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“The tone she had adopted helped me speak about my illness in a way that I experienced the accumulated sadness of my story, while at the same time the weight of the world was lessened in the telling.”

Helmut Dubiel, Deep in the Brain: Living With Parkinson’s Disease

So eloquently put, and perhaps it illuminates the power of narrative and the reason that we get so much out of “depressing” fiction.

“Experience has taught me that you cannot value dreams according to the odds of their coming true. Their real value is in stirring within us the will to aspire.”
Sonia Sotomayor, My Beloved World

This is pretty sweet.

theolduvaigorge:

The ‘walking’ megalithic statues (moai) of Easter Island

“Explaining how the monumental statues (moai) of Easter Island were transported has remained open to debate and speculation, including their resource expenditures and role in deforestation. Archaeological evidence including analysis of moai variability, particularly those abandoned along ancient roads, indicates transport was achieved in a vertical position. To test this proposition we constructed a precise three-dimensional 4.35 metric ton replica of an actual statue and demonstrate how positioning the center of mass allowed it to fall forward and rock from side to side causing it to ‘walk.’ Our experiments reveal how the statue form was engineered for efficient transport by a small number of individuals.

We show how Easter Island statue variability is explained by transport in a vertical position. ► We ‘walk’ a precise road statue replica demonstrating how form enables vertical transport. ► ‘Walking’ multi-ton statues did not require timber and could be accomplished by relatively small groups” (read more).

***I don’t often post non-Palaeolithic articles, but this was too cool and the images were great.

(Source: Journal of Archaeological Science, 2013, in press)

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Glasses shopping — opinions welcome! There are 6 different frames, a few duplicates at different angles. Fun!

greenapplebooks: powells: Reblog always. Ditto.

greenapplebooks:

powells:

Reblog always.

Ditto.

I voted — I think the winner is pretty obvious. What do YOU think? libraryjournal: You can choose jacket of Elizabeth Gilbert’s new novel | USA Today Gilbert and publisher Viking spent two months battling over the jacket. “I was going to be a diva and throw my weight around,” recalls Gilbert, until she realized: “There’s a very easy answer to this question.” Which is why fans can view the three potential covers, which are now posted on Gilbert’s Facebook page. On Thursday morning beginning at 8 a.m. ET, fans can cast their vote for the one they like best. Voting will close at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday. The winner, which will appear on the U.S. edition of The Signature of All Things, will be announced the next day at 5:00 p.m.

I voted — I think the winner is pretty obvious. What do YOU think?

libraryjournal:

You can choose jacket of Elizabeth Gilbert’s new novel | USA Today

Gilbert and publisher Viking spent two months battling over the jacket. “I was going to be a diva and throw my weight around,” recalls Gilbert, until she realized: “There’s a very easy answer to this question.”

Which is why fans can view the three potential covers, which are now posted on Gilbert’s Facebook page. On Thursday morning beginning at 8 a.m. ET, fans can cast their vote for the one they like best. Voting will close at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday. The winner, which will appear on the U.S. edition of The Signature of All Things, will be announced the next day at 5:00 p.m.

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“So now we are done playing the way they want us to play. Now we are moving to music they cannot hear, to a rhythm they cannot understand. They call it madness and we call it truth and where is the magistrate you can trust to judge between the two? Bah. So we dance on, we dance on.”
From galley of Babayaga by Toby Barlow, due out in August, and with whom I’m excited to have dinner with tonight!!!

Our mailman just sang Happy Birthday to the store. Day: MADE.

AARRRRHGGGGH HOW DID I MISS THIS???!

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betype:

Timeline of 10 Famous Fonts

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