January 2012
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What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's... →
kateoplis:
Decades ago, when the Finnish school system was badly in need of reform, the goal of the program that Finland instituted, resulting in so much success today, was never excellence. It was equity.
“When President Kennedy was making his appeal for advancing American science and technology by putting a man on the moon by the end of the 1960’s, many said it couldn’t be done,”...
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December 2011
29 posts
viafrank:
Christmas + Sufjan Stevens + Terry...
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Louis CK's Shameful Dirty Comedy
viafrank:
I’ve been thinking about Louis CK lately. I’m a fan of his show on FX, and I’m so happy his recent adventure in distributing his newest comedy special himself has been a rousing success. But my thoughts are going elsewhere to wonder why he has blown up in popularity in the past couple years, and why his comedy seems to resonate with these times. It always feels like there’s a...
“I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does...”
– Maya Angelou (via marleyandme)
I’m not really an admirer of Maya Angelou, but what she says here is 100% truth.
(via officerofmonkeyproblems)
Ditto.
And as an odd aside, one of my resolutions for the new year is that I will try to be a better hugger.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-11) →
Dick Diver (16)
Toro Y Moi (11)
Crystal Stilts (11)
Eleanor Friedberger (10)
Belbury Poly (9)
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