February 2012
15 posts
January 2012
76 posts
25 Things I Learned From Opening a Bookstore -... →
littlecraziness:
“1. People are getting rid of bookshelves. Treat the money you budgeted for shelving as found money. Go to garage sales and cruise the curbs.
2. While you’re drafting that business plan, cut your projected profits in half. People are getting rid of bookshelves.
3. If someone comes in and asks where to find the historical fiction, they’re not looking for classics, they...
WatchSlavery by Another Name
“This is a very powerful and eye-opening film. Ever wonder why immigrants came to America and in a short time got ahead of African Americans? Ever heard family stories of relatives who headed North and were never heard from again? Did you know that the enslavement of African Americans did not end until 1942? Ever heard of peonage? Everyone has heard of the...
The Àse Fountain: In Defence of Traditional... →
theasefountain:
Below (in italics) is a statement I wrote to support a friend of mine in court. He’s a Cuban Santero and Palo priest. His English ex-wife is making up all kinds of lies about his religion in order to prevent him having any access to their child after the divorce, making out he forced her to…
WatchI fux with clever!
“…A hopelessly mechanical rush of pointless activity…we are a flurry...”
– How plants may view us
-The Secret Life of Plants (thanks somanyseasons.tumblr.com)
“Some people’s puzzles have more pieces than other people’s puzzles. The people with a lot of pieces have to work harder and longer to put the picture together than ordinary people with a piece or two, but in the long run, when they stick it out, they make the best pictures.”
“I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.”
– Marcus Tullius Cicero (via heartmindspirit)
“…according to the Gnostic Gospels, you may call something sin but really, in the...”
– Marvin Meyer, Secrets of Mary Magdalene (via heartmindspirit)
