FEATURED BLOG FROM THE EDITORS OF PURPLE STATE
One of the most profound pleasures of my life has been reaching across the aisle to John Marks at PurpleStateofMind.com. Almost everything about this project was experimental and accidental. It started with John's phone call, inviting me to take a look back at where we were as roommates at Davidson College...More
CRAIG'S BLOG
MUTANTS AND MYSTICS: A Mind-Growing Trip
How many kids reading comics, envision themselves flying? They may imagine making that single bound off the roof of their home, only to land with a deflating thud (and maybe even a broken arm)? Mutant and Mystics is a throwback to a time when comics and sci-fi first expanded our notion of what’s possible, when adolescent dreams were fueled by the visions of Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and Philip K...More
JOHN'S BLOG
PURPLE STATE OF MIND: A Farewell To Arms
by JOHN MARKS States are funny things. One minute, they're real, the next a memory. Purple State Of Mind barely registered as a thought in a few thousand minds, never found its way onto a map and had no claim whatsoever to legitimacy. Yet somehow, for four remarkable years, from October 2007 to December 2011, it came to have a life of its own...More
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Summertime is finally here. While – absent our normal breakneck programming schedule and without new blog content – it might look a little like we’re taking a siesta* at the Village Square we’re really busy planning for our 2013-14 season. We’re taking stock of past programming and imagining new ideas (tickler: some have to do [...]
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Bits Blog: Tumblr Community Responds to Yahoo Bid
Tumblr faithfuls took to the service with letters and animated illustrations to protest the sale of the company to Yahoo for $1.1 billion.
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Tennis and Mono: A Love Match?
Why is pro tennis succumbing to mono, the "kissing disease"?
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Prosecutors, atty’s to seize more properties from cult leader
Federal prosecutors and attorneys are seeking the seizure of more buildings from cult leader Tony Alamo -- who is serving a 175-year prison sentence for taking girls as young as nine as his 'wives.' The properties are to be sold in order to satisfy judgements against Alamo.Full story: Prosecutors, atty’s to seize more properties from cult leader
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To Edmund Burke, principles were lessons from everyday life, nothing more. The contradictions of conservatism are everywhere in his thinking… more»
