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"He was definitely a grown-up but he was talking to me - I mean straight to me, with my 12-year-old sensibility, as if some version of myself with 25 more years worth of life experience had magically crawled into the radio, sat down, and loosened his tie. I was hooked. From then on, like legions of other sorry-ass misfits throughout the Northeast, I tuned in every weeknight at 11:15 and let Shep put me under his spell. "

"What they have to discover, what all the efforts of capitalism's enemies are frantically aimed at hiding, is the fact that capitalism is not merely the 'practical,' but the only moral system in history."

-Ayn Rand

He always strove to maintain that freedom and flexibility for his writing. Sandburg's own bill of rights symbolizes his way of living: be lazy, take chances, pursue happiness, dream, be outdoors, fail, and love.

"Needing entry to both buildings, and a way to haul a considerable load of equipment to each roof, Mr. Petit and his co-conspirators started casing the buildings. They surveyed the security of the lobbies, researched the required credentials to gain access to the elevator banks, and then went about renting a van and opting for a plan that would breach the WTC defenses from underneath, in the parking garage. On the night of the break-in, they came within a few inches of being discovered by security guards on one of the building's top floors, which was still under construction, and had to deal with unexpected gusts of wind that grew more violent as the evening wore on."

"Like all of Tsuk, this house is severe and fortress-like, its diminutive windows few, its single doorway small. At ground level special devices symbolically defend its occupants against the lurking spirits and above, on the flat roof beside the firewood, prayer flags snap in the ever-present winds, continually invoking further protection from the many gods of Tibetan Buddhism."

The Filter finally went public late last week. The vision of prog art rocker Peter Gabriel , The Filter is a combination search engine/service that 'learns' about your taste in music, film, TV and video then tracks down recommendations from it's database.

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The spiritual beauty of archaic Native Americans revealed by a visionary artist.