January 2012
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December 2011
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They say time is the fire in which we burn.
– Dr. Soran (Malcom McDowell) , Star Trek Generations
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November 2011
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Haiku
At the youth center, we’ve been teaching the kids about Japanese culture, specifically about Shintoism, Zen Buddhism, and the Edo Period. Today we taught the kids about Haiku and had them write their own 17 syllable poems. This is the one I wrote:
chilly autumn night
a red fox catches her prey
her warm den awaits
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October 2011
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Halloween Musings
Some reactions by children at the youth center to my Halloween costume (the 11th Doctor from Doctor Who):
Little Boy: Are you supposed to be the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln?
Me: No but I’m glad that you know who he is.
Little Girl: Are you supposed to be a geek?
Me: No, I already am a geek.
Little Girl (dressed as a fairy in all black): What are you supposed to...
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September 2011
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“Dislocation in time, time signatures, time as a philosophical concept, and slavery to time are some of the themes touched upon in this nine-minute, experimental film, which was written, directed, and produced by Jim Henson-and starred Jim Henson! Screened for the first time at the Museum of Modern Art in May of 1965, Time Piece enjoyed an eighteen-month run...
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I wonder what your idea of heaven would be —A beautiful vacuum filled with...
– Ernest Hemingway to F. Scott Fitzgerald — 1 July 1925 (via pulsifers)