December 2008
18 posts
“Working with rural women who made clay piggy banks and sold them to exploitative...”
– Ron Rivera - b. 1948 - Solution in a Pot - NYTimes.com
“Consumers reinforce the licensers almost perversely: they pay for music as a...”
– Music - The New Pop Music Revolution - Pitching Products - NYTimes.com
“What does it matter what you say about people?” Marlene Dietrich asks at the end...”
– Charlton B. Heston - b. 1923 - After Ben-Hur - The Lives They Lived - Obituaries - NYTimes.com
“Aren’t you sick of being told who your heroes oughta be? Bein’ told who you...”
– George Carlin - b. 1937 - Hard Laughs - The Lives They Lived - Obituaries - NYTimes.com
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“The magi, as you know, were wise men—wonderfully wise
men—who...”
– O. Henry
Online Reader - Project Gutenberg
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“Like all newspapers of its time period, the Troy Sentinel printed not only news...”
– Troy Sentinel: “Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas” (1823)
Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night.
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”
– Walt Disney
“A downside of many information architectures is the reduction of data to items...”
– Alex Payne | Life As A Series of Queues
Casey @ Ravelry thinks Payne’s queue looks familiar. I definitely agree. Click through for the whole list.
“A lot of people are doing a do-it-yourself Christmas, because of the economic...”
– For Craft Sales, the Recession Is a Help - NYTimes.com
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“Conductor: Hello, and welcome to the Hogwarts Express. This is platform...”
– Overheard in New York | Stand Clear Of the Closing Gryffindors, Please.
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“In Somalia, he learned the practical value of his work after he got into an...”
– Natural selections | delawareonline | The News Journal
