December 2007
20 posts
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Gaping Void on how to be creative (from 2004) →
A turgoduckguinmalpouquaparsquapheasducken +... →
It's more evidence that we should keep a safe... →
They’re back, and this time it’s for socks.
Farmadelphia thoughts from Reckon on Vox →
Inspired photography in this proposal from Front Studio— “Whole sections of the city would thus be deliberately cultivated. Or, from a slightly different perspective, it’s the controlled re-wilding of the city.”
“The culture of academia is like a land rush: professors poised around the edges...”
– Monica Hesse, Washington Post, December 16, 2007
“She’s fabulous, but she’s evil.”
– My friend Lauren’s status on Gmail. Finally, I know what I want on my cremation urn.
A friend (frienemy?) called me Barby the other day, which makes me think of this song about grammar snarkiness; “all your diction, dripping with disdain…” “Oxford Comma” by Vampire Weekend is the best song about punctuation since The Blow’s “Parentheses” - and yes, I want to be in a band called The Diacritical Marks. (Thanks @Ron Mexico, my indiepop...
“But hope isn’t a choice, it’s a moral obligation, a human...”
– from Tony Kushner’s 2002 commencement speech to Vassar College (video). Kushner’s life, politics, and moral criticism are the subject of a P.O.V. documentary airing tonight.
“I am here to organize. I am here to be political. I am here to be a citizen in a...”
– from Tony Kushner’s 2002 commencement speech to Vassar College (video). Kushner’s life, politics, and moral criticism are the subject of a P.O.V. documentary airing tonight.
I'm so glad someone else noticed. →
part one was even scarier: deep-fried butter
“In such relatively intact places, we can not only witness but sometimes briefly...”
– Rick Bass on hypocrisy, activism, and hope: http://tinyurl.com/2a7fpz
