Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Rebuilt - Michael Chorost

p 180.
Monks of certain sects can regulate their body temperature, heart rate, and other physiological processes with extraordinary precision, and Islamic scholars routinely memorize the entire Koran.  In medieval times, a skilled troubadour needed to hear a long poem recited only three times to commit the entire thing to memory; university teachers were said to be able to repeat a hundred lines of text after hearing it recited only once.  What should be surprising is not their achievements but the fact that such achievements are now so rare.

https://library.minlib.net/record=b2303198~S1

Monday, August 09, 2010

from July 25th East Somerville

http://picasaweb.google.com/eastsomervillemainstreets/SomerStreetsJuly25th# 
balloons at Louie's












the line forms for balloons and facepainting



and a dancefloor too!

Sunday, August 08, 2010

say it

f u n e x ?
s, v f x.
f u n e m ?
s, v f m.
ok, l f m n x.

...

L, m n o m n x !
o s a r !