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Volcano Choir - Unmap

Right now it's rainy in New Haven. (Surprise, surprise). Plato's dissection of Euthyphro can be put aside for the time being, since Justin Vernon's newest album, a collaboration with the instrumental band Collections of Colonies of Bees, is gracing my stereo. And it is bliss. Collections' minimalist multilayered ambience provides a really great backdrop for Vernon's now-ubiquitous voice. It makes for a really great collaboration, and an excellent soundtrack for a rainy day.

Check it here: [NPR's Exclusive First Listen]

Healthcare...finally?

Max Baucus' healthcare plan is finally on the table. There's no gov't run option. This is the worst good-bad thing ever. I wish there were a middle ground on this. I wish the republicans weren't imbued and controlled by wingnuts. I wish congress would think with their brains and not with their approval ratings.

PS-Joe Wilson is an idiot, not a racist. WTF belanie!?

Pericles, to Obama

"All who have taken it upon themselves to rule over others have incurred hatred and unpopularity for a time; but if one has a great aim to pursue, this burden of envy must be accepted, and it is wise to accept it. Hatred does not last for long; but the brilliance of the present is the glory of the future stored up for ever in the memory of man."