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The big ideas on the small, the not-so-small, and the everyday.

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03/24/2011

Send in Whatever Clowns Are Left

by xkmbernard

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03/10/2011

The Sound of Silence

by xkmbernard

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02/24/2011

Travelin’ Man

by xkmbernard

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02/15/2011

The Doctors and the Divine

by xkmbernard

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01/25/2011

Water View

by xkmbernard

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01/11/2011

Garden Party

by xkmbernard

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12/21/2010

Let the Bedbugs Bite!

The existential dilemma of bedbugs.

by xkmbernard

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12/02/2010

Monsters, Inc.

On the seriousness of Archimboldo's silly creatures.

by xkmbernard

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11/17/2010

Museum, Ho!

Americans on the sea.

by xkmbernard

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10/29/2010

Escape Act

Houdini's quest for liberation.

by xkmbernard

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