“We are naturally reverent beings, but much of our natural reverence has been torn away from us because we have been born into a world that hurries.” – Macrina Wiederkehr

How to read a movie, by Roger Ebert. Includes a jam-packed paragraph on cinematography and emotion, as well as a description of “reading a movie”, where you pause frequently to discuss a shot or scene as a group.

The Long Now Foundation – Seminars About Long Term Thinking – all of these look tremendously interesting. Off to one on Tuesday evening…

Cool animation of the evolution of the alphabet

Beloit College Mindset List – each year Beloit publishes a set of “cultural touchstones” that its entering freshmen share. Fascinating to see the world from the perspective of someone younger…

I love this poem…and especially the first line: “The people Jesus loved were shopping at the Star Market yesterday…”

Hidden radio – in the era of the iPhone, sometimes “no user interface” is a refreshing way to go. Reminds me of the Muju CD player as well.

“The one thing on which we can all agree, all faiths and ideologies, is that God is with the vulnerable and poor…and God is with us if we are with them.” – Bono

Profiles: A Man of Taste – how one of the world’s best chefs created food when cancer took away his ability to taste it. “Achatz hopes that, ultimately, the months he has spent without his sense of taste will make him a more creative chef. Regulars at Alinea praised the food that he prepared during his radiation treatment. This worried him; he thinks it suggests that [before cancer] he was cooking timidly.”

Shredding on a Keyboard – really clever; the game JamLegend (a GuitarHero for the web) suggests you hold the keyboard sideways like a guitar.