February 2012
20 posts
The Song of Karun and Coleson
The Song of Karun and Coleson:
On the eve of the day of leaping,
in the year of unbeginning,
at the hour of greatest need,
when their people did pine for sweetness
like a tribe lost,
longing for a dessert oasis
Karun and Coleson heard the unspoken words,
the hearts’ inner-most longings of their people,
providing crepes of golden spectra,
bathed in creamed ice, of sweetest...
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For the ant Temnothorax curvispinosus, house-moving is one of the most challenging tasks its colony faces.
Its future success depends on finding a home that offers the right physical environment. At the same time, choosiness must be balanced with speed. In most cases, consensus must be reached among hundreds or thousands of individuals, lest the colony should divide among multiple sites to the...
http://www.abolishhumanrentals.org/
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John K.
I’m currently studying library science and Latin America. I joined the co-op because I love all things gezellig. Every few months, I dash off to New York to visit a very special someone. I like to travel, but I also like staying home. Sometimes I wonder how I end up where I do. For example, the time a Mexican clown juggled machetes over my face.
Song of the Oldefather
Jeroem son of Jeroem braved the night, defied sleep and cold, as the
cold itself defied this unseasonal second moon of the days of his
father’s children. He returned from the dark with pizza for his clan,
each taking their share.
His deeds this day will be remembered in song, and in the sacrifices
of his people. The thirteenth share will be set aside in honor of the
dreadfull...
William James on making things happen
The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community.
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