on today. Many are grieving. His legacy began with time. It is infinite. Stories. Funny thing though, I was talking to him today. That’s the reality of the space-time continuum and modern technology. I didn’t think that he’d not hear me. Ever. …
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A chapter on death
Well sub-chapter. From Common Sense. Death Is a Part of Life As my subconscious filtered the idea that weaknesses in our systems occurred when we ignored nature’s example, I realised that we found it difficult to deal with death, although it was clearly a part of life. Death was important because fearing it is difficult …
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“The Facts” about sustainability, the environment and your future.
Below are the facts stated in the film Cowspiracy and their references. Which ever side you’re on it’s good to know them. For example, one takeaway from the ideas presented is that we can resolve environmental problems, reform economic systems and still keep our cars, if we change our diet. If you take that with …
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Common Sense now printed locally, helping us drop the price.
While researching a way to bind hard copies of Common Sense, our local office supplier, Jones Business Systems, gave us a helpful tip by telling us about a family run printer in the middle of Kilkenny countryside. Patrick Brennan of Digital Outputs was able to print the second run within our meagre budget allowing us …
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Some people call me an entrepreneur. Now I know why …
The Newfoundland Department of Employment claimed a boat owner wasn’t paying proper wages to his hired help. So they sent an agent to Burin to investigate him. GOVT AGENT: “I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them.” Boat Owner: “Well, there’s Clarence, my hired hand; he’s been with me for …
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DTRTTRW in yoga pants: FouseyTube
More than 15 million people have watched Yousef Saleh Erakat’s most popular video – the Yoga Pants Prank. It’s funny and it works. Erakat highlights embarrassing aspects of modern culture, like men gawking at women (when they shouldn’t) and women flaunting their booty in public, which encourages men to be misogynistic and other women to flaunt …
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Millions of classic images, free online.
Kalev Leetaru has uploaded a searchable database of 12 million historical copyright-free images to Flickr. Most of the images that are in the books are not in any of the art galleries of the world – the original copies have long ago been lost. The pictures range from 1500 to 1922, when copyright restrictions kick …
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FiveThirtyEight – a place for thinking
Nate Silver, famous for accurate political predictions, and his team relaunched fivethirtyeight.com, a website focussed on mining data and interpreting it, under ESPN sponsorship on St Paddy’s day. FiveThirtyEight.com covers a range of current issues from economics to science to sports in a thoughtful, useful way. Though a US focus predominates, that’s OK in a …
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Whoops! A big picture story.
A story about the search for truth, the meaning of life and the answer to everything. Finally an edition that is readable. It might have a few typos which will be removed as we find them, but the important bits read well enough. Enjoy free chapters on-line: The Meaning of Life Clarifying the Big Picture …
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