New Digs

September 14, 2008 at 11:48 am (Uncategorized) (, , , , )

Whether forced out, moving on, or building anew, we all need a roof over our heads.

Knol

Digging Up Shakespeare’s Stolen Theater: A players’ company of thieves.

Hurricane Ike Resources

Texas: Galveston-Houston Area Zip Code Evacuation Information: Follow the tracks of those misplaced by the storms and flooding.

Detroit News 

Foreclosures Won’t Hinder Voters: Voter registration shenanigans? It’s not true that you can’t vote if your home is foreclosed.

Washington Post

Arts Agency Chairman is Moving On: Dana Goia rebuilt the troubled NEA, appeasing conservatives with more traditional programs.

New York Magazine

On June 30, 2009, Buy an Apartment: Vitriolic investor Jim Cramer predicts to the day when housing will turn around, bringing the economy up with it.

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Inadequacies

September 12, 2008 at 7:46 am (Uncategorized) (, , , , , , )

Words, and pictures, are never enough, but sometimes they’re all we have. Same goes for offshore oil and peer influences.

Concerns Beyond Just Where the Wild Things Are

New York Times, Patricia Cohen
Maurice Sendak discusses his perceived inadequacies as an artist. This, from the man who wrote and designed Where the Wild Things Are, one of the most wildly popular illustrated books of all time.

 

Flies, Too, Feel the Influence of their Peers, Studies Find
Science Daily
Okay, so flies have inferiority complexes, too. Certain behaviors depend on whether or not they are accepted into their peer groups: ”The bottom line is that membership in the same social group trumps genotype as a predictor of chemical displays.”
  
The offshore? Good luck, bad luck and mukluk
Energy Bulletin
The U.S. Energy Information Administration forecasts that these areas might provide 200,000 barrels/day by 2020-around 2 percent of our current consumption, or as much as we use every 15 minutes.
Landfall: a portfolio, by Will Steacy
Triple Canopy
An artist’s perception of the fall and rise of New Orleans following Katrina.

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