Anand Thakker

Montessori School Of Dentistry Lets Students Discover Their Own Root Canal Procedures

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:46:46 -0500

Montessori School Of Dentistry Lets Students Discover Their Own Root Canal Procedures

Need a place to crash in DC tonight

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:41:17 -0400

Dear DC Tumblr community from which i’ve been absent,

Can anyone spare a couch for me to crash on tonight? I’m in DC without a car and need to catch a flight tomorrow.

writhe and gape of tortured perspective rasp and graze of splintered normality ...

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:42:00 -0400

writhe and

gape of tortured



   perspective

   rasp and graze of splintered



normality

               crackle and

               sag

   of planes          clamors of

   collision

   collapse         As



peacefully,

lifted

into the awful beauty

                                  of sunset



                                  the young city

putting off dimension with a blush

enters

the becoming garden of her agony

- e.e. cummings

Kseniya Simonova - Sand Animation (Ð£ÐºÑÐ°ÑÐ½Ð° Ð¼Ð°Ñ...

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:14:40 -0400

Kseniya Simonova - Sand Animation (Ð£ÐºÑÐ°ÑÐ½Ð° Ð¼Ð°Ñ ÑÐ°Ð»Ð°Ð½Ñ / Ukraine’s Got Talent) (via iamlikeasea)

Take 8 minutes to watch this whole thing. It is unbelievable.

xkcd - A Webcomic - 11th Grade High school teacher finds yet...

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:41:40 -0400

xkcd - A Webcomic - 11th Grade

High school teacher finds yet another wellspring of humility.

xkcd - A Webcomic - Tech Support Cheat Sheet So true.

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:12:32 -0400

xkcd - A Webcomic - Tech Support Cheat Sheet

So true.

The Zombies - She’s Not There (via mitchman6969) They...

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:55:00 -0400

The Zombies - She’s Not There (via mitchman6969)

They were hipsters before you knew how. Booyah.

It all began when someone left the window open. —The...

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:26:36 -0400

It all began when someone left the window open. —The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, by Chris Van Allsburg (image from here)

bunnynico: “I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.” — Rainer Maria Rilke

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:48:31 -0400

bunnynico:

“I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.”

— Rainer Maria Rilke

"How quickly do we grow accustomed to wonders. I am reminded of the Isaac Asimov story “Nightfall”,..."

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:02:00 -0400

“How quickly do we grow accustomed to wonders. I am reminded of the Isaac Asimov story “Nightfall”, about the planet where the stars were visible only once in a thousand years. So awesome was the sight that it drove men mad. We who can see the stars every night glance up casually at the cosmos and then quickly down again, searching for a Dairy Queen.”

- Roger Ebert (via kaylynashley)

Asimov’s Nightfall was written in response to a passage from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s short essay Nature: “If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile.”

I’d also recommend reading Paul Hawken’s 2009 Commencement Address (which references Emerson’s point).

Illustration of an inside joke.

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:35:30 -0400

Illustration of an inside joke.

"I think part of the problem is separating individuals from dominant cultural attitudes. I think this..."

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:38:00 -0400

“I think part of the problem is separating individuals from dominant cultural attitudes. I think this is something we practice a lot in academia and in feminist, anti-racist etc. forums and places. What I mean by this is when I say something like (for a less-triggery example) that our culture is too reliant on cars, I’m not saying that every car-owner is a lazy, thoughtless, anti-community, polluting a*hole, but I am saying that culturally we do overvalue cars which we can see by our infrastructure, where tax dollars go, public transport funding, lack of bike lanes etc. But it seems to me that conservatives are often blaming the individual instead, so when they read this commentary they think ‘I’m a man (or my brother, dad, husband is) and I don’t hate women,’ the same way many white people say ‘I’m not racist, but….’ I think this is a really difficult point to make with people who already feel defensive and don’t feel personally responsible.”

- a comment on this post that a lot of people would benefit from trying to understand (via katoleary) (via gauntlet)

This is an interesting point, and one that feels like a serious conundrum to me.

On the one hand, I agree that it’s important, when reading a cultural critique like the one discussed in the referenced article, to separate the individual from the culture. To understand the point being made, I have to (undefensively) understand that the fact that it’s directed towards a group that I’m a part of (Men) doesn’t mean that it’s directed at me.

