Jamendo – Free, Legal Music Downloads for Your Ipod or Computer »

TweetJamendo.com I have found a nifty little site called Jamendo.  It has one of my favorite things.  Music.  That’s free, downloadable music from independent artists.  So that’s like three favorite things together.  And it’s completely legal.  So unlike Kazaa, Limewire, etc.  you don’t have to worry about the copyright police knocking down your door and [...]

Book Review: The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester »

‘m not saying mentally disturbed people should go without therapy and medication when necessary, but it’s interesting to look at artists (Van Gogh for instance), writers, and public figures in the past who would today be forced to assimilate from their uniqueness into bland submission to the ordinary. Maybe we should search for a way to keep the extraordinary while seeking to heal.

Movie Review: The Science of Sleep »

TweetI started watching this movie, expecting a documentary from BBC or the Discovery Channel about sleep and dreams. It was definitely not that, but something much better. A Michel Gondry film. The director of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, many of Bjork’s music videos, and several other amazing works, Gondry is known for thought-provoking [...]

Plain and Simple: A Woman’s Journey to the Amish by Sue Bender »

TweetI loved this little book (just 152 pages, I read it in a few hours). It was not only a delight to read, but also aesthetically pleasing and nice to hold in my hands. It is an autobiography, but also a spiritual book. Although Sue does not claim to have “found God”, she did discover [...]

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