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Where’s My Donkey Cart?
By Margaret Hedderman Backpacking is kind of counter intuitive to evolution when you think about it. Throughout the history of human beings, we have created and/or discovered methods of getting out of work. Like inventing animals and cars. So, when … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Margaret
Tagged backpacking, Canyonlands National Park, nature romanticism, Thoreau
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Resolved: An Urchin Triumphs over Fear to Accomplish a Very SEArious Goal
By Sarah Jost You may recall that on the last day of 2012 the Urchins set about to accomplish some very specific goals. Geo dreamt of de-draping his Brooklyn abode, Margaret set her sights on the great outdoors, and I … Continue reading
Superflat Arhat: The Latest Exhibit by Takashi Murakami
By Geo Ong; photos by Sharon Suhr Arhat, Arahat. [a. Skr. arhat adj., deserving. Arahat is the Pali form.] A Buddhist saint of the highest rank. [highbrow source: The Oxford English Dictionary] Superflat is a postmodern art movement, founded by … Continue reading
The Urchin Travel Wish List
Travel is all about experience through learning. And sometimes, oftentimes actually, learning takes more than one go-around. Whether this means revisiting a destination to do something you haven’t done before, or embarking on a journey that many people have already … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Travel
Tagged belgium, brussels, comics, hong kong, machu picchu, peru, the belgian comic strip center, Urchin travel wish list, victoria peak
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That’s What She Said
Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense. – Gertrude Stein
Posted in Margaret, That's What They Said
Tagged gertrude stein, google glass, information overload
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Integrity in Journalism
By Sarah Jost Conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch have made no secret of their political affiliations. As of 2011, they have donated nearly $3 million to politicians, over 80% belonging to the Republican party. They have been outspoken about … Continue reading
How ‘The Spirit of the Beehive’ Made It Past the Censors
By Geo Ong In many ways, the 1973 Spanish film The Spirit of the Beehive is a searing critique of the Francoist regime from which it was born. The film depicts a rural landscape isolated from progress and prosperity, whose … Continue reading
Political Monday
They might not be on the top of Congress’ agenda this week, but these issues are on the top of ours. Who else wants to see something done? Ag-Gag Bill Lies in Wait in Tennessee I wrote about the ongoing … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Environment, Politics & Global Issues
Tagged ag-gag, climate change, gun control, gun reform
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The Weekly Urchin Recap: Sydney on a Sunday
By Sarah Jost Within just over 24 hours of landing in Sydney, Australia, I’ve gone from crying, ‘Remind me again why I like to plop myself in foreign places with no job or place to live?!’ to a pretty damn … Continue reading
That’s What He Said
From the late eighteenth century onwards, it is no longer from the practice of community but from being a wanderer that the instinct of fellow-feeling is derived. Thus an essential isolation and silence and loneliness become the carriers of nature and … Continue reading
