May 2013
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“Internet search engine Yahoo! Inc. confirmed Thursday it will buy GeoCities, a...”
– “Yahoo! buys GeoCities” 28 January 1999
May 17th
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“Health”
Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us by Steven Brill What are the reasons, good or bad, that cancer means a half-million- or million-dollar tab? Why should a trip to the emergency room for chest pains that turn out to be indigestion bring a bill that can exceed the cost of a semester of college? What makes a single dose of even the most wonderful wonder drug cost thousands of dollars?...
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April 2013
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Apr 29th
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“These banks, which already possess enormous power just by virtue of their...”
– Matt Taibbi, “Everything Is Rigged: The Biggest Price-Fixing Scandal Ever”
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WatchWatch
Fat profits at NCAA while athletes play for free [Kevin Ware’s leg injury] was gruesome on a visceral level, because of the severity of the injury, but it was also gruesome because while all of us were enjoying the game, all the people making money off of it, including the advertisers, and athletic directors, and apparel companies, had to reckon for a brief instant with the fact that this kid,...
Apr 2nd
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March 2013
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Mar 31st
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Kinsley (who is deathly afraid of bees) and I are trying to come up with a clever name for the theater’s e-newsletter.
Kinsley: How about Backstage Buzz
Michael: I like that.
Kinsley: And we can say "Buzz with Us" on everything.
Michael: Er, no. But you know what else buzzes?
Kinsley: Vibrators.
Mar 28th
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The Fresh Ten
thefreshten: Recent events have made it clear that we are suffering from a broken moral compass. People today could use some general guidance. Since the original ten commandments seem somewhat narrow and obsolete (too much focus on livestock, servants, and jealous god issues), here is a modest first draft of a fresh set.  You shall treat all people with respect regardless of race, color, creed,...
Mar 25th
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“The Wind Kept” by Brave Julius
Santiago Uceda just directed and animated this excellent music video in the historic Whiteside theatre in Corvallis, Oregon.  I know Santiago as an illustrator and was barely aware he did film stuff. In 2010, I was fortunate enough to work with him on the poster for Portland Center Stage’s production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. (See sketches below.) So I was stoked when he started a...
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How to Write a Good Bio →
Impressive people have short bios.  Write for the real audience.  Invert your pyramid.  Be clever only if you’re certain it’s actually clever. Watch the slashes, Jack.
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“You should make something. You should bring something into the world that...”
– Ricky Gervais
Mar 4th
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