Sunday, April 28, 2013

Rhea Becker's Short Attention Span

Rhea Becker's Short Attention Span


Irish Step Dancing Freaks Me Out

Posted: 27 Apr 2013 01:39 PM PDT

I saw some Irish step dancing today at a local festival and I finally figured out why it freaks me out. It’s because the bottom of the dancer’s body is all active and jumpy, but from the waist up the arms hang down limply, and it all looks very corpse-like.

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Rhea Becker's Short Attention Span

Rhea Becker's Short Attention Span


This is a Hate Crime!

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 01:00 PM PDT

This is not ‘protected speech’. It’s a hate crime.

Friday, April 26, 2013

Rhea Becker's Short Attention Span

Rhea Becker's Short Attention Span


Revisiting the Site of the Boston Marathon Bombing

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 06:01 AM PDT

Yesterday the city reopened the part of Boylston Street that has been closed since the Boston Marathon bombings. I work on Boylston Street, but four blocks from the bombings, so I hadn’t been to this part of the street in a while. Last night, I wandered down there and found groups of people quietly huddled [...]

Monday, April 22, 2013

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Rhea Becker's Short Attention Span


Bigfoot Lives: Read this Amazing Account

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 05:48 AM PDT

Here’s a great Bigfoot sighting by a wilderness guide who knows the woods of Washington inside and out.  

Friday, April 19, 2013

Rhea Becker's Short Attention Span

Rhea Becker's Short Attention Span


Photos from the Boston Marathon Bombing Site

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 04:40 PM PDT

I work four blocks from the Boston Marathon finish line. Today after work I wandered down and walked the perimeter of the crime scene. I took a few shots:  

Wow, Three New Planets!

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 11:49 AM PDT

It’s amazing when scientists discover new planets. But look what we’ve done here. Abuse. Poverty. Pollution. I wouldn’t allow anyone from this place to soil and plunder a new planet. We must begin to embrace life and positive things like nurturing and kindness, and rid ourselves of conflict and all the -isms if we want [...]