Beautiful
President Barack Obama’s inaugural address. Full text after the jump.
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Fighting the Good Fight: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Today’s Martin Luther King Day in the United States. It is a reminder to me to continue fighting and believing that one person’s faith and personal choices can make a difference for the world, like Joshua whose resilient trumpeting brought the walls of Jericho tumbling down. More about Martin Luther King Jr.. More about Moses Hogan
Read more "Fighting the Good Fight: Martin Luther King Jr. Day"The Birth of Spork
Behind every momentous creation is an epic story of death, love and ultimately life. Check out Behind Closed Drawers, a story of kitchen utensils. Warning: kitchen utensil stop motion sex alert
Read more "The Birth of Spork"Casu Marzu – Maggot Fromage anyone?
Leaping lizard…or rather maggots. This is pretty gross: Derived from Percorino, Casu marzu goes beyond typical fermentation fermentation to a stage most would consider decomposition, brought about by the digestive action of the larvae of the cheese fly. These larvae are deliberately introduced to the cheese, promoting an advanced level of fermentation and breaking down of the cheese’s fats. The texture of the cheese […]
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Check out the online version of this exhibition of a collection of cultural artifacts from the Western world, mostly American from as early as the mid-1700s, about the yellow peril, i.e. the prejudiced “oriental” view of Asia. You can also support the cause to make this collection a permanent archival collection at NYU, as part […]
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Tan Shou Chen 