January 2012
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Guillaume Dufay - Vergene bella...
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This Tortoise Is Older Than the United States
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Even with the long life expectancy of giant tortoises, an Aldabra Giant Tortoise named Adwaita blows all others away with a life lasting around 255 years. Estimates put his birth date around 1750, making him an entire generation older than the United States of America.
The tortoise was originally owned by a man named General Robert Clive, an important member of the East...
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Apparently
Mitch Daniels didn’t watch the speech…
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“Some companies fail.”
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“Some even said.”
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Barney Frank Will Be Missed
Interviewer: You’ve long argued for the decriminalization of marijuana. Do you smoke weed?
Barney Frank: No.
Interviewer: Why not?
Barney Frank: Why do you ask a question, then act surprised when I give an answer? Do you think I lie to people?
Interviewer: I thought you might explain why you support decriminalizing it but don’t smoke it.
Barney Frank: Do you think I’ve ever had an abortion? I don’t play poker on the Internet, either.
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So, this is
what an “angry” Mitt Romney looks like.
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I just don't "get" it.
For the same reasons I don’t get sports and religion, I don’t understand why people are so emotional over Joe Paterno’s death.
I mean, death is sad, but he was 85 and lived a good life, that’s kinda the best case scenario.
Sure, he was the patriarch of my university, but I’ve graduated and college is in the past. Also, Penn State’s football abilities have...
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It depresses me
that my Facebook feed is full of memorials for a football coach and when groundbreaking composers like Ligeti and Gorecki die, it’s silent.
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That electric harpsichord
in Because is haunting.
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Fun Fact
Because, written by John Lennon, was inspired by Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata.
“Yoko was playing Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight Sonata’ on the piano … I said, ‘Can you play those chords backwards?’, and wrote ‘Because’ around them. The lyrics speak for themselves … No imagery, no obscure references.”