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"Some people juggle geese" is a quote from Joss Whedon's defunct sci-fi/western tv show Firefly. I take it to be a positive statement about the richness of the human experience.

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Year Summary for 2011

Books

The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley
June 16, 2011

Movies

The Last Samurai (2003)
January 1, 2011

Year Summaries

2025 (63 posts)
2024 (48 posts)
2023 (29 posts)
2022 (22 posts)
2021 (11 posts)
2020 (23 posts)
2019 (24 posts)
2018 (106 posts)
2017 (241 posts)
2016 (218 posts)
2015 (37 posts)
2014 (20 posts)
2013 (10 posts)
2012 (28 posts)
2011 (2 posts)
2009 (2 posts)
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