http://www.goslingsrum.com/details.asp?RecipeID=192
---Steve
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Monday, September 29, 2014
New Construction of Single Family Homes Picking up in Sedona
http://www.sedonafinehome.com/Housing-Starts.html
The cost of building new is now beginning to compete with the cost of buying an existing home. Prices of new homes ranging between $380,000 and $750,000 depending on size and finishes, have an average price per sqft of $260. By comparison, existing homes are listed at an average of $200/sqft.The economic case for building new versus buying an existing home becomes more compelling at the high end of the market as it commands higher prices per square foot.
---Steve
The cost of building new is now beginning to compete with the cost of buying an existing home. Prices of new homes ranging between $380,000 and $750,000 depending on size and finishes, have an average price per sqft of $260. By comparison, existing homes are listed at an average of $200/sqft.The economic case for building new versus buying an existing home becomes more compelling at the high end of the market as it commands higher prices per square foot.
---Steve
Saturday, September 27, 2014
Slate: Hitchcock’s Obsession With Eyes Gets a Great Supercut
I thought you would like this article from The Slate Magazine for iPad
Hitchcock's Obsession With Eyes Gets a Great Supercut
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/09/27/eyes_of_hitchcock_video_essay_kogonada_delivers_another_stunning_montage.html
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/09/27/eyes_of_hitchcock_video_essay_kogonada_delivers_another_stunning_montage.html
---Steve
Friday, September 26, 2014
WAKING UP: Chapter One : Sam Harris
http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/chapter-one
Our minds are all we have. They are all we have ever had. And they are all we can offer others. This might not be obvious, especially when there are aspects of your life that seem in need of improvement—when your goals are unrealized, or you are struggling to find a career, or you have relationships that need repairing. But it's the truth. Every experience you have ever had has been shaped by your mind. Every relationship is as good or as bad as it is because of the minds involved. If you are perpetually angry, depressed, confused, and unloving, or your attention is elsewhere, it won't matter how successful you become or who is in your life—you won't enjoy any of it.
---Steve
Our minds are all we have. They are all we have ever had. And they are all we can offer others. This might not be obvious, especially when there are aspects of your life that seem in need of improvement—when your goals are unrealized, or you are struggling to find a career, or you have relationships that need repairing. But it's the truth. Every experience you have ever had has been shaped by your mind. Every relationship is as good or as bad as it is because of the minds involved. If you are perpetually angry, depressed, confused, and unloving, or your attention is elsewhere, it won't matter how successful you become or who is in your life—you won't enjoy any of it.
---Steve
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Friday, September 19, 2014
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
'Boyhood' (R) | miami.com
http://www.miami.com/039boyhood039-r-article
Mason asks his father what life is all about, his dad replies "We're all just winging it. The good news is you're feeling stuff, you know? And you've got to hold on to that. You get older, and you don't feel as much, your skin gets tough." This remarkable, wonderful movie helps you remember.
---Steve
Mason asks his father what life is all about, his dad replies "We're all just winging it. The good news is you're feeling stuff, you know? And you've got to hold on to that. You get older, and you don't feel as much, your skin gets tough." This remarkable, wonderful movie helps you remember.
---Steve
Monday, September 15, 2014
Saturday, September 13, 2014
Friday, September 12, 2014
Best Story of the Day: Sarah Palin Clan Reportedly Involved in Huge Drunken Brawl - Little Green Footballs
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/43830_Best_Story_of_the_Day-_Sarah_Palin_Clan_Reportedly_Involved_in_Huge_Drunken_Brawl
The failed governor's hillbilly reality show continues...
---Steve
The failed governor's hillbilly reality show continues...
---Steve
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Sleepwalking Toward Armageddon : Sam Harris
http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/sleepwalking-toward-armageddon
But it remains taboo in most societies to criticize a person's religious beliefs. Even atheists tend to observe this taboo, and enforce it on others, because they believe that religion is necessary for many people. After all, life is difficult—and faith is a balm. Most people imagine that Iron Age philosophy represents the only available vessel for their spiritual hopes and existential concerns. This is an enduring problem for the forces of reason, because the most transformative experiences people have—bliss, devotion, self-transcendence—are currently anchored to the worst parts of culture and to ways of thinking that merely amplify superstition, self-deception, and conflict.
Among all the harms caused by religion at this point in history, this is perhaps the most subtle: Even when it appears beneficial—inspiring people to gather in beautiful buildings to contemplate the mystery existence and their ethical commitments to one another—religion conveys the message that there is no intellectually defensible and nonsectarian way to do this. But there is. We can build strong communities and enjoy deeply moral and spiritual lives, without believing any divisive nonsense about the divine origin of specific books.
---Steve
But it remains taboo in most societies to criticize a person's religious beliefs. Even atheists tend to observe this taboo, and enforce it on others, because they believe that religion is necessary for many people. After all, life is difficult—and faith is a balm. Most people imagine that Iron Age philosophy represents the only available vessel for their spiritual hopes and existential concerns. This is an enduring problem for the forces of reason, because the most transformative experiences people have—bliss, devotion, self-transcendence—are currently anchored to the worst parts of culture and to ways of thinking that merely amplify superstition, self-deception, and conflict.
Among all the harms caused by religion at this point in history, this is perhaps the most subtle: Even when it appears beneficial—inspiring people to gather in beautiful buildings to contemplate the mystery existence and their ethical commitments to one another—religion conveys the message that there is no intellectually defensible and nonsectarian way to do this. But there is. We can build strong communities and enjoy deeply moral and spiritual lives, without believing any divisive nonsense about the divine origin of specific books.
---Steve
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Tuesday, September 09, 2014
Sunday, September 07, 2014
Saturday, September 06, 2014
Slate: Judge Posner’s Gay Marriage Opinion Is a Witty, Deeply Moral Masterpiece
I thought you would like this article from The Slate Magazine for iPad
Judge Posner's Gay Marriage Opinion Is a Witty, Deeply Moral Masterpiece
http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2014/09/05/judge_richard_posner_s_gay_marriage_opinion_is_witty_moral_and_brilliant.html
http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2014/09/05/judge_richard_posner_s_gay_marriage_opinion_is_witty_moral_and_brilliant.html
---Steve
Friday, September 05, 2014
Thursday, September 04, 2014
Victor Stenger, atheism's 'fifth horseman,' dies at 79 | The Salt Lake Tribune
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/lifestyle/58369338-80/stenger-religion-science-atheism.html.csp
Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings.
---Steve
Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings.
---Steve
Wednesday, September 03, 2014
Like A What???
http://www.bersachat.com/forums/showthread.php?28806-Like-A-What
When she tried to sing, it sounded like a walrus giving birth to farm equipment.
---Steve
When she tried to sing, it sounded like a walrus giving birth to farm equipment.
---Steve
Slate: The Science of Truthiness
I thought you would like this article from The Slate Magazine for iPad
---Steve
Tuesday, September 02, 2014
Kinky
Saw this on a "Traces of Texas" FB post, immediately thought of your quote server: "There is a fine line between fiction and non-fiction, and I believe I snorted it in 1976."
----- Kinky Friedman
---Steve
----- Kinky Friedman
---Steve
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