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  1. Even the Romans hated to be left on read.

    90AD-100AD ish - To Fabius Justus.

    It is quite a long time since I had a letter from you. "Oh," you say, "there has been nothing to write about." But at least you might write and say just that, or you might send me the line with which our grandfathers used to begin their letters: "All is well if you are well, for I am well." I should be quite satisfied with so much; for, after all, it is the heart of a letter. Do you think I am joking? I am perfectly serious. Pray, let me know of your doings. It makes me feel downright uneasy to be kept in ignorance.   Farewell.

    -Pliny the Younger

    Source: Atallus

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  2. We have a pair of goldfinches and that come back to our garden every year and nest up in the same place, they are cool little birbs. I put out some nesting basket things so they have less work to do this year, they seem to appreciate it and often come down to chill with me when i'm sitting outside. Birbs are neat. We get Jays too but less often, they are also super pretty.

     

    Goldfinch

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    Jay

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  3. I like neil, i just think he should stick to what he is good at, the visual effects side of things. If he teamed up with a really good writer and director and actually let go of that mad control he seems to want with everything we might get something special. While there were some cool ideas in this oats experiment i fear he has burned money for nothing in the end.

  4. I just spent a week messing about with various linux distros, trying to choose one to run on my netbook that only has 30Gb of flash memory because the windows 10 install on it can no longer be updated because there no room for the updates and it wont shut the fuck up trying to remind me to update, i bought a usb stick to put gparted on and im about set to go. I wake up this morning, the cat has knocked my netbook on the floor, its bottom facing me and i see a ssd sized door on it with a single screw. Fuck me.

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    my roomie is going absolute nuts with some cheap deodorant spray. what is WRONG WITH HIM urrrrrkkkkkk!!

    it's the same guy who listened to Burial from his laptop speakers.

    it's smelling like this bad cheap deo everywhere, like when a 15 year old tries to cover up the cummmies or something.

    HOW

    WHY

     

    He probably has bad body odor. Therefore he needs to use deodorant to cover this up (thank him for this) but it is so bad that he needs to use a lot of deodorant...hence he has to purchase the cheap stuff that he can quickly and easily apply. He's just trying to be a good roommate, he can't help it that he was born as stinky trash that has naturally gravitated towards the music of such folks. ;)

     

     

    He may have hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating) if so tell him to use Driclor, that'll help.

  6. I have a ridiculous archive of docs/series, mostly history/art/politics, heres some picks

     

    1956 - The Mystery of Picasso

    If you've ever just wanted to see Picasso working without some critics views being plastered all over it, this is it.

     

    1972 - Painters Painting: The New York Art Scene 1940 - 1970

    Artists talking about their work.

     

    1984 - Streetwise

    Candid look into the lives of several kids living on the streets of Seattle in the 80s.

     

    1984 - The Dark Glow of the Mountains

    This is a short look at legendary climbers Reinhold Messner and Hans Kammerlander and their attempt to climb two 8000m peaks in one trip. This is a Herzog joint.

     

    1995 - Trinity and Beyond

    The United States early nuclear bomb tests. Absolutely breathtaking footage accompanied by a haunting soundtrack and pitch perfect narration by William Shatner.

     

    2000 - The Endurance

    The greatest (imo) failed expedition to cross Antarctica sea to sea led by Ernest Shackleton. Narrated by Liam Neeson

     

    2006 - Northern Renaissance

    Dutch painters Jan Van eyck/Albrecht Durer/Bosch

     

    2006 - Andy Warhol - A Documentary Film

    Easily the best one on Andy, it's like 4 hours long.

     

    2012 - A History of Art in Three Colours

    A closer look at the colours Gold, Blue and White and the artists who fell in love with them.

     

    2014 - Zero Days

    A detailed look at how Symantec and others uncovered who was behind Stuxnet and how the malware attacked Iran's nuclear program.

     

    2014 - Last Days in Vietnam

    Told from the point of view of Vietnamese civilians and the US Military.

     

    2013 - Counter-Intelligence

    Espionage and black ops in the CIA throughout the years, I dont have the requisite knowledge to tell you how accurate this is, but I found it interesting nonetheless. Trigger warning: Conspiracy

     

    2013 - September 11 - The New Pearl Harbor

    Some interesting questions asked about 911, whether you believe in this stuff or not I found the attention to detail very entertaining. This is the daddy of 911 conspiracy docs, if you think you've heard it all and have not seen this, i highly recommend you watch it. Trigger Warning: Its 5 hours long / Conspiracy

     

    2016 - Challenger - A Rush To Launch

    Everything that went wrong leading up to the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.

     

    2017 - The Vietnam War

    Ken Burns is back with a thoughtful look at the hot mess that was The Vietnam War.

     

    Sorry if any of these have been suggested before, i didnt check. Most of these can be found on youtube/vimeo or dailymotion.

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