Monthly Archives: September 2006

Hamlet

Posted on September 29, 2006 by Kirsten

Performed by cats :-) Silly, of course. But it made my daughter laugh. Me, too: Hamlet: What’s the news? Rosencrantz: None, my lord, but that the world’s grown honest. Hamlet: Then is doomsday near . . . Technorati Tags: Friday … Continue reading →

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Yodeling the Classics

Posted on September 28, 2006 by Kirsten

I heard a cut from this 1997 CD, featuring Mary Schneider, Australia’s Queen of Yodeling, on PBS the other morning and realized that my admittedly puny CD collection had a GAPING hole that had to be filled pronto. I mean, … Continue reading →

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Okay, sorry to have to break this to you

Posted on September 27, 2006 by Kirsten

But B-movie biology just doesn’t hold up to the physics. The incredible shrinking man wouldn’t have had trouble wielding a needle to fight a spider. There’s no way Racquel could have manuevered her little ship in Fantastic Voyage. King Kong … Continue reading →

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The art of motion

Posted on September 27, 2006 by Kirsten

Via 2blowhards, a student short that explores stop motion photography. Filmed at the University of Rochester river campus :-) Technorati Tags: stop motion, film short

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They do it with . . . sand

Posted on September 26, 2006 by Kirsten

I’ll never build a sand castle again. These sculptures are amazing. From the Vancouver Sun World Championships of Sand Sculpture Competition & Exhibition. Technorati Tags: sand sculpture

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Music is good for the brain

Posted on September 26, 2006 by Kirsten

A kid’s brain, anyway. Researchers have found the first evidence that young children who take music lessons show different brain development and improved memory over the course of a year compared to children who do not receive musical training. The … Continue reading →

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Everything you ever wanted to know about Dummies

Posted on September 26, 2006 by Kirsten

That would be the Dummies “how to” book series. The only bad news: it’s a New York Times article so registration required. Technorati Tags: writing, books

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Settling oneself

Posted on September 25, 2006 by Kirsten

When I was younger, I let my emotions drive my choices (often to my eventual sorrow, sigh) and I suppose I still do to some extent but at least now I make an effort to engage my emotional responses as … Continue reading →

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Who talks more, men or women?

Posted on September 23, 2006 by Kirsten

If you answered “women,” you need to read this. This topic is of ongoing interest at Mark Liberman’s Language Log blog; as he notes here: There certainly are psychological and neurological differences between men and women, sometimes big ones. But … Continue reading →

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Katherine Anne Porter

Posted on September 21, 2006 by Kirsten

On Bibliobuffet, Henry Carrigan has a review of Darlene Harbour Unrue’s 2005 biography of Porter, The Life of an Artist. Here’s the review. Carrigan calls the book “masterful.” I’m in. Technorati Tags: book review, literary biography

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