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The English term is an 18th century coinage, from the Latin feminine gerund of propagare "to propagate". In its turn, the word propagare is related to the word propages, "a slip, a cutting of a vine" and refers to the gardener's practice to disseminate plants by planting shoots. The term is not pejorative in origin, nor does it necessarily indicate that the message lacks verity. Panther, you are incredibly astute! Especially tying in the whole environmental/propagation thing.

Oh just laughed so hard.

Lucky!

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Avatar was astonishing. That story never gets old. Also saw the trailer for Tim Burton's 3D Alice In Wonderland which looks like a whole mess of fun. Plus trailers for another 3 or 4 3D films due out this spring. wtf?

I have been joking with my daughter, using almost the same words, since the show was announced. "Honey, just let me carry on a couple of acoustics and the trip is payed for." Nice for you all. I'd love to see him solo again one day.

Been listening to this quite a bit over the weekend. More dawg than bluegrass, and their cover of Brad Barr's Ooh Belle is sublime. Highly recommended.

I have the Audio Technica ATH M50's.The sound is phenomenal. I've not heard any of the others, so I can't comment on them. However, when I was researching my purchase, the ATs came out far ahead. Edit: Oh I see I already posted in this thread. Yes Moss, I'm still over the moon with them.* *Supposedly there is a 'burn in' period with headphones that sweetens their sound over time. After a year they still sound pretty sweet. I'm listening now!

Kristin Hersh has set up a PayPal charity to help defray his medical bills. And a wonderful written tribute to their deep friendship.

After my sister's suicide attempt, a counselor told me that suicide is not so much a wish for death as it is longing to stop suffering. His music was brutally honest and burned intensely. Such a gift he left. God speed, Vic.

Weird. That's the line I heard just before I posted that. Crushed me.

Uh huh. I'll be weeping for weeks I fear.

bump

Hmmm.

If you haven't seen The Future is Unwritten, I beg you. I love you, sweet shaman. Safe travels.

Dammit! Happy birthday Kyle. Hope you have a terrific year.

I can't believe I got photos by some of my favorite photographers for so cheap! Had I not been so fooking busy this past week, I would have submitted bjorn's famous VC holiday decorations shot. I hereby nominate it for next year's calender:

Very cool! Purchased. Thanks for putting this together, youse.

While all of Pollan's works are tremendous (except In Defense Of Food. I think he lost his muse after he switched coasts), this might be my favorite. Even the title is perfection. As a horticulturist, I often wonder at this miraculous, intelligent, symbiotic relationship. Pollan covers a lot of ground in Botany of Desire.

Lotti is dreamy.

I guess we still like to believe that our government is a bright shining beacon. We handpicked Karzai. His delightful brother is also on the CIA's payroll. Pakistan and Afghanistan are a dirty business.

Just speaking to the veracity, not the quality.

"It's the internet it has to be true!" It's satire folks. The Onion doesn't hold a patent on the stuff.

With every escalation of troops and money hemorrhaging out of this country I think of Osama Bid Laden's 2004 video release to Al-Jazeera: Bin Laden bragged at the time that al Qaeda has found it “easy for us to provoke and bait this administration. All that we have to do is to send two mujahedeen to the furthest point east to raise a piece of cloth on which is written al Qaeda, in order to make generals race there to cause America to suffer human, economic and political losses without their achieving anything of note other than some benefits for their private corporations.” “And it all shows