I have no way of knowing, but I’ve been told that was the last recording Townes ever did. He died a few months later, leaving me with the memory of a timeless moment where, when filtered through the guy that was Townes Van Zandt, I sat there fully unde…
Woman who climbed El Capitan on her 70th birthday says you can do it too
Dierdre Wolownick, mom of Free Solo star Alex Honnold, believed to be oldest woman to scale the rock formation. Dierdre Wolownick says it’s never too late to start a new hobby. And she should know. Wolownick started climbing at the age of 60 in an effo…
Dignified, polite, handsome Istanbul citizen turned internet sensation.
Boji spends his days traveling Istanbul’s subway trains, ferries, buses, and historic trams. His calming presence is infectuous. Boji sometimes travels 30 kilometers a day. Most days he passes through at least 29 Metro stations and take at least two fe…
The Metaphysics of the Hangover
“We feel as if we’ve succeeded in poisoning ourselves, and the word is that we have. The word “toxic” hides in the midddle of intoxication, like a rat in a gift box.” Mark Edmundson, English Professor at the University of Virginia, goes beyond just the…
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What useful unknown website do you wish more people knew about? This Reddit Thread Of The Most Useful Websites That Most People Might Not Know About Will Make You Fall Down The Ultimate Internet Rabbit Hole. via digg This *will* cause interrupt in even…
Strong as titanium, composed of lactic acid molecules strung together.
Bio-absorbable screws are an alternative to metal, used by doctors to connect bones and joints. These screws work well for many types of bone repairs, eliminates a second surgery to remove the metal screws and plates. Though constructed of many lactic …
Man with a Movie Camera – Spectacular 1929 silent movie by Dziga Vertov
A man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention. (SLYT) “It made explicit and poetic the astonishing gift the cinema made possible, of arranging what we see, ordering it, imposing a rhyt…
I love my wife. My wife is dead. ~~Richard Feynman
A love letter. In June of 1945, his wife and high-school sweetheart, Arline, passed away after succumbing to tuberculosis. She was 25-years-old. 16 months later, in October of 1946, Richard wrote his late wife a heartbreaking love letter and sealed it …