lead engineer @echobind, cycling, making stuff, books, etc.
Corvallis, Oregon
Joined July 2008
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The reason we organize the Landmark Booksellers Great Wall shelf in chronological order is because books come from books. Ideas Homer proposes are picked up by the Greek Tragedy writers, then Aristotle, Hegel, Nietzsche… This allows you to visually trace this great conversation.
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The best opening line in any physics textbook: States of Matter by David L. Goodstein ✍️
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Remember peeps, always put a WiFi password on your router, otherwise you might be next 😅
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"Billy, we have Tom Bombadil practically signed already. He's got some years on him, sure, but he was never once tempted by the One Ring."
"If we give Tom Bombadil the ring, he'll just forget he has it. No, we take his 1 spot and bring in *sharpie noises* 4 halflings."
*groans*
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I didn’t understand why everyone was so excited about this video and then I watched it. Pure cinema. Absolutely perfect.
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The character who changes the most will capture a story and become its hero--no matter the author's intentions.
Luke Skywalker is not the hero of Star Wars: A New Hope--Han Solo is.
And he's not the hero of the original trilogy: Darth Vader/Anakin is.
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Today, in honor of Labor Day, I would like to tell you what I learned about class struggle--and U.S. literature--after reading 150 novels and story collections, as a member of the 2023 Pulitzer jury for fiction. 1/8
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Diagnosing someone who can barely make ends meet in a job they hate is what made me question the psychology field. Of course they have anxiety or depression symptoms.
People can’t be well in survival mode.
It’s not the person who is sick, it’s the culture.
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Life has rewarded me with a simple joy: If I wait long enough, Russell Crowe and I will look alike.
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I’m quite used to the cruelty students can face when they apply for a US visa but this one broke me. We offered admission to a stellar, talented & hardworking student. After months of work and hundreds of dollars, an embassy officer saw him for 5 mins & said no. why? …
