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Anaïs Nin Quotes (Author of Delta of Venus) Koalas to the Max dot Com. Inspiration, Technique, Great Design. 33 Ways To Stay Creative. Classic Cat - the free classical music directory. Excerpts from "How to be Perfect" by Ron Padgett. Wednesday May 30, 2012 Listen Download E-mail Share Excerpts from "How to be Perfect" by Ron Padgett Get some sleep.

Excerpts from "How to be Perfect" by Ron Padgett

Excerpts from "How to be Perfect" by Ron Padgett, from How to be Perfect. © Coffee House Press, 2007. It was on this day in 1849 that Henry David Thoreau (books by this author) self-published A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, his first book. Thoreau had always been the introverted and studious one, while John was gregarious and fun-loving. Thoreau said: "To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts. 10 Psychological States You've Never Heard Of... and When You Experienced Them.

Monkeys7. World, 500-1000 A.D. DIY TetraBox Lamp by Ed Chew. From up North - High quality design inspiration. Mario Kolaric. Diary fragments is an on-going illustration experiment by Serbia-born and Croatia-based visual artist Mario Kolaric.

Mario Kolaric

Two simple elements combined – lines and color – are the basis for most of these drawings, so beautifully simple and yet each one is potent with personality, brought on by the bold pop of colors and the delicacy of each precise line. Coming from a background in Fine Arts and now dwelling in illustration, Kolaric’s minimalistic and pop sketches become even more intriguing when you see the rest of his body of work, filled with strongly narrative drawings with a deep folkloric and melancholy essence.

His other interests are in merging his illustrations with spatial installations. I’d definitely love to see a spatial representation of these Diary fragments series. 50+ of the best typographic designs of 2012. The 50 Greatest Cult Movies of All Time. Les vingt films essentiels de 2012. Bovines d’Emmanuel Gras: Bovines est avant tout un geste.

Les vingt films essentiels de 2012

Un geste de filmeur doué et constant, qui plante sa caméra dans une prairie de France, à quelques mètres d’un troupeau de vaches couleur crème, placides et majestueuses. Pas de voix off, pas de texte explicatif, juste la contemplation empathique et sereine du troupeau de charolaises et de ses habitudes ruminantes. Retrouvez ici la critique de Libération. Oslo, 31 août de Joachim Trier: «Je me souviens… Je me souviens…», citant Georges Perec, Oslo, 31 août s’élance dans un entrelacs de voix et de souvenirs de la capitale norvégienne.

Collage d’éclats d’intime évanescent et de grands tremblements collectifs, empreintes nineties de petits riens adolescents ou effondrement monumental de la tour Philips, à Oslo, en avril 2000, comme une répétition inconsciente du devenir poussière des grandes sœurs new-yorkaises. Barbarade Christian Petzold 1er mai: On a rarement vu fiction totalitaire présenter une plastique si radieuse. » quotes on minimalism. Bizarre Suicide. 1994's MOST BIZARRE SUICIDE At the 1994 annual awards dinner given by the American Association for Forensic Science, AAFS President Don Harper Mills astounded his audience in San Diego with the legal complications of a bizarre death.

Bizarre Suicide

Here is the story. "On 23 March 1994, the medical examiner viewed the body of Ronald Opus and concluded that he died from a shotgun wound of the head. The decedent had jumped from the top of a ten- story building intending to commit suicide (he left a note indicating his despondency). As he fell past the ninth floor, his life was interrupted by a shotgun blast through a window, which killed him instantly. "How To Bullshit Your Way Through Any Essay" by K W Schroeder. If there is one thing college kids neglect the most, besides basic diet and hygiene, it’s the homework assignment essay.

"How To Bullshit Your Way Through Any Essay" by K W Schroeder

Hastily written and utterly unedited the night before it’s due, the modern essay has become something of a nightmare for lackadaisical college students. But writing an essay that seems like it was written by someone with more than a double-digit IQ is not nearly as difficult as it seems, I assure you. Even the laziest Guitar Hero II god can whiz through an essay that reads like it was written by F.

Scott Motherfucking Fitzgerald. What seems difficult and scary is actually as simple and accessible as you can want. 1)The introductory paragraph. 2)The thesis. What Business Can Learn from Organized Crime. When 10 men attacked the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai, in November 2008, they executed one of the best-orchestrated, most technologically advanced terrorist strikes in history. Before the assault they had used Google Earth to explore 3-D models of the target and determine optimal entry and exit routes, defensive positions, and security posts.

During the melee they used BlackBerrys, satellite phones, and GSM handsets to coordinate with their Pakistan-based command center, which monitored broadcast news and the internet to provide real-time information and tactical direction. When a bystander tweeted a photo of commandos rappelling from a helicopter onto the roof of one of the buildings, the center alerted the attackers, who set up an ambush in a stairwell. Pointer Pointer. How to Access Gmail When It’s Down.