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Just 8 years old, Tani lives in a homeless shelter with his Nigerian immigrant parents. The other kids at school make fun of him. But a year ago, he joined the chess club and quickly became a champion. Americans love to cheer for the underdog, so cheer we did.

You need to be in this class May 15-16

You ought to be in this class May 15-16

Indy, Despite the fact that Scotch Snaps in Hip Hop sound like a delightful whiskey cookie you eat while dancing, it’s actually an example of how language influences the rhythm of music written in that language. Even cross culturally.  Here’s a video I found while chasing a rabbit: further proof that words are music. Arooo,Zac

“Our perception does not identify the outside world as it really is, but the way that we are allowed to recognize it, as a consequence of transformations performed by our senses. We experience electromagnetic waves, not as waves, but as images and colors. We experience vibrating objects, not as vibrations, but as sounds. We experience […]

Game of Thrones, “The Mountain and the Viper,” Season 4, episode 8, @ 41:00 Tyrion, the brilliant dwarf, is in a jail cell about to be executed when he is visited by his handsome warrior brother, Jaime. Tyrion Lannister:Do you remember cousin Orson? Orson Lannister? Jaime Lannister:Of course. Wet nurse dropped him on his head, left […]

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In episode 106 of Small Business War Stories, Pablo Fuentes interviews Daniel Whittington, Wizard Academy’s chancellor-in-waiting.

“He painstakingly glazed over each layer of his paintings, using a white background which reflected the color back to the viewer’s eyes, giving the surface a luminescent quality and pure colors. He often made the frames for his works with columns and molding of intricate detail, and he went to great lengths in making the […]

From the moment Lawrence Ferlinghettti decided to publish what he knew would be a controversial book, Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl,” the die was cast. There was no turning back. And here is something most people just don’t know: Ferlinghetti set the whole thing up. He knew what the rules were. He knew you couldn’t print certain […]

The final episode of “Mash” aired on February 28, 1983. With 106 million viewers, it still holds the record for a television finale. The final episodes of “Cheers” had 80 million, “Seinfeld” had 76 million, and “Friends” had 53 million viewers. – Adrian Van Zelfden, Keeper of Days   Alvan Earle Bovay organized a meeting in Ripon, Wisconsin of […]

You’ve heard ads written around features and benefits. These ads are weary beyond words. “Our red beans and rice are the perfect blend of rice carbohydrates and bean protein, making them the perfect food for health-conscious vegans and vegetarians.” You’ve heard ads that are aspirational, appealing to a listener’s sense of upward mobility and accomplishment. […]

Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, Buick, and Pontiac, all in a row. This is the cover of Fortune, August 22, 1983. (I guess this idea looked a lot better on a spreadsheet in a boardroom…) – Indy

Crossing the Bar is a song based on an Alfred, Lord Tennyson poem of the same name. This particular version was recorded by the bluegrass band Salamander Crossing from their album “Bottleneck Dreams”. Salamander Crossing disbanded in 1999 but some of the original members (Rani Arbo and Andrew Kinsey) still perform under the name “Rani […]

Roz: They all blend. [picks up a message slip on Frasier’s console] Oh, you got a message.  A Blaine Sternin called– [Frasier starts and recoils from the slip like it’s a rattlesnake.] Frasier: Blaine Sternin! [gives her back the slip] Call him back, tell him I’d dead! Roz: [rereads the slip] Sternin?  Is he related to […]

Justice Shallow, walking with John Falstaff, tells his cousin Silence of their companion in revelry, Jane Nightwork, who has fallen victim to old age, as have they all: SHALLOW Nay she must be old, she cannot choose but be old, certain she’s old, and had Robin Nightwork by old Nightwork before I came to Clement’s […]