As a child growing up in Arizona and Georgia college towns during the 1980s and 1990s, the filmmaker Astra Taylor was “unschooled” by her lefty, countercultural parents. “My siblings and I slept late and never knew what day of the week it was,” Taylor writes in a new essay in the literary journal N+1. “We were never tested, graded, or told to memorize dates, facts, or figures. … Some days we read books, made music, painted, or drew. Other days we argued and fought over the computer. Endless hours were spent watching reruns of ‘The Simpsons’ on videotape, though we had every episode memorized. When we weren’t inspired—which was often—we simply did nothing at all.”
Last time President Obama was in town, Juan Alcala ventured east from his normal spot on Ocean Front Walk to meet up with some Occupy LA’ers. MysteryManTV has uploaded an awesome video of Juan at the protest, which is seen below. (Some of the language in this video is not work safe.)
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From Geek Sugar via Amanda B.:
Foursquare studied 1.5 billion check-ins and determined which cities were the most romantic, based on check-ins to places deemed “romantic” for couples, like French restaurants, wine bars, flower shops, and lingerie boutiques.
The winners are:
1. Lake Buena Vista, FL.
2. Napa, CA.
3. Venice, CA.
4. Saint Louis, MO.
5. New York, NY.
6. San Francisco, CA.
7. Reston, VA.
8. Beverly Hills, CA.
9. Myrtle Beach, SC.
10. Key West, FL.
