Author: Lancelot Schaubert
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If This is Going to be a Christian Nation
Stephen Colbert on if this is going to be a Christian nation:
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Thief to be Driven Out
“Now we shall take the example given by you of the thief to be driven out. I do not agree with you that the theif may be driven out by any means. If it is my father who has come to steal I shall use one kind of means. If it is an acquaintance I…
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3 Books that Define Personal Finance
Another four or five artists last week asked me how I schedule my own personal finance. Truth is, I read a lot and try to implement what I read. For me, there are at least three books that define personal finance: The Millionaire Mind The average millionaire isn’t who you think he is. He’s very unlikely to…
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Punk folk — what is it?
I recently sent the following picture to Kyle and Doug Welch as well as Mark 9: You read that right. The name of this band we met in Salem, Massachusetts during Uncon 2016 is: Scrummy the Dirtbag & his shitty kids Now. Turns out that the lead man “Scrummy” is an economist by day. Kiel…
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Facebook names
That moment when Facebook names its new drone the same name you used for a worldwide surveillance A.I. in your last novel. #skynet #Aquilla
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Union Square Sticky Notes
If you’re wondering why Union Square sticky notes have started to fill the walls in between your walk from the 4, 5, 6 trains to the Q, N, R, W lines, it’s a story that starts with an art installation called Subway Therapy. On election night, Subway Therapy decided to give a simple way for people to…
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Myth Stories Map: Queens Museum Exhibit on American Folklore
As a student of American myths, American folklore, American tall tales and American legends, I loved this myth stories map from the Queens Museum: There’s a great piece over at Slate on the map. They say: This map, by social realist artist William Gropper, was created to showcase the diversity of national myths and folk stories…
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Writer Vices
What we call a “personality trait” these days the medievalists called a character flaw. Ironically enough, almost every four-point personality test you can take is derived from their four humors: melancholy, sanguine, phlegmatic, choleric. Blood letting as a psychological remedy (we still use leeches for the surgical variety) grew out of the idea that something…
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Harry Rides THE DANGER
Around this time of year some five years ago, I rode some carnival rides with a kid named Harry: He’s a pretty particular kid with a set way of doing everything: …and if you watch his arms on this kiddie coaster, you can see that he gets excited. REALLY excited. And he expresses his…
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New York Dictionary : Walking Shorts
what New Yorkers mean when they say walking shorts :
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From Unaware and Compliant to Unaware and Non-Compliant
According to Bill Clinton’s NEA, the best kind of citizenry is not one that’s unaware and compliant. It turns out to be one that’s aware and non-compliant one. From his lips: