Monday, April 29, 2013

The Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death by Deborah Blum

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Still ( ayyy ) rewriting my introduction to my translation of Francisco I. Madero's Spiritist Manual of 1911. I'd aimed to have t...
Monday, April 22, 2013

Cyberflanerie: Eye Opening Edition - Looking Up, Looking at TV, and Looking with the Third Eye

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Some looking up over at one of my favorite blogs, medievalist Jeff Sypeck's "Quid Plura?" The ever energetically generou...
Monday, April 15, 2013

Marfa, Capital of Quirkiness, on 60 Minutes

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In a segment that aired on Sunday, " 60 Minutes" calls Marfa, Texas "The Capital of Quirkiness." The sweetly artsy spi...
Friday, April 12, 2013

Through narrative we become more human. Truth is beauty. Exploration is infinite.

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Translation: stories help us make better sense of life; integrity and aesthetics beat the alternative; and boy howdy, one could keep at t...
Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Boquillas is Big News for the Big Bend

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After much rumor and anticipation , the Boquillas border crossing into Mexico from far West Texas's Rio Grande Village in the  Big B...

Guest-blogger C. Marina Marchese: 5 Surprising Facts About Honeybees, Pollination, and Your Food

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Don't be surprised if fruit, nut and vegetable prices start a more precipitous climb later this year. Check out this scary news in the...
Monday, April 08, 2013

The Memoirs of Maximilian's Gardener, Wilhelm Knechtel, Translated by Susanne Igler

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Over at my other blog, Maximilian~Carlota, sharing research on 1860s Mexico's Second Empire or French Intervention: An important ...
Monday, April 01, 2013

Cyberflanerie: Bot and Robotoid Edition

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Bots are your slaves.  Make them work for you.  That's what they have to do.  That's what they're made to do.  Unless you ig...
Monday, March 18, 2013

Cowboy Songs by Cowboys: Marfa Mondays Podcast #11 with Michael Stevens, Craig Carter, and Doug Figgs

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Cowboy songs from the Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Alpine, Texas with Michael Stevens , Craig Carter , and Doug Figgs -- and an in-depth inter...
Sunday, March 17, 2013

Happy St Patrick's Day

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Happy Saint Patrick's Day! Pulp magazine cover courtesy of Pulp-o-Mizer .