Yesterday I purchased a downloadable version of Miranda July’s book “It Chooses You” which I had seen some stuff about online. My fiancé then informed me that he had already obtained the hard-cover for me, and went about returning the download to Amazon. As I read through some preliminary pages this morning I was quickly sucked
I decided to glance over the bill that I had mentioned just a couple posts ago… After looking it over, I found the below excerpts interesting – having not previously read the bill before posting: …OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps,
Congress just agreed on Bill, ref. H.R. 2055; expected to be signed by President Obama this week, and will provide the following: Update taken from AAM email newsletter… $30.918 million for the Office of Museum Services (OMS) at the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) A decrease from the current $31.5 million $146.255 for the National
I hope you had a happy Thanksgiving, but I am writing today to tell you about a meal I had during this vacation that did NOT consist of Turkey or cranberries. My fiance and I went up to Maine to visit Family and stopped in Portland, ME to visit friends. On friday night we decided
“Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can.” John Wesley
There is a lot of different things being said about wall street and the protests that are going on nationally. I have no comment on this right now, however I thought this was one clever and innovative way to make a statement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JlxbKtBkGM&feature=player_embedded
Art Advocacy is how Art gets Political – A very small group of people are struggling locally and in Washington to do all that they can for you, your children, and your neighbors in order to have a fuller life without regard to ethnicity, faith, or economic background! http://www.youtube.com/user/americansforthearts Why Me? What is the issue? Compared
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From the title of this post you might think I am going to give dating advice, but no, I’d actually like to discuss Beijing’s Age of Enlightenment exhibit in their new National Museum at Tiananmen Square. It seems odd (however typical) for the Chinese Government to allow this exhibition, inviting the ideas of the German
I don’t know what is more shocking to me – this reporter’s conviction on the matter, or the examples he gives of unprovoked brutality by law enforcement officers.
There are a few key spaces about this town that are just a little more magical than even the fanciest penthouses. Here are a few of my favesies… 190 Bowery Owned by photographer Jay Maisel who lives there with his wife and daughter. That’s right – 3 people. Then there is the Dumbo Clock tower