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Sep. 5th, 2019 06:43 pm1. The Most Anticipated Movies of the Fall, with a Calendar of when they are coming out.
Excerpt or highlights...
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2. Albert Camus on the Three Antidotes to the Absurdity of Life
( excerpt )
"I have often wondered whether Camus had read W.H. Auden’s poem “September 1, 1939,” written in 1940, which includes this searing stanza so kindred to Camus’s sentiment:
All I have is a voice
To undo the folded lie,
The romantic lie in the brain
Of the sensual man-in-the-street
And the lie of Authority
Whose buildings grope the sky:
There is no such thing as the State
And no one exists alone;
Hunger allows no choice
To the citizen or the police;
We must love one another or die. "
[I rather like the poem, better than the Camus bits...and it feels oddly relevant now.)
As an aside, something that has slowly been grating on my nerves of late. Why is it that when people talk about humanity, they say "men" only? I do it with guys, but I've added gals. I won't use "girls" except with "boys". But it would be nice if we could find a non-binary term for gender. Right now, human is the closest.
3. Parents home is fine. No flooding. They are going home tomorrow instead of Saturday or Sunday. No damage from trees. Several trees were down but that was it.
It was an odd storm, it hung over areas traveling at 0 miles per hour.
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4. Fossil DNA Reveals New Twists in Modern Human Origins
(ie. The creation story gets far more complicated as new information arises.)
Genomic studies reveal how convoluted the emergence of modern humans was. We carry genes from our ancestors’ encounters with ancient people like the Neanderthals, but the Neanderthals already carried some modern human genes from even earlier encounters with vanished groups.
Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine
Jordana Cepelewicz
Staff Writer
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5. On TV You Can Go Home Again -- A Very Brady Renovation and 9210
I found the part on The Brady Brunch Home Renovation humorous. So felt the urge to share.
( excerpt )
6. (As an aside, I keep losing count when I do these posts, and have to proof to ensure I either didn't skip over a number or repeat it twice. I can't count to save my life. I do it on my fingers, and still lose count.) Anyhow, I finished the book about the jewel thief and the bow street runner (who is also a rich lord, because honestly, he can't just be a bow street runner can he -- although it's a series and the others are just bow street runners, but the women aren't nearly as interesting). It was poorly written -- lots and lots of typos. It seemed in every other sentence, a word was missing. I'd be reading along and go...wait, shouldn't there be a word there? Go back and yep, the word that my mind had inserted was not there.
Oh well, it was cheap, what do I expect? Didn't have any sex in it. Which was a nice change of pace. I'd gotten tired of the heavy emphasis on sex scenes.
New book is by Cat Sebastian, who I haven't read yet. ( Read more... )
7. I wish Marvel would stop killing off my favorite characters. ( spoilers )
Excerpt or highlights...
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2. Albert Camus on the Three Antidotes to the Absurdity of Life
( excerpt )
"I have often wondered whether Camus had read W.H. Auden’s poem “September 1, 1939,” written in 1940, which includes this searing stanza so kindred to Camus’s sentiment:
All I have is a voice
To undo the folded lie,
The romantic lie in the brain
Of the sensual man-in-the-street
And the lie of Authority
Whose buildings grope the sky:
There is no such thing as the State
And no one exists alone;
Hunger allows no choice
To the citizen or the police;
We must love one another or die. "
[I rather like the poem, better than the Camus bits...and it feels oddly relevant now.)
As an aside, something that has slowly been grating on my nerves of late. Why is it that when people talk about humanity, they say "men" only? I do it with guys, but I've added gals. I won't use "girls" except with "boys". But it would be nice if we could find a non-binary term for gender. Right now, human is the closest.
3. Parents home is fine. No flooding. They are going home tomorrow instead of Saturday or Sunday. No damage from trees. Several trees were down but that was it.
It was an odd storm, it hung over areas traveling at 0 miles per hour.
( Read more... )
4. Fossil DNA Reveals New Twists in Modern Human Origins
(ie. The creation story gets far more complicated as new information arises.)
Genomic studies reveal how convoluted the emergence of modern humans was. We carry genes from our ancestors’ encounters with ancient people like the Neanderthals, but the Neanderthals already carried some modern human genes from even earlier encounters with vanished groups.
Olena Shmahalo/Quanta Magazine
Jordana Cepelewicz
Staff Writer
( excerpt )
5. On TV You Can Go Home Again -- A Very Brady Renovation and 9210
I found the part on The Brady Brunch Home Renovation humorous. So felt the urge to share.
( excerpt )
6. (As an aside, I keep losing count when I do these posts, and have to proof to ensure I either didn't skip over a number or repeat it twice. I can't count to save my life. I do it on my fingers, and still lose count.) Anyhow, I finished the book about the jewel thief and the bow street runner (who is also a rich lord, because honestly, he can't just be a bow street runner can he -- although it's a series and the others are just bow street runners, but the women aren't nearly as interesting). It was poorly written -- lots and lots of typos. It seemed in every other sentence, a word was missing. I'd be reading along and go...wait, shouldn't there be a word there? Go back and yep, the word that my mind had inserted was not there.
Oh well, it was cheap, what do I expect? Didn't have any sex in it. Which was a nice change of pace. I'd gotten tired of the heavy emphasis on sex scenes.
New book is by Cat Sebastian, who I haven't read yet. ( Read more... )
7. I wish Marvel would stop killing off my favorite characters. ( spoilers )