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Glenn Gould & Bernstein - Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor
Why the Wii is bad for your rectal health
http://www.videosift.com/video/Kid-Playing-Video-Games-Gets-Attacked-by-a-Dog
Proposal. Sort of. (49 sec)
edit: thanks for fixing =)
Greatest misheard song lyrics of all time
http://www.videosift.com/video/Cover-of-Ken-Lee-by-Mariah-Carey
Bill O'Reilly's obsession with lesbians
So... anyone who exposes their heterosexuality in school is also inappropriate? Isn't that just as much an implication of blatantly declaring their sexuality in an academic setting?
Why yes, yes it is. Good point Bill. ::eyeroll::
Louis XIV - Finding Out True Love is Blind
The Door to Hell
Margaret Cho: Asian Chicken Salad
Amazing battle scene from The Golden Compass
Chills... Courtesy of Mr. Orson Scott Card (Wtf Talk Post)
I have known for awhile that OSC is conservative/fundamentalist (despite affiliating himself as a Democrat!) in his political and religious beliefs... the best I can do as a fan is to separate those two entities: OSC the author vs. OSC the radical revolutionary.
While I can agree with and share the dismay of the blogger (and fellow sifters), I am not sure that this can be regarded as an isolated incident nor a unique situation in which an author produces quality novel(s) but subscribes to beliefs that readers may not agree with. Certainly this has occurred with many authors in the past.
I think the underlying message of the article is not just the explicitly stated dichotomy between the novels and OSC's own personal beliefs. Since OSC did not blatantly let his opinions spill over into his novels (perhaps even working against them), it just makes it harder to digest when confronted with it, especially if the reader has built up a measure of respect for the author. In other words, once you care enough about a book's author that you start caring about what they believe personally, of course it becomes easy to lose sight of the good qualities of the book itself.
OSC subscribes to many controversial beliefs besides the one noted here... it is interesting that this one just seems to be more inflammatory than others, perhaps because of his suggestion of revolution.
The Trouble With Creating an Account on VideoSift
Mens 4x100 Relay - Olympic Swimming
Men VS Women - The Differences
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Differences-Between-Italy-and-the-Rest-of-Europe
WamTea - Funny Japanese Commercial
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I don't get it.
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