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Journal #22: Gimme Shelter

When I think about a roof, two words instantly come to mind: “gimme shelter.”  It’s unclear whether this is a testament to the cultural staying power of The Rolling Stones, a vestige of the music that pervaded my childhood, or just a quirk of my connectome.  Since I’m not much of a Stones fan, I […]

Quotes 7-4-2014

“Who doesn’t love a good story?  But stories have beginnings, middles, and ends.  Some news stories, science stories for instance, never really end.  They’re all middle.  It’s a narrative nightmare. Try to fix the problem by tacking on a provisional ending, and the reports appear more conclusive than they really are.” ––The Influencing Machine: Brooke […]