Author: Chibi

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Between the Bars is blog platform for prisoners, taking their handwritten and typed letters and scanning them for publication on its site. Its aim is to provide "a positive outlet for creativity, a tool to assist in the maintenance of social safety nets, an opportunity to forge connections between people inside and outside of prison, and...

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Put together in a hurry by dozens of pro and amateur writers, translators, and editors shepherded by an unnamed Brit in Kanto, 2:46: Aftershocks (known by its hashtag, quakebook) doesn't promise an Underground-style meditation on the Great Tohoku Disaster but an aggregation of international gut responses, with 100% of sales revenue going to disaster relief in...

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After seeing Fyodor Khitruk's interpretation of Milne's old bear, I wonder if I'll ever watch the Disney version again. Although, there's something to be said about the Disney Pooh in Spanish. The chorus from the intro canción gets me every time: The Japanese and Swedish versions are pretty good, too....

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I just learned something I wish I hadn't: Before Southern California's Top 40 AM station the Mighty 690 switched formats in 1961 to 24-hours news, it played this song for three days straight. So, of course, I wanted to know what that was like. Just a few rotations in and I think my brain is sufficiently...