 
Brainwashing and faith ride a blurry line in this snippet from Matt Taibbi's forthcoming book; I remain open to the fact that an outsider-unbeliever's view cannot understand what's actually going on for the dedicated believers, there are some cautionary points about the current state of evangelicism.
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The eyes, it seems, have it: your eyes were the way they were when you were born, and will be pretty much the same (aside from ravages of age) your entire life. Unlike hair and skin, eyes don't regenerate or change through constant growth.
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Although Wikipedia has a list of people who did this entirely without pseudoartistic extravagance, an artist in Germany is creating one of these intentionally.
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Don't spend too much time at sea: you might end up like this guy, with a severe case of poet-scurvy.
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Everyone's heard about how Pixar and their ilk use open-source software to get their work done; the software, however, doesn't get any screen-time for it -- unless they start crediting Linux in movies.
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New Scientist has a list of misconceptions about evolution, from both sides. This couldn't have anything to do with a new, poorly-done, logical-fallacy-laden movie, hmmm?
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I recently posted Salvador Dali outtakes at the Infomercantile -- this blogger saw them and took his own Atomica.
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Why no remaindered quick-links in the last few days? I'm tryin' something new out -- a redesigned Thingsville, where I post stuff I only have a few words to say anything about. It's kinda fun -- usually I spent a half hour or so researching and composing an average post, but at Thingsville I tell myself I have to find a link, say something, post a picture with it, all in as little time as possible, like a minute or two. As a writing exercise, it's fun; I'm a little worried it will take time away from longer-format stuff, but we'll see how it goes.
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