That’s right. The devastating Lisbon earthquake of 1755 prompted a widespread spiritual crisis among the philosophes of Europe, causing them to question how such random devastation could be squared with the existence of a compassionate personal God; our own makers of respectable opinion are shaken to their existential core, evidently, by the reflection that there are some calamities that can even extend to mansions and monied families.
I like the sports & leisure centers, the pipe shipping, and the in-floor beds and tables. Most of it actually.
Two weeks of vacation to kick off feb. I don't know what to do. Morocco, Switzerland, Spain? Or hang around home base in Normandy? Choices! (21:25)
@davidpaulyoung 90% sure I heard that in the Rouen cathedral on a beaut Cavaille-Coll last month. Organs! (20:18)
@davidpaulyoung Young Bach studied with Bux for a month or two. (I think). Masters both. (16:27)
If Haiti was the US, we'd be projecting 1.6 million dead and 100 million homeless or injured. Staggering. (RT@casinclair) —bldgblog
Visited my drug dealer today and learned that doctors really don't like it when you call them that. —diveintomark
@gtcaz I'm hoping apple pulled their best aperture developers to get a tablet-based photo editing and managing tool started. (19:15)
Gotta love when the iPod (shuffle of course) segues between two covers of the same song. Bonus points when there's one identical performer. (14:37)
It's not an adventure until something goes wrong. - Yvon Chouinard, climbing pioneer & Patagonia founder —JPBarlow
…by machines of loving grace. What technologies would I say fit such a poetic bill? ‘Earthships’ are first to mind. I’d almost put the iPod(/Phone) up there. What else? Surely not cars.
The United States, searching for water, bombed the moon.
Minneapolis people: best go to this concert. Please. http://www.dakotacooks.com/2009/11/mark-oconnors-hot-swing/ (15:37)
A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his client to plant vines. FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT —qikipedia
From the inventor of probably the first PC: the “wibble-wobble method” of learning to ride a bike. Just have the kids wiggle their handlebars back and forth, and they apparently won’t need training wheels.
Borrowed a 10L pressure cooker from a friend. Uses anyone? (22:55)
@Parrot gonna be doing any demos in Paris? I'd like to lay eyes upon this thing. (@ardrone) (22:32)
Hammock and awesome Norwegian slippers. Didn't ask for anything in particular for Christmas but these are awesome. http://yfrog.us/0vq6vz (16:04)
Est acres of forest Henry David Thoreau burned down in 1844 trying to cook fish he had caught for dinner: 300 http://harpers.org/x/2003/9/26 —harpers
In the 2000s, we learned that most of us love nothing better than to watch videos of other people’s embarrassing moments all day long, and to pass them around to our friends, and by extension, the world.
Back from Norway. Didn't bring home enough hazelnut milk chocolate, but can't complain about that being the worst part of my trip. (23:12)
Can you say badass? “three pink elephants.”
RT: @common_squirrel run run run run run run run run run run —qikipedia