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Friday, February 29, 2008
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Purdue Study on Sugar

When I was a kid, I used to sneak into the dining room with a spoon. I would glance over my shoulders, and if no one was looking, I would eat several spoonfuls of sugar … because it’s good! Sugar tastes great! Strangely though, when I lift my voice in praise of sugar, I’m shouted down by anti-sugarites. “It’s not good for you,” they say. The contempt that people sprinkle on sugar is inexcusable.

Sugar walks about with a smile saying, “Hello, I should very much like to be friends.” Instead of receiving an open …

Sunday, February 24, 2008
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Beauty is the new Ugly

Aaron Greene mentioned that I write posts that are frequently too formal and often too long. Well, I don’t think this one is too formal. Though, it is far, far, far, too long, but only if you read it.

There’s an Albanian story about a guy who comes to New York City. His friends enthusiastically guide him to the Empire State Building. “The Americans constructed it in the 1930s” they say, “It is 1,454 feet tall and it cost over 24 million dollars to build. They built the whole thing in one year and 45 days.” …

Friday, February 22, 2008
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Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to Jamin Jantz, he’s 100 years old today.

Thursday, February 21, 2008
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What is meant by Art

I recently revisited a play I like, Tom Stopard’s Travesties. Here’s an excerpt. The conversation is between Henry Carr, a fella from the British Consulate, and Tristan Tzara the infamous Dada-ist. It speaks a little of the abandonment of the art object and it’s replacement by the art idea.

LIKE IT! Because it’s AWESOME!

Tzara: Doing the things by which is meant Art is no longer considered the proper concern of the artist. In fact it is frowned upon. Nowadays, an artist is someone who makes art mean the things he does. A man may …

Monday, February 18, 2008
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Happy President’s Day!

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A Sweet Abe Lincoln picture from the Cory
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