Comments for adamantine http://adamantine.wordpress.com tl;dr Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:43:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Quitting the Paint Factory by Mark Slouka by Backup Brain » Blog Archive http://adamantine.wordpress.com/texts/quitting-the-paint-factory-by-mark-slouka/#comment-2883 Backup Brain » Blog Archive Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:43:07 +0000 https://adamantine.wordpress.com/quitting-the-paint-factory-by-mark-slouka/#comment-2883 [...] “I distrust the perpetually busy; always have. The frenetic ones spinning in tight little circles like poisoned rats. The slower ones, grinding away their fourscore and ten in righteousness and pain. They are the soul-eaters.” – Mark Slouka. [...] [...] “I distrust the perpetually busy; always have. The frenetic ones spinning in tight little circles like poisoned rats. The slower ones, grinding away their fourscore and ten in righteousness and pain. They are the soul-eaters.” – Mark Slouka. [...]

]]> Comment on Quitting the Paint Factory by Mark Slouka by patrickumsted.com | Creative Sabbatical http://adamantine.wordpress.com/texts/quitting-the-paint-factory-by-mark-slouka/#comment-2882 patrickumsted.com | Creative Sabbatical Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:03:41 +0000 https://adamantine.wordpress.com/quitting-the-paint-factory-by-mark-slouka/#comment-2882 [...] me of one of my favorite essays of all time, published in a 2004 issue of Harper’s. Entitled “Quitting the Paint Factory,” its author Mark Slouka makes a case against constant busyness (and business). He writes: Idleness [...] [...] me of one of my favorite essays of all time, published in a 2004 issue of Harper’s. Entitled “Quitting the Paint Factory,” its author Mark Slouka makes a case against constant busyness (and business). He writes: Idleness [...]

]]> Comment on Quitting the Paint Factory by Mark Slouka by In praise of idleness « Discursus http://adamantine.wordpress.com/texts/quitting-the-paint-factory-by-mark-slouka/#comment-2881 In praise of idleness « Discursus Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:40:38 +0000 https://adamantine.wordpress.com/quitting-the-paint-factory-by-mark-slouka/#comment-2881 [...] it seemed rather serendipitous that I stumbled upon Mark Slouka’s old essay “Quitting the Paint Factory,” (reposted from the Nov. 2004 issue of Harper’s on what appears to be a now-defunct [...] [...] it seemed rather serendipitous that I stumbled upon Mark Slouka’s old essay “Quitting the Paint Factory,” (reposted from the Nov. 2004 issue of Harper’s on what appears to be a now-defunct [...]

]]> Comment on Quitting the Paint Factory by Mark Slouka by Burned Out? Take a Creative Sabbatical | Refinancing http://adamantine.wordpress.com/texts/quitting-the-paint-factory-by-mark-slouka/#comment-2880 Burned Out? Take a Creative Sabbatical | Refinancing Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:22:21 +0000 https://adamantine.wordpress.com/quitting-the-paint-factory-by-mark-slouka/#comment-2880 [...] me of one of my favorite essays of all time, published in a 2004 issue of Harper’s. Entitled “Quitting the Paint Factory,” its author Mark Slouka makes a case against constant busyness (and business). He writes: Idleness [...] [...] me of one of my favorite essays of all time, published in a 2004 issue of Harper’s. Entitled “Quitting the Paint Factory,” its author Mark Slouka makes a case against constant busyness (and business). He writes: Idleness [...]

]]> Comment on What’s the literacy rate of Sri Lanka? … by kyna http://adamantine.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/whats-the-literacy-rate-of-sri-lanka/#comment-2872 kyna Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:31:08 +0000 http://adamantine.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/whats-the-literacy-rate-of-sri-lanka/#comment-2872 <blockquote cite="#commentbody-2851"> <strong><a href="#comment-2851" rel="nofollow">James</a> :</strong>Hey man (David Bandara) look at the Georgia’s literacy rate! it is 100%<a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/gg.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/gg.html</A></blockquote> Does it mean that new born babies are literate? I'd like more verifications on that one.

James :Hey man (David Bandara) look at the Georgia’s literacy rate! it is 100%https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/gg.html

Does it mean that new born babies are literate? I’d like more verifications on that one.