On the other hand, that distinction can be the entrance to a dangerous rabbit hole: the (over-)intellectualizing and abstracting of the problem into one that doesn’t actually apply to me at all. I’m pretty embarrassed of just how often I’ve acknowledged the existence of a culture of mysogyny, only to then use that to feel good about myself for not being “one of them”.

For me, the difficult trick to pull off is to understand that the critique really is directed at the culture/group and not at me; but that as a member of the group, I have to actively take responsibility for whatever that critique shows me about my own gender (and, analagously regarding things like race, age, class, etc.).

You know, I still catch myself having a defensive thought about this kinda stuff now and then, and it’s frustrating and annoying. But I guess I think that those habits are so deep (and so well reinforced by my environment) that I’ll never be rid of them completely. Constant vigilance!

I Love North Carolina

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:20:04 -0400

I love it for many, many, many reasons, but the specific one that prompted this post: I’m in a Caribou Coffee and “Souls Like the Wheels” by the Avett Brothers is playing.

“Mess Around”, by Professor Longhair I love the way...

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 10:40:00 -0400

“Mess Around”, by Professor Longhair

I love the way Professor Longhair puts notes together. Most important, of course, is that straight boogie beat, which rolls forward so steadily in its groove, I can’t believe he’s doing it with just his fingers! Then, on top of that are the melodic riffs, which sound to me like he’s building—on the fly, and with his eyes closed—temporary, intricate sculptures out of staccato notes that are like discrete ceramic pieces. By the end of one riff, the ephemeral micro-edifice is already falling apart to be reclaimed for the next one.

I’m trying to learn this one. I’ll get back to you in a year or so.

What music should I acquire for my drive to NC tomorrow?

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 09:54:26 -0400

“Poised in Glass”, Ed Harris (Sorry about the photo...

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:58:31 -0400

“Poised in Glass”, Ed Harris

(Sorry about the photo quality. iPhone in the dimly lit Windup Space.)

The word "perfunctory" is an onomatopoeia.

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:06:00 -0400

Do not let it describe anything you do, or else your life will sound ugly.

Can the ones who know how things really are and the ones who know how things should be ever understand each other?

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 18:21:47 -0400

If not, which would you be?

And then, sometimes, I find myself in the rare position of being unable to laugh at my awkwardness,...

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:46:30 -0400

And then, sometimes, I find myself in the rare position of being unable to laugh at my awkwardness, and it sucks.

"Chief Justice John Roberts swore in Sotomayor twice at the court."

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 11:37:07 -0400

“Chief Justice John Roberts swore in Sotomayor twice at the court.”

- Sotomayor takes oath as Supreme Court justice - CNN.com

I guess this is becoming a tradition.

(via squashed)

Lol.

Anand Thakker

Montessori School Of Dentistry Lets Students Discover Their Own Root Canal Procedures

Need a place to crash in DC tonight

writhe and gape of tortured perspective rasp and graze of splintered normality ...

Kseniya Simonova - Sand Animation (Ð£ÐºÑÐ°ÑÐ½Ð° Ð¼Ð°Ñ...

xkcd - A Webcomic - 11th Grade High school teacher finds yet...

xkcd - A Webcomic - Tech Support Cheat Sheet So true.

The Zombies - She’s Not There (via mitchman6969) They...

It all began when someone left the window open. —The...

bunnynico: “I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.” — Rainer Maria Rilke

"How quickly do we grow accustomed to wonders. I am reminded of the Isaac Asimov story “Nightfall”,..."

Illustration of an inside joke.

"I think part of the problem is separating individuals from dominant cultural attitudes. I think this..."

I Love North Carolina

“Mess Around”, by Professor Longhair I love the way...

What music should I acquire for my drive to NC tomorrow?

“Poised in Glass”, Ed Harris (Sorry about the photo...

The word "perfunctory" is an onomatopoeia.

Can the ones who know how things really are and the ones who know how things should be ever understand each other?

And then, sometimes, I find myself in the rare position of being unable to laugh at my awkwardness,...

"Chief Justice John Roberts swore in Sotomayor twice at the court."

Kseniya Simonova - Sand Animation (Ð£ÐºÑÐ°ÑÐ½Ð° Ð¼Ð°Ñ...