January 2012
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To my old master
Letters of Note: In August of 1865, a Colonel P.H. Anderson of Big Spring, Tennessee, wrote to his former slave, Jourdan Anderson, and requested that he come back to work on his farm. Jourdan — who, since being emancipated, had moved to Ohio, found paid work, and was now supporting his family — responded spectacularly by way of the letter seen below (a letter which, according tonewspapers at the...
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Oscar-nominated short - Dimanche
Check out Dimanche (“Sunday”) - by young Quebec animator Patrick Doyon. This film is one of the Oscar nominees for Best Animated Short this year. Check out his other short, Square Roots here). Dimanche is a funny and stylish portrait of mid-century Quebec with a surreal ending. You can feel the influence of current Quebec comic book artists like Janice Nadeau and Philippe Girard. (via...
Jan 25th
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This American Life:Break-Up I really needed to listen to this, I guess. :\ 
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Wake Up and Dream - Radiolab Shorts In today’s short, a man confronts a bully, and frees himself from a recurring nightmare that’s terrorized him for more than 20 years through lucid dreaming.
Jan 24th
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neil-gaiman: Alan Moore visits Occupy London. I found it heartwarming.
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The Fox Is Black » ‘You As You Were’, a new track from Shearwater Aw!
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The M Machine’s - Glow (via Wired/The Underwire) I definitely need a robot boyfriend. 
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I know, Mother, I know →
In 1969, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Anne Sexton wrote the following, overwhelmingly heartfelt letter to her 15-year-old daughter, Linda, after battling mental illness for much of her adult life; a battle, in fact, that saw her take up poetry on the advice of her therapist. Sadly, just five years after this emotional missive was penned, Anne took her own life. She was 45-years-old. “Wed —...
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