At The Briefing, Simon Manchester seeks to address the historical imbalance that have been present in appraisals Samuel Marsden’s life. The introduction: The second chaplain to New South Wales—Samuel Marsden—was born 250 years ago on 28th July 1764. He was slandered for most of his life, and the epithet ‘flogging parson’ has (sadly) stuck down …
For anyone, like me, who couldn’t bring themselves to use up minutes of their lives reading the books or watching the movies. Again and again. (This overview does seem to be movie centric, though.)
It’s interesting to observe that simply singing well or cooking a great tasting dish is not enough. There has to be a compelling narrative for validation to take place. Subjective trumps objective. via doghouse diaries
I’ve mentioned crowd funding platform Kickstarter before. I mostly back music projects. One enterprising man asked for $10 with a promise to make potato salad. He hadn’t made potato salad before, and didn’t know what type he would make. So far over 6000 supporters have promised nearly $50,000. (No, I’m not one of them.) He …
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