February 2008
48 posts
January 2008
96 posts
White Shoes & The Couples Company -...
The Autumn of the Multitaskers →
You really should read this article. I know that it’s hard to take 10 minutes to read an entire article, one that’s more than 200 words long (and that’s not sarcasm or veiled disdain — it takes a real effort to make myself stay on one browser tab for more than 15 seconds), but you should.
This article is probably guilty of over-the-top, Luddite town crier, “those...
The Last One
George W. Bush will never again give a State of the Union address. I am filled with an indescribable joy.
I won’t comment, as Fred Kaplan has already written an excellent summary and evaluation for Slate.
Today on NPR, Terri Gross interviewed Randall Balmer, whose book, God in the White House, “explores the interplay between religion and politics in America, tracking the...
“I do not want any Coney Island. I want as much wilderness, as much nature...”
– Address of Harold L. Ickes, Superintendents’ Conference, Washington, D.C., February 1936.
Found in Regreening the National Parks by Michael Frome, which, to this point and for someone who has experience and much interest in national parks, is extremely interesting.
My boyfriend and his friends celebrated “Rambo Day” yesterday by doing the following:
Going to see the new Rambo movie
Eating a “meat and potatos” dinner consisting of chicken wings, ribs, and mashed potatos.
The original plan included a “Rambo situation room” in which the previous three Rambo movies were to be playing on three different televisions at once....
Anthony Hamilton - “Feel Me”
Obama Takes SC Primary →
He won by a ridiculous margin — 55 percent Obama, 27 percent Clinton, 18 percent Edwards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, he totally swept the black vote with 81 percent but trailed behind both Clinton and Edwards with only 24 percent of the white vote. For anyone who thought that the process thus far had shown that race was no longer a big issue: you’re wrong. I wish you were right. I...
Cadence Weapon - “Tattoos and What They...
Little ponytail
I put my hair back in one today. It’s true.
Take On Me… GUITAR SOLO!
Madvillain - “Figaro (Madlib Remix)”
Kompakt Reissues Gas Catalog in Box Set →
New Place
Big news: I found a place to live!
While the hotel was nice (having someone else clean and make the bed every day is a luxury), it was getting old. The night that I woke up to the sound of two drunken men speaking in Russian and fighting with an ironing board served as an extra special incentive to get a move on.* Luckily, Craigslist was my friend.
The house is nice. It’s a mid-sized...
