Apropos of Nothing Vox 2009-07-15T03:18:11Z Akela Talamasca http://akelatalamasca.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00e39899a01e0002/ In which your Fearless Author just won't. Stop. Talking. Epiphanies are wonderful tag:vox.com,2009-05-15:asset-6a00e39899a01e000201101684bcb0860d 2009-05-15T19:23:56Z 2009-07-15T03:18:11Z Akela Talamasca http://akelatalamasca.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Pure_joy_by_Ferruti

I've just gotten off the phone (well, Skype, but it's pretty much the same thing) with The Amazing Jennifer Priest. Why is she so amazing? Because in the space of an hour, she brought me up from exhaustion to excitement; from depression to deligh...

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]]> The First Step tag:vox.com,2009-04-29:asset-6a00e39899a01e0002011017be9836860e 2009-04-29T07:44:58Z 2009-04-29T21:30:40Z Akela Talamasca http://akelatalamasca.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

found at http://natewhitehill.com

Part of wisdom is knowing when to seek help. I don't claim any special store of knowledge apart from the common sort that arrives with age, but I do know when I need assistance. I've come to a point in my life in which I feel overwhelmed by the ...

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]]> On drinking tag:vox.com,2009-03-20:asset-6a00e39899a01e000201101672ce8e860d 2009-03-20T21:45:20Z 2009-03-22T07:11:40Z Akela Talamasca http://akelatalamasca.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Click this link to listen to this blogpost! Drunk dialing Ralph on the porcelain phone

O the wonders and joys of drink! The epicurean delight to be had in a precisely-concocted formula of alcohol! The gastronomic pleasure inherent in every chilled sip and swallow! It is a consummation I shall never know. For I, dear friends and ene...

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]]> Friday the 13th: the Luckiest Day of the Year tag:vox.com,2009-03-13:asset-6a00e39899a01e000201101670a98a860d 2009-03-13T22:57:00Z 2009-03-14T05:07:08Z Akela Talamasca http://akelatalamasca.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

JayV Click to listen to this blogpost!

According to lore -- and by "lore", of course, I mean "Wikipedia" -- there really is no supportable reason behind the fact that traditionally, Friday the 13th is considered a day of bad luck. Mostly, it's a concatenation of the belief that Friday...

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]]> Being about the origin of cherubs as instruments of failed relationships tag:vox.com,2009-02-18:asset-6a00e39899a01e0002011015ea09b9860b 2009-02-18T00:34:33Z 2009-02-18T00:36:00Z Akela Talamasca http://akelatalamasca.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Click to listen to this blogpost! C.H.E.R.U.B.

So! Valentine's Day, huh? Am I right? Huh? Yeah! Hearts! Flowers! Candy! Ha-haaaaa, ugh. Now that it's safely past us for another year, I gotta question. Whether you're a dyed-in-the-wool romanticist, all luvvy-duvvy boo-boo kitty nummymuffincooc...

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]]> Only YOU can stop your head from exploding 100 tag:vox.com,2009-02-06:asset-6a00e39899a01e0002011018067af4860f 2009-02-06T21:30:11Z 2009-03-06T07:16:41Z Akela Talamasca http://akelatalamasca.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

KABOOMY! Click here to listen to this post!

If you’re like me, or even like him, or her, but not her or her, and totally not like that guy, ‘cause eww, what the hell is wrong with his ears, he doesn’t know the business end of a loofah from a turkey’s wattle and MAN he needs the services of...

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]]> CyLOLns tag:vox.com,2008-10-22:asset-6a00e39899a01e000200fae8e8ee19000b 2008-10-22T05:39:29Z 2008-10-22T05:39:29Z Akela Talamasca http://akelatalamasca.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Icanhasplan

'Nuff said.

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]]> Telegraph? Whoa, I didn't see THAT coming! tag:vox.com,2008-04-25:asset-6a00e39899a01e000200e398f381fe0004 2008-04-25T21:34:25Z 2009-02-22T07:34:06Z Akela Talamasca http://akelatalamasca.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

the Noble Telegraph Click here to listen to this post!

Of all the abandoned, obsolete technologies we've discarded over the years, the one most deserving of a second chance is the noble telegraph. Think about it -- when we're at our computers everyday, visiting our favorite wicker porn sites, what ar...

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]]> No go boho tag:vox.com,2008-01-10:asset-6a00e39899a01e000200e398d1129d0005 2008-01-10T22:18:42Z 2008-04-17T19:31:24Z Akela Talamasca http://akelatalamasca.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

A_Capella_Bohemian_Rhapsody

Here's where we separate the strong-stomached from the squeamish. I give you: Bohemian Rhapsody, a capella. One of the lyrics is wrong, but damned if I was going to re-record that. History will judge me.

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]]> Nothing left to lose tag:vox.com,2008-01-03:asset-6a00e39899a01e000200e398ce65d80001 2008-01-03T19:11:29Z 2009-02-22T07:40:36Z Akela Talamasca http://akelatalamasca.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Freefalling Click here to listen to this post!

It’s been a long December, and there’s reason to believe maybe this year will be better than the last. But how much better? What has kept it from being better before this? Have you been unable to do everything you wanted to, due to scheduling res...

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