The over-bearing insolence of ignorant men, who had arisen to sudden wealth by successful gambling, made men of true gentility of mind and manners blush that gold should have power to raise the unworthy in the scale of society.
~ Charles MacKay
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Daily Archives: November 14, 2024
Book Recommendation
White Jazz
Quote, Unquote
If sleep is the apogee of physical relaxation, boredom is the apogee of mental relaxation. Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience.
― Walter Benjamin
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Campus Life at the
University of Southern California
Claude Monet was born
on this day in 1840
Claude Monet – the French painter – was born on this day – November 14, 1840 – in Paris, France.
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Book Recommendation
How the Internet Happened: From Netscape to the iPhone
Quote, Unquote
The people is a political term, not to be confused with the public. From the people comes political support or opposition; from the public comes artistic appreciation or commercial patronage.
~ William Strunk, Jr.
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Campus Life at the
University of New South Wales
Learning Object
via Birkbeck UoL
The Ageing Population – What does it mean for us?
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P. J. O’Rourke was born
on this day in 1947
Patrick Jake O’Rourke — the American satirist who wrote 22 books,including Parliament of Whores and Give War a Chance – was born on this day — November 14, 1947 — in Toledo, Ohio.
Mr O’Rourke is said to have disliked the punk band Liquid Pig, despite – or perhaps because – it orginated in Toledo, Ohio, the city of his birth. He earned an undergraduate degree from Miami University and holds a Master of Arts in English at Johns Hopkins University.
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