August 2008
12 posts
Brian Eno - Burning Airlines Give You So Much...
Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman...
From Wikipedia:
According to Gibbon, the Roman Empire succumbed to barbarian invasions because of a loss of civic virtue among its citizens.They had become weak, outsourcing their duties to defend their Empire to barbarian mercenaries, who then became so numerous and ingrained that they were able to take over the Empire. Romans, he believed, had become effeminate, unwilling to live a tougher,...
SLEEP
I’m considering experimenting with Polyphasic sleep patterns. More specifically Dymaxion Sleep; Buckminster Fuller’s version of Polyphasic sleeping. I’ve read a few blogs of people attempting various versions of it but eventually giving up. Fuller did it for about two years and claimed to have only slept two hours a day.
The Box Tops - The Letter
Legend has has it that...
