I think one of the noblest projects for anyone in age is to find a shape in his life. It was a drama in how many acts. How can he make the last act worthy of the earlier ones? He is the author, the protagonist, the audience and the critic. He has to work under handicaps while the stage hands fidget and the audience is eager to go home. But perhaps he can succeed in acting out “I was” or even “I was this.” | |
— Malcolm Cowley | |
Letter to Thomas Ferril, 30th Aug 1978 | |
From: “The Long Voyage“ | |
[Found at one of the blogs I follow: https://news.lettersofnote.com/ | |
The specific post is: https://news.lettersofnote.com/p/i-think-one-of-the-noblest-projects | |
Please visit the original site and support it if you are able. — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | My Conservative View |
2021 | Are We Getting Close To Uncertainty? |
How It Could Be | |
2020 | Two Loves |
A Short Count | |
2019 | Don’t Forget: Fire Burns |
2018 | Especially In The Middle East |
2017 | A Good Local |
2016 | Life Unlimited |
2015 | Still Trying |
2014 | Destiny, n. |
2013 | No Apologies |
2012 | Utterly Convinced |
2011 | A Key To Effectiveness |
Posts Tagged ‘Other Blogs’
Blogging To Find Shape
Posted in Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Letter to Thomas Ferril, Letters Of Note, Malcolm Cowley, Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, The Long Voyage on June 6, 2023| 2 Comments »
A Journey And A Story
Posted in Quotes, Philosophy, Other Blogs, tagged A Pondering Mind, Discovery, https://aponderingmind.org, Kathryn Schulz, Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, Wandering on June 5, 2023| Leave a Comment »
To err is to wander, and wandering is the way we discover the world; and, lost in thought, it is also the way we discover ourselves. Being right might be gratifying, but in the end it is static, a mere statement. Being wrong is hard and humbling, and sometimes even dangerous, but in the end it is a journey, and a story. | |
— Kathryn Schulz | |
[This quote was found at one of the blogs I follow: https://aponderingmind.org/ | |
The specific post was located at: https://aponderingmind.org/2023/05/18/todays-quote-8/ | |
Please check out the original site if you have a few spare minutes… — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | I Want His Job |
2021 | I Better |
The Way I Will | |
2020 | Necessary Events |
2019 | I May Have Started Too Soon |
2018 | But Me |
2017 | A Little More, Please |
2016 | In Full Vigor |
2015 | A Good Lad |
2014 | Who Dare Not Speak |
2013 | I Love Beer |
2012 | Trial By Jury |
2011 | First Class |
Got Knowledge? | |
No Trick At All
Posted in Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, Writing, tagged Dorothy Lobrano Guth, E. B. White, https://news.lettersofnote.com/, Letters of E. B. White, Letters Of Note, Nobody ever became a writer just by wanting to be one, Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, Writing on April 22, 2023| 2 Comments »
There is no trick to it. If you like to write and want to write, you write, no matter where you are or what else you are doing or whether anyone pays any heed. I must have written half a million words (mostly in my journal) before I had anything published, save for a couple of short items in St. Nicholas. If you want to write about feelings, about the end of summer, about growing, write about it. A great deal of writing is not “plotted” — most of my essays have no plot structure, they are a ramble in the woods, or a ramble in the basement of my mind. You ask, “Who cares?” Everybody cares. You say, “It’s been written before.” Everything has been written before. | |
— E. B. White | |
From: Letters of E. B. White, edited by Dorothy Lobrano Guth | |
[This quote was found on one to the sites I follow: https://news.lettersofnote.com/ | |
The specific link is: Nobody ever became a writer just by wanting to be one | |
Please visit the original site if you have a few spare minutes. — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Particularly Peaceful Neighbors |
2021 | Thoughts |
It’s A Rich Man’s World | |
2020 | Pax Et Justitia |
2019 | And Unlawful Orders From A President |
2018 | Instinct For Presence |
2017 | Hard Enough |
2016 | Jumps |
2015 | One View Of Failure |
2014 | We Speak For Earth |
2013 | Inward Urgency |
2012 | Delayed Reviews |
Fulfilling My Duty | |
2011 | Interference |
And I Always Will
Posted in Disclaimer, Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged D'Arline Feynman, Death, Dr. Richard P. Feynman, Letters Of Note, Love, Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, Tuberculosis on March 30, 2023| 2 Comments »
October 17, 1946 | |
D’Arline, | |
I adore you, sweetheart. | |
I know how much you like to hear that — but I don’t only write it because you like it — I write it because it makes me warm all over inside to write it to you. | |
