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If at first you don’t succeed…
My favorite thing about this video is the furtive glances he gives to the audience. But pretty much the whole thing is made of awesomesauce. A Year Ago: Introducing: FRAME THIS Magazine! Got some...
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Ode to Joy
The best thing about this video is how much fun all the participants seem to be having. [Tip o' the hat to Brené Brown.] A Year Ago: Crouching Rabbit, Hidden Detail Here’s another in my...
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Around Saturn
We did this. We the American people sent a spacecraft (primitive in many ways by contemporary standards) out into the far reaches of the solar system. And slowly, it sent back pictures, a few bits at...
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Strange & Wonderful
This young man’s body is not like the rest of us. He’s a strange cross between stick insect and yogi. I’ll let you decide for yourself if this performance is beautiful or not. I find it equal parts...
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Just Dance
I love this. It’s not about being the best, or being what people expect, or about making perfect art. It’s about the joy of doing, about the delight of the unexpected, and about being fearless. A Year...
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Honestly
The key insights—that we want to think of ourselves as good people, and that if our behavior becomes so egregious that we can no longer do so then we say “what the hell, might as well go for...
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Geekgasm
He’s right: smart guy with yo-yo, verah sexay! A Year Ago: Artificial Nature A subset of this area’s Thai restaurants have highly-designed interiors (there must be a favored decorator amongst the...
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On the Run
You’ve probably already seen this in six other places on the web. I don’t care. Watch it again, in HD, full screen. See a cheetah in all its cheetahness cheetahing. So beautiful. A Year Ago: Cat House...
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Dance Like No One’s Watching…
…even if someone is. I don’t think she was actually listening to Abba’s Dancing Queen, although the beat is close enough and the lyrics apropos. But that surely doesn’t matter: the joy here is her...
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Innards Update
First, have a playful kitty video: It was a year ago yesterday that I first arrived in Asheville to check it out. Now I live here, and it’s so very much a fait accompli that it’s hard to imagine my...
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This is Water
You’ve probably already seen this video based on an excerpt of David Foster Wallace’s Kenyon commencement address, as it’s gone viral over the last several days. If you haven’t, please watch it. Our...
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Six Seconds of Rain
It went on a lot longer than six seconds—some of the fattest, heaviest raindrops I’ve ever seen. The wetness of this Spring cannot be overstated. A Year Ago: Cupcakes It’s a lot easier to sell soda...
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A few seconds of natural river action, while I ignore the buckets of water falling from the sky this afternoon. It’s a good day to stay home and bake bread. A Year Ago: If at first you don’t succeed…
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Let It Rain
I freely admit it was a thrill to see water flowing on demand in my home-to-be. A Year Ago: Intersections Life doesn’t compartmentalize the way art does… [read more]
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Puddle Love
[I believe the original source of this video is David Neils.] When was the last time you romped or frolicked? When no one was watching or cared and you just cut loose with your bad self? Was it...
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Rustic Reflections
[Do not adjust your audio, the movie is silent.] Several inches of picturesque snow today, with the promise of a whole bunch more tomorrow and Wednesday. Thank goodness that Sonali and Micah and I...
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My first-ever posting of an advertisement. If I’m going to let someone hawk their wares on my blog you know it’s something beautiful indeed.
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