Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Best Poem Ever

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Janos Marton

Stumbled across this beaut earlier tonight….In an otherwise moving segment in which the immortal Hunter S. Thompson refers to Jack Kerouac as “a great influence”  and one of his heroes, Thompson busts out his tribute poem, “Ode to Jack”. “Ode … Continue reading →

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Living the Dream Across the Universe

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Janos Marton

If you could travel through space to a new planet, even if it meant never coming home again, would you do it? This was the question Tim posed to us over the weekend after the discovery of the Gliese 581g, … Continue reading →

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An Evening of Book Bans, The Clash and The Crash

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Janos Marton

Last night the good people at Housing Works put together a great event on the longstanding tradition of banning “controversial” books.  The event was held at their bookstore on Crosby Street, which is an absolute gold mine of awesome used … Continue reading →

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Living the dream, heading to Mars

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Janos Marton

NASA is taking names and sending them to Mars. Fo’ reals- sign up here. I got a cool certificate of participation, but NASA made it impossible to copy the image.  Hopefully their space travel technology is better than their web … Continue reading →

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