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kid with aspergers interviews his mom

This is animation set to a real interview: a 12-year old boy with Aspergers interviews his mom. What a great conversation. What thoughtful questions. What a mom!

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progress

"The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the real idea of growth, which means leaving things inside us." 

G K Chesteron

wow. what, I wonder, would he have to say to us today about what we're up to?



maybe that all this busy connecting on twitter, facebook etc--if not kept in check--is in danger of leaving us more disconnected?



that all this "socializing" leaves us less social?



that all these "conversations" leaves us less able to...

David Suchet narrates: "Let's Go!"

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Do U love Teachers? Do U love kids?

Have you seen the trailer for WAITING FOR SUPERMAN? 

YES and YES and YES!

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Beatle activated corgi

How did he decide it was only a Liverpudlian accent that would do? (Also: loving the one ear up one down look)

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operation mincemeat

what do you think of this plan? 

get this dead guy, dress him up, put false papers on him and fake information, drop him in the sea and wait for him to wash up on shore where Nazis will find him, read the papers, believe the information, send it to Hitler. And all be fooled.

right. 



except it's true. and it worked. not only that, it assured allied victory. the corpse washed up off the Spanish coast. the Nazis rushed off to where the papers said the allies were landing. which left the...

being copied + when to cry

Guiliana Camerino died today in Venice. The handbags she designed (sold under the Roberta Di Camerino label) dangled off the arms of Grace Kelly, and Elizabeth Taylor in the 50s and 60s. Fancy doctors satchels someone called them. Beautiful is what I call them. Want one. Now please thank you.



Her story reads like a novel. Born in Venice to a prominent Jewish family, she dreamed of becoming a theatrical costume designer. She escaped to Switzerland during World War 2, where, as a refugee...

messy desks & genius minds

Albert Einstein's Princeton desk (taken 1955 hours before his death).

Artist John Currin speaking about the process of painting said: "... a big part of painting is getting used to things not looking good while you're working on them."



(The exact opposite of that hateful saying "a tidy desk is a sign of a tidy mind" or whatever it is. I prefer a messy desk is a sign of a genius.)



(Can it apply to other areas, I wonder? Like a tip of a kitchen is the sign of a fabulous chef? A mess of a...

David Suchet narrates: Heaven Breaks Through!

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Metropolis: the missing 25 mins

One of the most celebrated movies in cinema history--has not been seen in it's full length (approx 2 1/2 hours) since shortly after its premiere in Berlin in 1927 when it was amputated and presumed destroyed.



But, 80 years later, the missing 25 mins have been found. And Fritz Lang's Metropolis will this week start showing at Film Forum and around the country and later out on DVD. (The newly found footage is more grainy so it's easily distinguished from the rest of the film which was...