February 2009
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Might it be the discovery of a distant civilization and our common cosmic...
– Jill Tarter, speaking about SETI in her recently released TED Talk.
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Two arrests in... →
So two people were recently arrested in relation to Coatesville’s recent string of arson fires that have been making the national news. Turns out the one suspect is a 19-year-old gentleman from my town, and the other suspect is being charged for trying to set fire to my go-to local late-night hangout spot, Happy Days:
Mark Gilliam, 20, of the 1600 block of Suzanne Drive, West Chester, was...
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Yelp: iBop Karaoke →
Ashley H:
This place screams rape den, and yet it’s so very awesome.
With six packs in hand, 3 lovely young women walked up to an APARTMENT building and rang the middle buzzer. 3 flights up we knocked on the locked door and were let into what seemed to be an apartment in which every used-to-be bedroom was converted into a dark and grody private karaoke room. I’m not sure what the...
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Keep Your Identity Small →
Paul Graham:
I think what religion and politics have in common is that they become part of people’s identity, and people can never have a fruitful argument about something that’s part of their identity. By definition they’re partisan. (…) If people can’t think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best...
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