Mickey’s Monkey by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles I’m obsessed with this song right now after hearing it sampled in Lumdi by by Camp Lo. Which do you like better?
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“Make your habits gold”
I finally made that habits post I promised you! Some of it might be old hat for my two blog fans, but if you’re curious, check it on out Medium!
‘This Apt Aint Big Enuff’ video
Shameless isn’t the right word. Proud plug for my friend Shanna’s independent movie she made for a contest. She won third place! My very talented friends. My dear friend Katie also got her screen play, Whole Lotta Shakin’, in the Strawberry One Act Festival in New York. If you’re feeling generous–which I know you are–consider donating to her indigogo…
“Tracing Skylines” – Skiing in Detroit’s abandon buildings.
One of the coolest things I’ve seen in a long time. But as you’re watching you see them pile cement blocks, and broken pieces of wood with a thin layer of snow on top to build a ramp to jump over a pile of broken glass….and I’m thinking that I would literally cry if I…
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What I’m reading over winter break…
So. Excited. Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks (non-fiction, neuroscience) What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell (non-fiction, social science) How to Do Things with Language by JL Austin (non-fiction, language philosophy) Things That Make Us Smart: Defending human attributes in the age of machines by Donald Norman (non-fiction, design) Crime & Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (fiction, Russian classic) Kafka on the Shore by Haruki…
Your very own new breed of dog
Good little media advertising to increase shelter adoption rates. Although I do elevate the corgi, I want to get a shelter puppy.
‘Inequality for All’ documentary
Last week I was lucky enough to go to a screen of Inequality for All by Richard Reich at CMU. It was a really tremendous documentary about the growing economic disparity in the United States, largely (it seemed to me) because of public policy. I highly recommend it. It was a very fluid presentation of economic…
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The Employment
I really thought this movie was intriguing and reminded me of one of our readings on the sociology of inanimate objects in Seminar. But you can enjoy it regardless 🙂