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"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." –Cicero Ask Me Anything

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This one had me hooked...

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Also, he follows up with a part 2 to address some concerns: http://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2016/02/08/prefectus-must-fall-being-a-true-history-of-uagadou-the-wizarding-school/

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On This, Our Independence Day

Today, on the anniversary of our independence as a nation, remember that our determination for our voices to be heard catapulted us into statehood. Again and again, we have achieved remarkable things, independence, unity, freedom, and enfranchisement among them.

Today--amid the news of terror attacks and hate crimes, of incivility and demagoguery--remember to be thankful for those who devoted and sometimes lost their lives to improve ours. Soldiers, statespeople, movement leaders, and voters. And if we're going to see another 240 years as states united, we'll each have our parts to play.

Honor your country, your forebears, and yourselves by engaging with civility and purpose.

And for today, party like it's 1776.

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Consume Critically

“…remember that it is both possible (and even necessary) to simultaneously enjoy media while also being critical of it’s more problematic or pernicious aspects.”

--Anna Sarkeesian

h/t Dr. Adrienne Keene (@NativeApprops) for the quote in her recent piece on “Magic in North America.”

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Remember back in June when it was announced that the new Harry Potter prequel-of-sorts had an American Wizarding school? Remember how I was concerned? If you don’t, here’s a link to tha…

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Time to read a book. I think I need some perspective.

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Drop a couple tomes man, expand your mind. –Stephen Flynn

The Doors Sing "Reading Rainbow" Theme (Jimmy Fallon)

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“There are as many worlds as there are kinds of days, and as an opal changes its colors and its fire to match the nature of a day, so do I.”

John Steinbeck