Munich has just unveiled a new opera house. Pretty, no? Here's the thing: it's portable! It can be packed up and fit into a shipping container. Yet it seats 300 people! I want to check it out... from here.
Check out this story from the NY Times about a program at Wesleyan that brings Wesleyan classes to prison inmates in Connecticut. In the article, there is a quote from the father of a girl whose murderer is incarcerated in the prison questioning the point of spending money to educate someone who has been sentenced to life in prison. That does seem like a rational viewpoint, but some part of me feels like everyone is entitled to an education. What do you think?
Saw them tonight in Berlin...it was awesome! look at me oh look at me is this the way I'll always be? oh noooooo! oh noooooo! and now I dream that somebody will swiftly come and kidnap me oh nooooo! oh nooooo! and everyday I lie awake and pray to god todays the day oh nooooo! oh nooooo! but here I am oh here I am oh when will someone understand oh noooooo! oh noooo! Love it.