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Wow, the death of James Brown made the home pages of both Ha’aretz and Al Jazeera. Who knew?

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An online catalog of “New School Knitting: The Influence of Elizabeth Zimmermann and Schoolhouse Press”.

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The things you learn reading blogs.
World Week celebrates the people of the Earth. It begins on December 25 and ends on December 31.
(Hat tip to Will Shetterly.)

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Paul L. over at Showers of Blessings had the good fortune to be part of the Christmas story in La Navidad, and is eloquent as usual in describing the experience.
[M]y friend Greg (one of the wisest of the wise men) talked to me at a rehearsal about the importance of the Living Word, of the [...]

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With so many examples of disorderly and conflict-ridden transfers of political power (or refusal to transfer power), it was refreshing this morning to read this story on Al Jazeera: Bhutan king steps down.
The people of the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan have greeted the announcement of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck’s earlier-than-expected abdication with sadness and [...]

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I discovered a game/virtual reality/creative hotbed called Second Life, and I’ve been spending a lot of time checking it out.

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One of my favorite childhood Christmas memories is my mother’s albums of carols. You know, those compilation albums with some artists putting their own spin on the carol and others singing it pretty straight. Since the advent of CDs, I’ve built a small collection of Christmas music, ranging from the cheesy compilations I loved in [...]

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This is a totally cool game: WORLD MAP - countries of the world. (Tip of the hat to Kottke.)

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