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Adventure Time Pictures!
anecdotestorytelling:
Some idiot (read: me. Brooke. I’m the idiot) neglected to check that the computer was recording. Again. Anyone want to take over audio-recording-checking duties?
Shots from last week’s Anecdote :)
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April 2012
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Adventure Time!
anecdotestorytelling:
Our next event will be held tonight at the Monkey House. The theme is “Adventure Time” - tell us your favorite stories of the true adventures you’ve tackled.
I’ve been looking forward to this one for a while…
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Weinberger takes over Burlington's City Hall
by Joel Banner Baird at the Burlington Free Press
A jubilant crowd delivered the fanfare for Miro Weinberger as he stepped up as Burlington’s 42nd mayor.
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The new mayor made no mention of his predecessor, Progressive Mayor Bob Kiss, who sat quietly near the back of the auditorium. Nor did anyone else; his name was not mentioned in public comments all night.
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March 2012
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An Exceedingly Simple Guide to Keeping a Journal →
by Leo Babauta of ZenHabits
Only write a few bullet points.
Keep my notebook where I won’t miss it.
Don’t miss more than 2 days of journaling.
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Maryland's Batman Looks Like A Real Hero →
npr:
After the news broke that police in Montgomery County, Md., last week stopped Batman for not having the correct plates on his Batmobile, many naturally wanted to know more about the man behind that mask.
The Washington Post today profiles the mysterious Caped Crusader, and it turns out that he does seem to be something of a real life hero to sick children around Washington, D.C. -Mark...
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Getting lost in Jonathan Blow's "The Witness"
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by Kyle Orland at Ars Technica:
But Blow says creating a story that was so personal was tougher than he expected, leading to a few initial attempts that “came out kind of patronizing, as you can imagine,” he said. The key to making the writing process work, Blow said, was just opening up in a way that was “very personal and honest and...
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Burlington rallies for slain Florida boy →
via The Burlington Free Press:
Vermont and other states need to continue to fight ongoing racism that permeates our society.
That was the common thread in messages from about three dozen speakers during a rally Tuesday night at Burlington City Hall to remember a 17-year-old boy fatally shot Feb. 26 in Florida. Trayvon Martin, who was black, was killed in Sanford, Fla., as he returned to...
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A robot that flies like a bird
“Plenty of robots can fly — but none can fly like a real bird. That is, until Markus Fischer and his team at Festo built SmartBird, a large, lightweight robot, modeled on a seagull, that flies by flapping its wings. A soaring demo fresh from TEDGlobal 2011.”
This is just astonishing! The subject of a TED talk today, best birthday present...
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