March 2011
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Carl Sagan on the use of cannabis →
jonathan-cunningham:
The cannabis experience has greatly improved my appreciation for art, a subject which I had never much appreciated before. The understanding of the intent of the artist which I can achieve when high sometimes carries over to when I’m down. This is one of many human frontiers which cannabis has helped me traverse. There also have been some art-related insights – I...
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1994
by Lucille Clifton
i was leaving my fifty-eighth year when a thumb of ice stamped itself hard near my heart you have your own story you know about the fears the tears the scar of disbelief you know that the saddest lies are the ones we tell ourselves you know how dangerous it is to be born with breasts you know how dangerous it is to wear dark skin i was leaving my fifty-eighth year when i woke...
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“#248- “All decent people, male and female, are feminists. The only people who...”
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“The poet Billy Collins once laughingly observed that all babies are born with a...”
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Had a really disappointing moment in class . . .
… when discussing female circumcision in my Anthropology of Religion class, my professor said that male circumcision (in Western culture) was in no way detrimental to men. I’m aware that socially it may not be considered a disadvantage, but how could removing some of the most sensitive skin from the penis not decrease sensation?
While I understand female circumcision is usually a more...
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Sad News | drhawass.com - Zahi Hawass →
aboutegypt:
The staff of the database department at the Egyptian Museum, Cairo have given me their report on the inventory of objects at the museum following the break in. Sadly, they have discovered objects are missing from the museum. The objects missing are as follows:
1. Gilded wood statue of Tutankhamun being carried by a goddess 2. Gilded wood statue of Tutankhamun harpooning....
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