It is such a terribly long time since I last wrote to you — almost two years but I know you’ll excuse me because you understand how I am, stubborn and realistic; and I thought there was no sense to writing. | |
But now I know my darling wife that it is right to do what I have delayed in doing, and that I have done so much in the past. I want to tell you I love you. I want to love you. I always will love you. | |
I find it hard to understand in my mind what it means to love you after you are dead — but I still want to comfort and take care of you — and I want you to love me and care for me. I want to have problems to discuss with you — I want to do little projects with you. I never thought until just now that we can do that. What should we do. We started to learn to make clothes together — or learn Chinese — or getting a movie projector. Can’t I do something now? No. I am alone without you and you were the “idea-woman” and general instigator of all our wild adventures. | |
When you were sick you worried because you could not give me something that you wanted to and thought I needed. You needn’t have worried. Just as I told you then there was no real need because I loved you in so many ways so much. And now it is clearly even more true — you can give me nothing now yet I love you so that you stand in my way of loving anyone else — but I want you to stand there. You, dead, are so much better than anyone else alive. | |
I know you will assure me that I am foolish and that you want me to have full happiness and don’t want to be in my way. I’ll bet you are surprised that I don’t even have a girlfriend (except you, sweetheart) after two years. But you can’t help it, darling, nor can I — I don’t understand it, for I have met many girls and very nice ones and I don’t want to remain alone — but in two or three meetings they all seem ashes. You only are left to me. You are real. | |
My darling wife, I do adore you. | |
I love my wife. My wife is dead. | |
Rich. | |
PS Please excuse my not mailing this — but I don’t know your new address. | |
[The above letter was written by Dr. Richard Feynman. To quote the origin site / blog: “In June of 1945, his wife and high-school sweetheart, Arline, passed away after succumbing to tuberculosis. She was 25-years-old. 16 months later, in October of 1946, Richard wrote his late wife a heartbreaking love letter and sealed it in an envelope. It remained unopened until after his death in 1988.“ | |
Disclaimer: The above (letter and quote) are posted here on my site without prior permission or approval by either the originating site or whomever may own the rights to the actual letter. My posting is being done without claim of ownership and without any attempt to solicit or obtain monetary compensation for myself. I just think both the letter and the site deserve a wider distribution and this is my small effort to “spread the word”. If either the letter owner or the originating site object to my post and request removal of this post, I will, of course, comply. | |
Found on one of the blogs I follow: Letters of Note | |
The specific post is located at: https://news.lettersofnote.com/p/i-adore-you-sweetheart | |
Please visit the original site if you have a few minutes. — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | What You Know |
2021 | Some Doctors Are Better Than Others |
Lessons | |
2020 | A Liar As President Corrupts Us |
2019 | Is It Dark And Quiet For You? |
2018 | Undeniable Requirement |
2017 | Orange Corrosion |
2016 | Both Particle And Wave |
2015 | Deep In Debt |
2014 | The Difference |
2013 | My Heart Is Described |
2012 | Keen To Be Alone |
2011 | The Ideal Business… |
2010 | 55 |
Squeeze Your Opportunity
Posted in Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Albert Einstein, Greatness, Judgement, Opportunity, Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, ram H singhal, Value, Work on March 29, 2023| 4 Comments »
We cannot predict the value our work will provide to the world. That’s fine. It is not our job to judge our own work. It is our job to create it, to pour ourselves into it, and to master our craft as best we can. | |
We all have the opportunity to squeeze every ounce of greatness out of ourselves that we can. We all have the chance to do our share. | |
— Albert Einstein | |
[This quote was found on one of the blogs I follow: ram H singhal | |
The specific post is: I have done my share | ram H singhal (wordpress.com) | |
Please visit the original site if you have a few spare minutes. — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Completely Reasonable To Worry |
2021 | Seeking Happiness |
Check Your Watch | |
2020 | Expectation For The Near Future |
2019 | Indian Myth |
Did He Even Have The Courage To Ask? | |
2018 | Nothing |
2017 | Approval First |
2016 | In Search Of Words |
Day 2 – Blending | |
