This past week was one of the busiest in recent memory. Saw the Kathy Kallick Band tonight! Annie Staninec was great, as usual, though she has apparently moved to Portland! She says the bluegrass/old-time scene there is great, though there is more old-time music than bluegrass...

Joseph of Jackson has a blog.

Robert Downey, Jr. Does Wing Chun

Apparently, TWC (William Cheung)
Robert Downey Jr. Training With His Wing Chun Sifu
Robert Downey Jr Training For 'Avengers: Age Of Ultron': Video Shows 'Tony Stark' Practicing Martial Arts And Doing Hardcore Weightlifting And Calisthenics!
Men's Health Cover

He has also been a good friend to Mel Gibson.

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A Fan of the M1 Carbine

Pravoslavie: A monk from a samurai family
A Conversation with Hierodeacon Nikolai (Ono)

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It's Not National History Day

National Ideology Day by Steven Jonathan Rummelsburg

Tom Woods Reviews The Founding Fathers Guide to the Constitution

How to Read the Constitution (originally published at AmConMag) - The Founding Fathers Guide to the Constitution, Brion McClanahan, Regnery, 262 pages

Pretty sure I got a copy of this book.

Where are their parents?

Funny how Asian parents let their teenaged daughters flaunt their sexual power in public places through their clothing - absentee "parenting" is a contradiction in terms.

Thyroid Issues?

Post by Grass Fed Girl.

Julian Lennon, "Too Late For Goodbyes"

State vs. Clan

Mark S. Weiner, The Paradox of Modern Individualism
Daniel McCarthy, The Paradox of Rule
The Clan vs. Modern, State-Dependent "Individualism"

風立ちぬ

Saw The Wind Rises this morning, not dubbed but subbed. The story was a bit sad, but not in the way I might have expected. I think it does a good job of handling the controversy behind Jiro Horikoshi, though the cynic may question if he overly-romanticizes his life story. It is definitely an illustration of Miyazaki's love of airplines and flying.







ジブリ最新作「風立ちぬ」宮崎監督完成会見インタビュー「自分の作品で初めて泣いた・・・」

Hayao Miyazaki in Conversation with Roland Kelts

風立ちぬ
wiki
1982 obit in NYT

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A feminist can't help but complain.

Doing Paleo in Korea

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Marié Digby, "Empire"

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Wayfaring Strangers

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"VFFs Go Natural" - Hemp

Outside: Vibram FiveFingers CVT Hemp
Not your average minimalist trail shoe.

Peak Oil Links

Peak Oil Is Not a Myth
Reasons for Our Energy Predicament: An Overview

Peak Prosperity: Richard Heinberg: The Oil 'Revolution' Story Is Dead Wrong by Adam Taggart
The data tell a vastly different tale than the media


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James Howard Kunstler

Larry Vickers on YT

His channel.

An Explanation of Icons

Pravmir: Icons are Much More than Art in Orthodoxy by Fr. Barnabas Powell

TEDx Manhattan

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"Never Give Up" - The Women Who Still Want to Have It All

Post by Fresh Air with Terry Gross.

The Del McCoury Band on Mountain Stage Radio Show

NPR

Post by The Del McCoury Band.

Waiting to See if There Will Be Any Special Dignitaries and Visiting Prelates

Post by Western American Diocese, Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.

Liturgy of Presanctified Gifts (Metropolitan Hilarion)

The 20th anniversary of the Glorification of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco is July 2.

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In the Footsteps of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco By Ekaterina Stepanova

House Concert with Troy MacGillivray, Rose Clancy, and Janine Randall

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Because He's Got Nothing Better to Do

Post by ComingSoon.net.