December 2009
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Chesterton on Christmas
“Christmas for us in Christendom has become one thing, and in one sense even a simple thing. But like all the truths of that tradition, it is in another sense a very complex thing. Its unique note is the simultaneous striking of many notes; of humility, of gaiety, of gratitude, of mystical fear, but also of vigilance and of drama… There is something defiant in it also; something...
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Is it Christmas?
Is it Christmas?
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Bauhaus Chess
Chessgasm.
If you are already intimidated by the sharp logical nature of chess, with its tactics, cleanliness, and mathematical formality, than this brilliantly simple chess set will have you begging for mercy. Josef Hartwig from the Bauhaus school first sculpted this bit of elegance back in 1924 out of cherry wood. Notice each piece is inspired by its own movement (love that knight). I would...
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