2015 | At What Price? |
2014 | Intricate And Subtle Order |
2013 | Attention To Detail |
2012 | Aequanimitas! |
2011 | Consider This |
For All
Posted in Education, Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Art, Education, Freedom, http://ididnthavemyglasseson.com, Other Blogs, Other web sites, Philosophy, Quotes, William Morris on March 14, 2023| 2 Comments »
I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few. | |
— William Morris | |
[Found at one of the blogs / web sites I follow: https://ididnthavemyglasseson.com/ | |
The specific post is at: https://ididnthavemyglasseson.com/2023/02/22/33779/ | |
Please visit the original site if you have some spare time… — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Dreading The Slide Towards War |
2021 | Joyous Incompatibility |
My Heart Will Be Waiting | |
2019 | Two Guarantee Freedom |
2018 | Less Mouth And More Back |
2017 | I Ought To Be A Little Careful |
2016 | Rising From The Ashes |
2015 | Honor |
2014 | Disappointment |
2013 | Seeing Heart |
2012 | On Success |
2011 | What This Place Needs Is Another Theory |
Near The Heart Of The World
Posted in Environment, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged A Pondering Mind, Avalanche, Birds, Environment, Flood, Gardens, Glaciers, https://aponderingmind.org, John Muir, Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, Rocks, Storm, Waterfalls, Wind on January 10, 2023| Leave a Comment »
As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing. I’ll interpret the rocks, learn the language of flood, storm, and the avalanche. I’ll acquaint myself with the glaciers and wild gardens, and get as near the heart of the world as I can. | |
— John Muir | |
[Found at one of the blogs / sites I follow: A Pondering Mind (https://aponderingmind.org/) | |
The specific link is: https://aponderingmind.org/2022/12/06/nature-9/ | |
Please give the site a visit if you have a few spare moments. — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Limited Knowledge And No Control |
2021 | Gifts |
Look Inside Your Heart | |
2020 | A Strength Of Science |
2019 | A Higher Standard |
Make Two Calls | |
2018 | Irreplaceable Sparks |
2017 | Saving For April 15th |
2016 | First Wish |
2015 | Tracing Shadows |
2014 | One Thing |
2013 | More Is Less |
2012 | The Screw-Up Gene |
Christmas Wishes For 2022
Posted in Faith, Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Other Blogs, tagged Blessings, Faith and Family, https://pacificparatrooper.wordpress.com/, Images, Merry Christmas -- 2022, Other Blogs, Pacific Paratrooper, X-mas 2022 on December 25, 2022| 4 Comments »
First off: Merry Christmas to all… !! | |
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Second: Hug everyone at your table and say a prayer of blessings for absent friends and family. | |
Third: Please remember in your thoughts all of the first responders and essential workers who are working each day to maintain the health and the safety of our families. The “COVID pandemic” may be over, but they remain on the job where we need them. Police, firefighters, EMTs, health workers, PPE and vaccine manufacturers, supermarket / food-store / essential services staff, transportation (truck drivers and delivery) staff, our military defending us around the world and our civilian government employees working to keep our water, food and air clean. | |
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Finally: Please, please, please… | |
Keep current on your vaccine(s) / booster shot(s). | |
And, to those of you traveling: drive safely (to and from wherever you roam)… | |
[A big shout-out to http://pacificparatrooper.wordpress.com/ for providing today’s two images. Please visit the site if you have a chance. — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Christmas Wishes For 2021 |
This Simple Phrase | |
2020 | Christmas Wishes For 2020 |
Best Wishes For All | |
2019 | My Thoughts About The X-mas Turkey… |
2018 | Merry X-mas – 2018 |
2017 | Focus On Christmas — 2017 |
2016 | Merry X-mas – 2016 |
2015 | Merry X-mas – 2015 |
2014 | Merry X-mas – 2014 |
2013 | Merry X-mas – 2013 |
2012 | Merry Christmas – 2012 |
2011 | I Have Seen |
Discovering Humanity
Posted in Disclaimer, Guitar, Music, Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Allen Mathews, Classical Guitar, Disclaimer, Guitar, https://classicalguitarshed.com/, Humanity, Music, Other Blogs, Personal Journeys, Philosophy, Quotes, Tuesday Quotes on November 12, 2022| Leave a Comment »
The joy of playing classical guitar extends beyond the prize (the perfect performance). It’s the daily journey and how we travel it. That’s where we find the gold. That’s where we discover the humanity, in both the music and in ourselves. | ||
— Allen Mathews | ||
Allen Mathews is a professional musician and classical guitar instructor who maintains a site located at: https://classicalguitarshed.com/ | ||
