Bugs Bunny Stole My Cognitive Surplus!

or, What's all the hubbub, Bub?

Bugs Bunny’s first appearance, July 27th, 1940, was nominated for an academy award.

Bugs Bunny’s first appearance, July 27th, 1940, was nominated for an academy award.

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The Play’s the Thing

or, Shakespeare in Space

That we can watch such things for free over the internet via PBS is something for which I am immensely grateful. That this is just one more story we share as a family – that’s priceless.

That we can watch such things for free over the internet via PBS is something for which I am immensely grateful. That this is just one more story we share as a family – that’s priceless.

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Boy. Dog.

Classic

A couple scenes from life with the new puppy.

A couple scenes from life with the new puppy.

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Madison Reads Leopold, 2010

Gaylord Nelson at Wyaslung State Park

“Yearly, the feathered tempest roared up, down, and across the continent, sucking up the laden fruits of forest and prairie, burning them in a traveling blast of life….Today the oaks still flaunt their burden at the sky, but the feathered lightning is no more.”

“Yearly, the feathered tempest roared up, down, and across the continent, sucking up the laden fruits of forest and prairie, burning them in a traveling blast of life….Today the oaks still flaunt their burden at the sky, but the feathered lightning is no more.”

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Watching the Cubs from Bahgdad

Here is what Memorial Day means to me today: it means remembering the connections we have to those who are elsewhere, remembering that the small things we enjoy here at home exist in a larger system of past and present service, sacrifice and justice.

Here is what Memorial Day means to me today: it means remembering the connections we have to those who are elsewhere, remembering that the small things we enjoy here at home exist in a larger system of past and present service, sacrifice and justice.

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100 Days Citizen Test

On President Obama’s hundredth day: five questions for citizens.

On President Obama’s hundredth day: five questions for citizens.

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Feedburning Learning

Feeds & email updates are all about drawing readers into a community from the margins–which is to say, they are all about learning.

Feeds & email updates are all about drawing readers into a community from the margins–which is to say, they are all about learning.

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Can’t Take My Joy From Me (Michelle Shocked)

On this day, I think it is O.K. to be happy…. mog.com More about this song Share

On this day, I think it is O.K. to be happy…. mog.com More about this song Share

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RCB Bookmarks, Mid-January, 2009

Links on culture, reading, and the web.

Links on culture, reading, and the web.

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A Heritage and Future of Reading

When the books we have are no longer the books we knew, who will teach us to read?

When the books we have are no longer the books we knew, who will teach us to read?

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On Making the Future

To the extent that the future is shaped by human action, it is not much use trying to predict it ? it is much more useful to understand and work with the people who are engaged in the decisions and actions that bring it into existence.

To the extent that the future is shaped by human action, it is not much use trying to predict it ? it is much more useful to understand and work with the people who are engaged in the decisions and actions that bring it into existence.

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Joy to the World (Bruce Cockburn)

Bruce Cockburn’s Christmas is a tradition around here. Thanks to Quercus126 for providing this rendition. If you want to hear it played by the man himself, it’s here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3YF8nH7J0o

Bruce Cockburn’s Christmas is a tradition around here. Thanks to Quercus126 for providing this rendition. If you want to hear it played by the man himself, it’s here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3YF8nH7J0o

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