Les Pensées de Ed

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-8)

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:25:00 -0800

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-8):

Lin-Manuel Miranda Performs at the White House Poetry Jam — He...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:34:33 -0800

Lin-Manuel Miranda Performs at the White House Poetry Jam — He also played Dr. House’s roommate earlier this season when in the mental institution. (via whitehouse)

California's deficit of common sense

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:12:46 -0800

“We’re not poor in money or water. We’ve just chosen to allocate them in ways that benefit tiny minorities at the expense of the rest of us. We should at least have a conversation about how we distribute our abundant resources. Derek is right: California is a place of abundance, except when it comes to political sense.” (via LA Times)

American Stupidity

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:35:44 -0800

“A 2008 survey found that only 18 percent of Americans could name all three of the following: the U.S. secretary of state, the British prime minister and the party that controls the U.S. House of Representatives. A 2009 study revealed that only about half of adults know how long it takes the earth to orbit the sun. Healthcare, the big issue of the day? Thirty-nine percent of Americans want government to ‘stay out of Medicare.’” (source)

Absolutely ridiculous. Unacceptable.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-1)

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:39:29 -0800

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Make Schools, Not War.

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:36:58 -0800

“One of the most compelling arguments against more troops rests on this stunning trade-off: For the cost of a single additional soldier stationed in Afghanistan for one year, we could build roughly 20 schools there.” -Nicholas D. Kristof

Is philosophy dead?

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:06:08 -0700

This “magnificent” philosophy program I have experienced is a glorified course in writing book reports. Philosophy has been badgered to death by dogmatic opinions and shallow thoughts. What happened to just thinking? What happened? (via Adbusters)

The YikeBike is a simple personal electric vehicle… cool,...

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:21:03 -0700

The YikeBike is a simple personal electric vehicle… cool, but it feels like a quick way to get hurt.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-25)

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:58:56 -0700

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-25):

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-18)

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:52:24 -0700

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-18):

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Lies. Lies. Lies. (Seen in the Brentwood area, of all places)

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:45:45 -0700

Lies. Lies. Lies. (Seen in the Brentwood area, of all places)

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-11)

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:07:10 -0700

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Nobel Prize in Literature More Fitting?

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:54:38 -0700

“Nine months into a presidency with as many setbacks as successes, Obama has a thin CV for a Peace Prize winner. At this point in his administration, isn’t he still a more accomplished author than president? Giving Obama the prize in literature also could have gone a long way toward repairing the committee’s reputation for being anti-American. Not to mention its reputation for picking obscure authors very few people have actually read.” (Slate’s Browbeat)

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-4)

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:09:12 -0700

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-4):

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The Economist on technology, media, and the future. (via...

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:00:57 -0700

The Economist on technology, media, and the future. (via EconomistMagazine)

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-27)

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:17:32 -0700

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-27):

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"I know it’s easy to imagine. But it’s easier to just do. See, if you can’t do what..."

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:37:37 -0700

“I know it’s easy to imagine.
But it’s easier to just do.
See, if you can’t do what you imagine — then what is imagination to you?”

- Kid Cudi

News/Gatherings: September 23

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:03:49 -0700

Last Words — of the not-so-famous. “Give me my rights. Give me my rights. Give me my rights. Give me my life back.”

“I am, literally watching paint dry while I give directions to the tow truck driver half way around the world.” — Communication is being made easier and easier each year, that we all have the opportunity to become masters of it, and you will be left behind if you fail to do so.

Weapons Porn — On the death of the F-22, and the future of pilotless airplanes.

Motivated Grammar — My newest subscription in Google Reader, on the topic of proper grammar, in so much that it is over-rated. The implication is that grammar should only go as so far as to facilitate effective communication, and nothing more.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-20)

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:37:44 -0700

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-20):

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"One must have beauty, without beauty there is nothing."

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 07:30:00 -0700

“One must have beauty, without beauty there is nothing.”

- Eddie Izzard (via RAGE promo)