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WORDS susurration: whispering, murmuring, or rustling. chary: cautiously or suspiciously reluctant to do something. termagant: a harsh-tempered or overbearing woman. Banyan Day peroration: the concluding part of a speech, typically intended to inspire enthusiasm in the audience. Scandalise a sail: To reduce sail in gaff-rigged craft by hauling up the tack and lowering the peak […]

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Quotes

“We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike power” – E.O. Wilson, It gets easier. Every day it gets a little easier. But you got to do it every day. That’s the hard part. But it does get easier. Jogging Baboon, in Bojack Horseman Here was a man who was either in total harmony with […]

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The Fear, by Ger Hough

“You Were On My Mind,”

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Sisyphus

“We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking.” ― Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus My new logo for 2020 Peter Singer The Drowning Child and the Expanding Circle John Perry Barlow The Pursuit of Emptiness Isaac Asimov A Cult of Ignorance On a serious tangent, see below one of the many […]

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Poetry

Desiderata Go placidly amid the noise and the haste and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.Speak your truth quietly and clearly, and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.Avoid loud and aggressive […]

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Right to Be Forgotten

One of my areas of interest is the RTBF. Below are links and resources on the topic. (Oct 5, 2021) Into Oblivion How news outlets are handling the right to be forgotten https://www.cjr.org/special_report/right-to-be-forgotten.php (Feb, 2015) How Google determined our right to be forgotten https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/feb/18/the-right-be-forgotten-google-searchPinning this here as it is an important piece (July 29, 2021) […]

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Bread

Ingredient Weight Whole-wheat flour 170g All-purpose flour 170g Steel-cut oats (pre-soaked) 115g Barley (pre-soaked) 30g Bran 28g Wheat germ 28g Brown sugar 2 teaspoons Salt 1 teaspoon Baking soda 2 teaspoons Buttermilk 500ml Melted butter 45g 1. Pre-heat oven to 400F. 2. Mix the dry ingredients well. 3. Add half the buttermilk and the melted […]