Monthly Archives: April 2011

“existence precedes essence”

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Marcus

Sartre aside, that three word phrase strikes me as having an unusually large quantity of the letter ‘e’. Let’s do the math. Studies show ‘e’ is the most frequently occurring letter in the English language at a rate slightly over 12% (almost … Continue reading →

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Is my life a novel or a short story?

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Marcus

“We all see our lives as stories…If a person survives an ordinary span of sixty years or more, there is every chance that his of her live as a shapely story has ended, and all that remains to be experienced … Continue reading →

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A quote from NPR (I think)

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Marcus

“Ah, mixtapes. Cassette culture refuses to lose what mixtapes represent: a talismanic artifact, a personalized aesthetic, no sustainable business model to speak of. For the few people still stubbornly making them, cassettes remain a meaningful way to preserve art.” I’ve … Continue reading →

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Earth Day – April 22, 1970 (as I remember it)

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Marcus

Don Russell Scott, HM3, USN June 14, 1947 – April 22, 1970 son, brother, student, teacher, husband, father, friend, comrade, Navy Corpsman – attached to USMC Company ‘Mike’ 3/7 Panel 11W, Row 038 This is my memory of the first … Continue reading →

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