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But, thank goodness, things are looking up: at the gate with a Filet o’ Fish, a Diet Coke, and...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:50:54 -0500

But, thank goodness, things are looking up: at the gate with a Filet o’ Fish, a Diet Coke, and Carlo Ginzburg. Signing off…

Fucking airports. So unnecessaily stressful. So inefficient. So dehumanizing. I hate how quickly...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:24:42 -0500

Fucking airports. So unnecessaily stressful. So inefficient. So dehumanizing.

I hate how quickly waiting in certain kinds of lines turns me into a monster - but so hard to be gracious / graceful in junkspace.

"A trap street is a fictitious street included on a map, often outside the area the map covers, for..."

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:19:33 -0500

“A trap street is a fictitious street included on a map, often outside the area the map covers, for the purpose of “trapping” potential copyright violators of the map, who will be unable to justify the inclusion of the “trap street” on their map.”

- Trap street - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

olivia lee

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:07:00 -0500

olivia lee:

uchicago girl makes good. adorable.

prossimamente.

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:33:00 -0500

prossimamente.

Photo

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:48:00 -0400

«Octopi are the smartest invertebrates, and as such have a history of scientific puppeteering...

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:35:00 -0400

«Octopi are the smartest invertebrates, and as such have a history of scientific puppeteering involving the usual mazes and puzzles often used to harass_mice. They can open jars, play with pill bottles, and throw rotten food down the drain. They can also destroy their exhibits and escape from their aquariums. Some escapes are motivated by the need to grab some snacks from the other aquariums, some are searching for love, and some are just bored.»

"The Beatles song “She Loves You,” which popped into my head soon after I received my wife’s letter..."

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:32:46 -0400

“The Beatles song “She Loves You,” which popped into my head soon after I received my wife’s letter from the Red Cross, was the most popular. For reasons that baffled me, the guards relished singing it with me. I began by singing its first verse. My three Taliban guards, along with Tahir and Asad, then joined me in the chorus. “She loves you — yeah, yeah, yeah,” we sang, with Kalashnikovs lying on the floor around us.”

- Held by the Taliban. Part Three - The World of Young Militants - Series - NYTimes.com

i heard “highschool lover” on the radio today and...

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:27:34 -0400

i heard “highschool lover” on the radio today and was totally overcome by memories of 2006. it cut sharply through the content and the weather of today. i don’t know what it was.

up next

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:10:59 -0400

up next

the best part about the hp listhost is the extent to which it forces one to imaginatively complete...

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:34:00 -0400

the best part about the hp listhost is the extent to which it forces one to imaginatively complete what which is left unsaid. for example:

Hi all,

We had an extended family member move suddenly to Arizona. She left behind some items at our house and I’d like to offer them to neighbors before taking them down to the Goodwill.

— A few bags of women’s clothing - size XL, pants seem to be size 17 or so — style is casual and/or sportwear, a few summer dresses
— A child’s car seat (her daughter is 9)
— Extra cans of Fresca
— A plastic hamper

i liked the addition of the cans of fresca.

I just watched the first episode of Midsomer Murders where Sergent Ben Jones joins up with Detective...

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:02:46 -0400

I just watched the first episode of Midsomer Murders where Sergent Ben Jones joins up with Detective Inspector Barnaby – it turns out Jones was a regular policeman who, after helping Barnaby solve a triple-murder at a spooky old house, transfers into the Causton CID. I still don’t like him as well as Sgt. Troy, but it made me like him substantially more than Sgt. Dan. No questions.

It is also very very cold here.

taking chairman home for the first time in a beijing taxi,...

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:16:14 -0400

taking chairman home for the first time in a beijing taxi, summer 2007.

Video

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:00:37 -0400

Video

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:30:40 -0400

Goodbye Julian and Athanasius!

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:28:00 -0400

You were such beautiful fish! It was so much fun to take care of you and I loved watching you swim around, on my dresser on Division Street when the light would cast your shadows on the wall and you would appear and disappear in your bowls, on Ann Street in the kitchen keeping me company and in Pittsburgh, near the plants in the living room, swimming around and around among the succulents. You made being at home so much more fun and cheerful - it feels emptier without you and I will really miss you.

"In most partnerships, you never get to have a complete understanding of the other person and use it..."

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:31:52 -0400

““In most partnerships, you never get to have a complete understanding of the other person and use it creatively,” she says. “And he did that with me, even if he stole some of my life for Scenes From a Marriage.” Recently she discovered that for a devastating scene in which the husband falls asleep while his trusting wife reads her diary to him, Bergman had taken the words directly from a journal she had left for him to read while they were living together. “It made me cry when I realized it,” she says. “I had no idea.””

- Bergman’s muse Liv Ullmann: Celebrities: Wmagazine.com

the Bunny Hug

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:32:00 -0400

“I remember the Castles doing the Bunny Hug and the Banana Split. I remember the Castle Walk, which was very, very, very, very, very fast, and the Turkey Trot, the Turkey Trot, the Turkey Trot…

Then…when my family moved from Paris to New York, I discovered the Ziegfeld Follies! It was entertainment…and talk about splendeur! Ziegfeld was a magician who also had a sense of perfect design. He created a language.

I remember his girls so vividly. Dolores was the greatest of them – a totally Gothic English beauty. She was very highly paid just to walk across the stage - and the whole place would go to pieces. It was a good walk, I can tell you - it had such fluidity and grace. Everything I know about walking comes from watching Ziegfeld’s girls. I think I learned more from the Ziegfeld Follies…than from almost anything else I’ve seen - that and the coronation of George V.

Ah…splendeur! It’s what we miss.”

-Diana Vreeland, Allure

I have had this cold for three weeks, and this morning Lior is snoring as he naps, so he must be...

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:28:37 -0400

I have had this cold for three weeks, and this morning Lior is snoring as he naps, so he must be congested too.

We are miserable.

[Highland Park] lost glasses near ballfield

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:18:22 -0400

it begins:

“hi neighbors- i had a temporarily debilitating accident falling down the hill on the jackson st. side of the ball park behind the farmouse. some nice people help me get back on my feet helped regain my senses and gave me and my dog a ride home. i didn’t realize til sometime afterward i had lost my glasses in the fall.”