Pete Seeger, Songwriter and Champion of Folk Music, Dies at 94 [NYT]

Title: “Touching a Nerve: The Self as Brain”

Author: Patricia S. Churchland

Rank: 78

Blurb: “What happens when we accept that everything we feel and think stems not from an immaterial spirit but from electrical and chemical activity in our brains?”

Review: “Being a young aspiring experimental psychology graduate with a minor in philosophy, I find the work of Patricia Churchland refreshing.”

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Footnote: Anybody who argues that Self can be explained by brain science should begin by explaining what Self is. We’ll wait.

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Justin Bieber arrested in Miami Beach over DUI, drag-racing [Miami Herald]

Title: “Four Blood Moons: Something Is About to Change”

Author: John Hagee

Rank: 100

Blurb: “Just as in biblical times, God is controlling the sun, the moon, and the stars to send our generation a signal that something big is about to happen. The question is: Are we watching and listening to His message?”

Review: “Personally, I suspect that the Temple will be rebuilt. I have already described the events of the next few years as I ‘decode’ them in my last book, End Times and 2019. I think the Antichrist will enter a rebuilt Temple in Jerusalem on June 6, 2016 (I already have at least five clues pointing to this date) – and this will be the focus of the book I am currently working on.”

Customers Also Bought: “Purging Your House, Pruning Your Family Tree: How to Rid Your Home and Family of Demonic Influence and Generational Oppression”

Footnote: God is the ultimate MacGuffin.

Four Blood Moons [Amazon]

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First State Chevrolet in Delaware sold John and Debbie Hooper a new 2o12 Camaro ZL1. After they had put 10k miles on the car, there was a paint issue that still had not been resolved. Tom dropped the car off at the dealership for a bit of a respray and, when he returned, the car looked like this:

Seems an employee of the dealership came in on a Sunday when it was closed and took the car out for a little joy ride. And wrapped it around a phone pole. Totaled.

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Title: “Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain”

Author: Daniel J. Siegel

Rank: 40

Blurb: “Between the ages of 12 and 24, the brain changes in important, and oftentimes maddening, ways. It’s no wonder that many parents approach their child’s adolescence with fear and trepidation. According to renowned neuropsychiatrist Daniel Siegel, however, if parents and teens can work together to form a deeper understanding of the brain science behind all the tumult, they will be able to turn conflict into connection and form a deeper understanding of one another.”

Review: “There is no way I could imagine an adolescent reading and enjoying this book.”

Customers Also Bought: “Yes, Your Teen is Crazy!”

Footnote: I hate you! You keep making me read these fucking pop-psychology books and you never listen! Stop reading my Facebook!

Brainstorm [Amazon]

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Some days you wake up covered in blow, screaming in agony, unable to stay on your feet.

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