What would Seinfeld be like today?
I’ve been kind of enjoying the Seinfeld Today twitter feed offering plot ideas for a post-social media, 2013-era show: [pullquote2 quotes=”true” textColor=”#000000″]Kramer joins a gay gym (“Well, those guys know how to take care of themselves.”), gets in a fight...
How we know what we know – Richard Dawkins on Evidence in Science
via Brainpickings: beautiful letter by Richard Dawkins to his ten year old daughter on how we know what we know:[pullquote2 quotes=”true” align=”center” textColor=”#000000″ cite=”Richard Dawkins”]People sometimes say that you must believe in feelings deep inside, otherwise you’d never be confident...
Vivian Maier, Street Photographer featured in This American Life’s The Invisible Made Visible
I really enjoyed This American Life’s 2 hour movie special, “The Invisible Made Visible“. One of the highlights was learning about the largely unknown street photographer Vivian Maier. This Life tells the story of her posthumous discovery when John Maloof acquired...
Is it on Netflix?
Can I Stream It is a useful search engine for finding whether a movie or TV show is streaming on Netflix or for sale on iTunes or Amazon’s Instant Video. They also have a handy popular streaming summary for Netflix.
Notes on the New Yorker’s Top One Hundred Lists of All Time
Interesting: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are #7 on The New Yorker’s Top One Hundred Lists of All Time. Perhaps missed, the Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, also known as the Radiant Sutras, 112 Tantra Yoga Teachings for Opening to the Divine in Everyday...
Hala Khouri’s Yoga for Trauma Workshop in Seattle
Hala Khouri is holding a three day workshop in Seattle, register early to reserve your spot: The focus of this training is on understanding the physiology of trauma and how it shows up in the body. The majority of people...
Alex Honnold 3.0 – Free Climbing Yosemite (Banff International Film Festival) and Moonlight Buttress
I’m pretty sure most of the audience at last night’s showing of the Banff International Film Festival in Seattle could barely stand to watch Alex Honnold’s 24 hour, mostly free solo climb of Mt. Watkins, El Capitan and Half Dome...