Monthly Archives: April 2016

Morning Open Thread – Verbatim: Follow the Chicken

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Joy of Fishes

Morning Open Thread is an open discussion forum for human interest news of the day, hobby and fun things, what you did on your vacation, and your local weather phenomena. From The New York Times: In this dramatization of transcripts … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: DELIGHT

Posted on April 22, 2016 by wordcloud9

by Nona Blyth Cloud Happy Birthday, William Shakespeare! Tradition says Shakespeare was born April 23. While Shakespeare (1564-1616) is best remembered  for his plays, his sonnets are what first brought him fame. There’s been much speculation about just who inspired them. Most … Continue reading →

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Morning Open Thread – Tickle the dragon’s tail or leave it alone?

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Chuck Stanley

Morning Open Thread is an open discussion forum for human interest news of the day, hobby and fun things, what you did on your vacation, and your local weather phenomena. Sometimes the unanswered question of the day has no answer. … Continue reading →

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Morning Open Thread – Ball Watch Explorers; or, what have you done with your life?

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Chuck Stanley

Morning Open Thread is an open discussion forum for human interest news of the day, hobby and fun things, what you did on your vacation, and your local weather phenomena.   There will be several hosts, each host being responsible … Continue reading →

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Morning Open Thread – Officer Clemmons and Mister Rogers

Posted on April 19, 2016 by Joy of Fishes

Morning Open Thread is an open discussion forum for human interest news of the day, hobby and fun things, what you did on your vacation, and your local weather phenomena. There will be several hosts, each host being responsible for … Continue reading →

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Reclaiming the possibility of democracy or creating libertarianism warlordism

Posted on April 18, 2016 by ann li-summers

Sophie’s Hobson Choice on Maggies Bullet Farm: George Miller’s nearly aboriginal-free post-apocalypse vision or JJ Abrams’ non-LGBTQ utopian dystopia -— What a lovely day for Star War’s POC clone diversity already signalled   What remains certain is that Reconstruction failed, and … Continue reading →

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Morning Open Thread – Rescuing historical photos from WWII

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Chuck Stanley

Today is the first day of a new feature series on Flowers for Socrates. Morning Open Thread is an open discussion forum for human interest news of the day, hobby and fun things, what you did on your vacation, and … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: UNORDINARY

Posted on April 15, 2016 by wordcloud9

by Nona Blyth Cloud The rarest, most daunting kind of poetry to write well is obvious yet original, and funny but profound, all at the same time. Typically, young poets start out writing poetry steeped in angst and tortured imagery, … Continue reading →

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TrusTED as Antichrist…or does it Anti-Matter

Posted on April 10, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers detail…SIGNORELLI, Luca; Sermon and Deeds of the Antichrist, Fresco Chapel of San Brizio, Duomo, Orvieto 1499-1502 And in the midst of all the chaos we see the Antichrist, pausing in the middle of a sermon to hear what … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: INCURSION

Posted on April 8, 2016 by wordcloud9

by Nona Blyth Cloud In an interview in the Kenyon Review in 2103,  the poet Solmaz Sharif  was asked: What have you learned about the writing process in the last five years? “…I’m surprised to find that in addition to … Continue reading →

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