Every Tuesday, Allen posts a quote (which may or may not be specifically about music). He then goes on to tie the quote to a “teaching moment”. Allen’s “Quote page” is located at: https://classicalguitarshed.com/tuesday-quotes/ | ||
[Disclaimer: Although I have viewed many of Allen’s videos and subscribed to his emails for over a year, I have not personally purchased any of his packages of instruction as I am merely dabbling in “classical” guitar to see what it’s about. I have no other association with Allen or his site and have not requested permission to re-post this quote. If he requests it, I will remove or substantially edit this quote. — kmab] | ||
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On This Day In: | ||
2021 | Likely To Be Subtle | |
My Temp’s Pretty High | ||
Scratching A Persistent Itch | ||
2020 | A Word Of Assurance They Are Not Alone | |
Is #45 Still Crying? | ||
2019 | It’s Obvious | |
2018 | Passed Too Swiftly | |
2017 | On Our Wall (Part 1) | |
2016 | Or The Ripples From A Good Life | |
2015 | Titles And Reputations | |
2014 | Unfolding | |
2013 | Again | |
2012 | Needs | |
Damned | ||
2011 | Potter & Prejudice | |
Blink, Blink | ||
Decision, Decisions
Posted in Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Decisions, Future, Henri Nouwen, Memories, Other Blogs, Other web sites, Past, Philosophy, Pointless Overthinking.com, Quotes, The Inner Voice Of Love on October 15, 2022| 2 Comments »
Your future depends on how you decide to remember your past. | |
— Henri Nouwen | |
From his book: “The Inner Voice of Love“ | |
Found at one of the blogs I follow: Pointless Overthinking.com | |
The specific post was: https://pointlessoverthinking.com/2022/09/08/romancing-the-stone/ | |
Please visit the original site if you have a minute. — kmab | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Bring The Void |
Home Cookin’, Anyone? | |
2020 | Growth Mindset |
I Wonder Where You Are | |
2019 | Steps To Impeach #45 |
Science Upgrade Needed | |
2018 | Come November 6th |
2017 | Hearts And Memories |
2016 | Tremendous Energy |
Beyond Trying | |
2015 | Tell Me… |
2014 | Live Forever (To Remember Me) |
Orange October (VI) – Giants Win Game 4 | |
2013 | More Than Just Words |
2012 | Egotist, n. |
2011 | Good And Bad |
Unlimited Curiosity In Finite Time
Posted in Education, Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged A Matter Of Philosophy, Beauty, Consciousness, countingducks.wordpress.com, Curiosity, Currency, La La Land, Love, Other Blogs, Peter Wells, Philosophy, Poetry, Quotes, Silence, Temptations on August 29, 2022| Leave a Comment »
I want to know what everything is, and nothing is; the beauty of a note and the silence which surrounds it. I like to know and understand myself, and those whom I meet, or nearly meet. I am conscious that I will not always be conscious: that my curiosity is unlimited but my time is finite, and I cannot waste a moment of it in acquiring things which will not make me richer in a way I value. | |
The amusing thing is many would consider me as living in la la land, where poetry is a secret form of currency, and music a mode of transport which might carry me to lands and vistas invisible to the naked eye: to where angels might dwell and we begin to forgive and truly understand the love which passes all understanding. I can live with the opinions of the “many”, but I cannot live without my imagination.” | |
One of the great temptations of life is to lose sight of the beauty of the whole, or the mystery of an instant amidst the mass of worries, jealousies and insecurities which crowd in on the average day, including mine, but while I have a breath to draw I will, whatever my circumstances, raise my eyes in wonder to the horizon and marvel at the miracle of consciousness. | |
— Peter Wells | |
Originally found at one of the blogs I follow: Countingducks | |
Located at: https://countingducks.wordpress.com | |
The specific post is: A Matter Of Philosophy | |
https://countingducks.wordpress.com/2022/07/18/a-matter-of-philosophy/ | |
[Please visit the original site if you have a few minutes to spare. You’ll get hooked, too! — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | How Learning Infections Begin |
Stay Young At Heart | |
2020 | Policies Not People |
Just Thinking To Myself | |
2019 | Should I Start With My Religion? |
2018 | Fear And Hope |
Day 33: Good News & Prep | |
2017 | Directions |
2016 | Handle With Care |
2015 | Nothing But Pride |
2014 | Go |
2013 | Well, Does It? |
2012 | Near Misses Aren’t Successes |
2011 | Uncomfortable Feelings |
2010 | San Francisco (favorites)… |
Bullets or Butter? | |
Small Comfort
Posted in Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Dan Wakefield, https://news.lettersofnote.com/, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Kurt Vonnegut: Letters, Letters Of Note, New York Times, Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes on August 15, 2022| Leave a Comment »
