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Sonic Gems – Peter Gabriel – 3
Peter Brian Gabriel was born on February 13, 1950 and is an English singer-songwriter, producer and humanitarian. He rose to fame as lead singer and flautist of Genesis. Gabriel left Genesis in 1975 and launched his solo career with Solsbury Hill. … Continue reading
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Tagged Apartheid, Biko, Games Without Frontiers, Genesis, Melt, Peter Gabriel, Political Protest, Solsbury Hill, Sonic Gems, Three, Vision
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – The Germ Theory – Pasteur
Louis Pasteur died on September 28, 1895. Louis Pasteur lived from December 27, 1822 through September 28, 1895. He was a biologist, microbiologist and chemist renown for his work with respect to vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization. He had … Continue reading
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Tagged Biology, Chemistry, Disease, Harvard Classics, Louis Pasteur, Microbiology, The Germ Theory
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Thought For the Day: Seek First To Understand
“I am not bothered by the fact that I am not understood. I am bothered when I do not know others.” – Confucius, in The Analects To master life with grace it must be that you seek to understand others more and … Continue reading
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Tagged Confucius, The Analects, Thought For the Day, Understand, Understood, Wisdom
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Sonic Gems: John Fahey – The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death
In 1965, American finger stylist guitar player John Fahey composed and released The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death. This was his fifth album and the first released by a company outside of his own. In the turbulent underpinnings of his … Continue reading
Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Thoughts (Pensees) – Blaise Pascal
“If there is a God, He is infinitely incomprehensible, since, having neither parts nor limits, He has no affinity to us. We are then incapable of knowing either what He is or if He is….” The Pensees (“Thoughts”) is an unfinished … Continue reading
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Tagged Aplogetics, Belief, Blaise Pascal, Christianity, Defense, Harvard Classics, Pensees, Philosophy, The Thoughts, Theology, Unbelief
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Thought For the Day – Weekly Photo Challenge – Windows
Windows I Don’t Mind (Tentative Title) Sitting by the windows reading A curious sunrise was bleeding All the thoughts for the day Were put on a vivid display Across the pages of thought In the book I had bought The … Continue reading
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Tagged Book, Curious, Digest, Display, Impressions, Margin Notes, Reading, Thought For the Day, Thoughts, Weekly Photo Challenge, Windows
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Thought For the Day: The Rule of Law Is What Makes Society Stable
“I believe that the main lesson which our generation has learnt is that we must find a new limit for the activities of government, a limit which leaves ample scope for sensible experimentation but which secures the freedom of the … Continue reading
Sonic Gems: Snooks Eaglin – New Orleans Street Singer
Snooks Eaglin (real name Fird Eaglin, Jr.) was a New Orleans busker who was alternatively known as ‘ the Little Ray Charles’ and the ‘the Human Juke Box’. This guitarist singer had himself a brief run as a R&B barnstormer … Continue reading
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Tagged Blues, Busker, Careless Love, Folk, New Orleans Street Singer, R&B, Snooks Eaglin, Sonic Gems
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Don Quixote – Cervantes
At least once in his life, William Faulkner said that he read Don Quixote once a year like some folks read the Bible. It seems an interesting coincidence that the day I stumble across a Faulkner quote used as … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure, Cervantes, Comedy, Don Quixote, Harvard Classics, Knight, Man From La Mancha
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Thought For the Day: Time Is A Fluid Condition
“Time is a fluid condition which has no existence except in the momentary avatars of individual people. There is no such thing as was — only is. If was existed, there would be no grief or sorrow. I like to … Continue reading
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Tagged Condition, Existence, Fluid, Is, Keystone, Thought For the Day, Time, Universe, Was, William Faulkner
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