]]> Comment on What’s the literacy rate of Sri Lanka? … by kyna http://adamantine.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/whats-the-literacy-rate-of-sri-lanka/#comment-2871 kyna Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:29:33 +0000 http://adamantine.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/whats-the-literacy-rate-of-sri-lanka/#comment-2871 The Sri lankan literacy rate is fairly progressing up to high standards and woul'nt be impossible to reach 100%, but, probably, more attention should be concentrated on the English language. The Sri lankan literacy rate is fairly progressing up to high standards and woul’nt be impossible to reach 100%, but, probably, more attention should be concentrated on the English language.

]]> Comment on THE is a tediously hip magazine by the F … by Dr J.W. Müller http://adamantine.wordpress.com/2008/05/24/the-is-a-tediously-hip-magazine-by-the-f/#comment-2870 Dr J.W. Müller Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:16:36 +0000 http://adamantine.wordpress.com/2008/05/24/the-is-a-tediously-hip-magazine-by-the-f/#comment-2870 Why did Anton Kannemeyer buy the book in the first place? To a two-year old non the less? (Does anyone know two-year-olds who can read?) Any sane adult person can see on the cover that the book portrays black people in a stereotypic manner. BTW, if he wanted to criticize white colonialists in Africa, why does the parody cover portray black people killing other black people? Anyway, he's not doing this for his daughter, he's doing this to relieve his conscience. Which is helping... who? Why did Anton Kannemeyer buy the book in the first place? To a two-year old non the less? (Does anyone know two-year-olds who can read?) Any sane adult person can see on the cover that the book portrays black people in a stereotypic manner.

BTW, if he wanted to criticize white colonialists in Africa, why does the parody cover portray black people killing other black people? Anyway, he’s not doing this for his daughter, he’s doing this to relieve his conscience. Which is helping… who?

]]> Comment on Quitting the Paint Factory by Mark Slouka by Get Motivated? Get Bent! « Rad Crafty Bookish http://adamantine.wordpress.com/texts/quitting-the-paint-factory-by-mark-slouka/#comment-2857 Get Motivated? Get Bent! « Rad Crafty Bookish Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:40:11 +0000 https://adamantine.wordpress.com/quitting-the-paint-factory-by-mark-slouka/#comment-2857 [...] BF recently forwarded this article to me:  “Quitting the Painting Factory” by Mark Slouka (Harper’s, November 2004–thanks to Adamantne for generously posting it). Slouka [...] [...] BF recently forwarded this article to me:  “Quitting the Painting Factory” by Mark Slouka (Harper’s, November 2004–thanks to Adamantne for generously posting it). Slouka [...]

]]> Comment on Quitting the Paint Factory by Mark Slouka by Alastair Humphreys – Society, I hope you’re not lonely without me. http://adamantine.wordpress.com/texts/quitting-the-paint-factory-by-mark-slouka/#comment-2856 Alastair Humphreys – Society, I hope you’re not lonely without me. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:19:01 +0000 https://adamantine.wordpress.com/quitting-the-paint-factory-by-mark-slouka/#comment-2856 [...] is not wasting time. It is using time! Last week I used some of my newly-gleaned time to read an essay from Harper’s Magazine expounding the virtues of idleness. I don’t aspire to be idle, I don’t plan on dying in a bus in Alaska. But I appreciate [...] [...] is not wasting time. It is using time! Last week I used some of my newly-gleaned time to read an essay from Harper’s Magazine expounding the virtues of idleness. I don’t aspire to be idle, I don’t plan on dying in a bus in Alaska. But I appreciate [...]

]]> Comment on Quitting the Paint Factory by Mark Slouka by anthillz » Blog Archive » links for 2009-03-04 http://adamantine.wordpress.com/texts/quitting-the-paint-factory-by-mark-slouka/#comment-2855 anthillz » Blog Archive » links for 2009-03-04 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:06:29 +0000 https://adamantine.wordpress.com/quitting-the-paint-factory-by-mark-slouka/#comment-2855 [...] Quitting the Paint Factory by Mark Slouka — adamantine "Counterpoint." (tags: art philosophy) [...] [...] Quitting the Paint Factory by Mark Slouka — adamantine "Counterpoint." (tags: art philosophy) [...]

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