It may give us some comfort in these worrisome times to know that in all of history only one country has actually been crazy enough to detonate atomic weapons in the midst of civilian populations, turning unarmed men, women and children into radioactive soot and bonemeal. And that was a long, long time ago now. | |
Kurt Vonnegut | |
Letter to the New York Times | |
12th September 2002 | |
— Kurt Vonnegut | |
From: “Kurt Vonnegut: Letters” | |
Edited by: Dan Wakefield | |
Found at one of the sites I follow: “Letters of Note“ | |
The specific post is: https://news.lettersofnote.com/p/most-letters-from-a-parent-contain?s=r | |
[Please visit the original site if you have a few spare minutes… — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Get It Done |
Toe Tappin’ And Head Bobbin’ | |
2020 | Saddle Up! |
Practicing To Be Clever | |
Anybody Want A Bagel? | |
2019 | Welcome Home |
The Whole Community | |
2018 | The Cells Are Right |
Day 19: Broth | |
2017 | Be Responsible |
2016 | Thinking About November 8th, 2016 |
2015 | Lonely Teardrops |
2014 | Pleasurable Law |
2013 | Room For Justice |
In The Minds Of Others | |
2012 | Extinction, n. |
2011 | Snap! |
Units Of Measure
Posted in Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Courage, Intelligence, Other Blogs, Paul Dirac, Philosophy, Quotes, ram H singhal, Science, Scientific Progress on August 8, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Scientific progress is measured in units of courage, not intelligence. | |
— Paul Dirac | |
[Found on one of the blogs I follow: “ram H singhal“ | |
Located at: https://ram0singhal.wordpress.com/ | |
The specific post is at: https://ram0singhal.wordpress.com/2021/07/13/1933-nobel-prize-in-physics-paul-adrien-maurice-dirac/ | |
Please visit the original site if you have a spare moment. — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | True Fervor |
Still Sparkles | |
2020 | A Destructive Mistake |
I’d Rather Live In HER World | |
2019 | And #IncompetentTrump Is A Failure At Both |
2018 | To Excel At Your Craft |
Day 12: Waiting | |
2017 | Like When You Can Order Others To Fight For You |
2016 | Holding Fast |
2015 | Alms Or Balms |
2014 | A Day At The Beach |
2013 | Pillows |
Steppin’ | |
2012 | Invincible Summer |
2011 | Being Objective |
2010 | First Things First… |
Northwest Passages – Intro | |
Northwest Passages – Day One | |
Northwest Passages – Poetry | |
Northwest Passages – Evening One | |
Northwest Passages – Morning Two | |
Immerse Yourself Fully
Posted in Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Anna Lembke, David Kanigan, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence, http://davidkanigan.com/, Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes on July 20, 2022| Leave a Comment »
I urge you to find a way to immerse yourself fully in the life that you’ve been given. To stop running from whatever you’re trying to escape, and instead to stop, and turn, and face whatever it is. Then I dare you to walk toward it. In this way, the world may reveal itself to you as something magical and awe-inspiring that does not require escape. Instead, the world may become something worth paying attention to. The rewards of finding and maintaining balance are neither immediate nor permanent. They require patience and maintenance. We must be willing to move forward despite being uncertain of what lies ahead. We must have faith that actions today that seem to have no impact in the present moment are in fact accumulating in a positive direction, which will be revealed to us only at some unknown time in the future. Healthy practices happen day by day. My patient Maria said to me, “Recovery is like that scene in Harry Potter when Dumbledore walks down a darkened alley lighting lampposts along the way. Only when he gets to the end of the alley and stops to look back does he see the whole alley illuminated, the light of his progress.” | ||
— Anna Lembke | ||
From her book: “Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence“ | ||
Found at one of the blogs I follow: https://davidkanigan.com/ | ||
The specific post is: https://davidkanigan.com/2021/09/06/monday-morning-wake-up-call-267/ | ||
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On This Day In: | ||
2021 | And Then You Begin | |
A Familiar Song | ||
2020 | A Prayer For China | |
He Says The Last Five Questions Are Really Hard | ||
Fear And Cleverness | ||
2019 | Historic Contact | |
All Good | ||
2018 | History Judges Incompetent Presidencies, Too | |
2017 | Our Confident New President | |
2016 | Ways | |
2015 | Be Happy, Too | |
2014 | At Least Smile | |
2013 | Comfortably Bound | |
2012 | Certainty | |
Thinking About Fathers | ||
2011 | And In Every Level Of Media | |