June 2008
28 posts
LIFEBLAG
I almost just waxed my eyelid shut. It’s cool now, though.
Moody whispery piano-centric Footloose. I... →
Cutest story of the day so far. →
REFORMER WEBSITE REDESIGN ALERT!!!! →
GOD FORBID; MAINTAIN GOOD PUNCTUATION HABITS... →
The joys of post-college pleasure reading
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“I have perceiv’d that to be with those I like is enough,
To stop in company...”
– Whitman, “I Sing the Body Electric,” Leaves of Grass
“‘I’m like Mahatma Gandhi,’ she said. ‘I’ll never...”
– Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (Tom Robbins)
Barack Obama is a DEVOUT CHRISTIAN. His favorite... →
“Was R. Kelly acquitted because he’s a celebrity? Lisa Van Allen thinks so....”
“Smartly neglecting to mention media reports that Kelly is functionally...”
– further Slate coverage of the R. Kelly trial. I love the R. Kelly trial. I am so sad that it’s over.
File under: all-time favorites
“Vermont is a state I love. I could not look upon the peaks of Ascutney, Killington, Mansfield, and Equinox, without being moved in a way that no other scene could move me. It was here that I first saw the light of day; here I received my bride, here my dead lie pillowed on the loving breast of our eternal hills.
I love Vermont because of her hills and valleys, her scenery and invigorating...
“Sitting down at a table heaped with books, Andriesse poured himself a glass of...”
– today’s New York Times Magazine article about Marlene Dumas
My all-time favorite Craigslist post title. →
I would like someday to be a member of this... →
This strikes me as fairly sketchy →
