August 2008
40 posts
Obamaaaa
At Largehearted Boy, writers and musicians answer the question, “Why Obama?”
Going to see this tonight. Am very excited. →
Life blog
Went to a talk on comic books last night called “Comic Books or Graphic Novels? The Politics of Nomenclature” at PIFAS, part of Sarah & James & Oliver’s new project, the Temporary Department of Academic Research. It was shorter on politics than the name would imply, but a good overview of the development (in the US at least) of the concept of the cartoon/comic...
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“Editor of the Reformer:
I understand that some farmers are having trouble...”
Reading List
I loved The Intuitionist, which I read for the inimitable S. Hock’s New American Fiction class sophomore year, so I was v. pleased to stumble upon this on the bookshelves of my housesit home.
I am a professional music critic →
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Summer Jamz
This summer I have spent my beverage money on:
Two shots of espresso + ice + soymilk + dash of simple syrup
OE down to the cone + orange juice
So many pints of Kenzinger (from the new Philadelphia Brewing Co.)
Question
Will eating a diet that is 90% tomatoes:
-make me really healthy because they are on the porch and I am helping them grow! Like magic tomatoes.
-make a hole in my stomach due to all the tomato-acid eating away at the lining?
-Not really do anything except make me happy because they are so delicious.
I am really only concerned about the second possibility.
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Organic booze tastier, less hangover-inducing than... →
Davey Wallace's Kenyon commencement speech →
(via oomb)
Performance artist to recreate Ferris Bueller’s Twist & Shout routine in New York.
JULIA CHILD IS THE COOLEST WOMAN EVER →
One more reason to move to Chicago? →
Dope City, USA
Of Montreal’s new album art looks awesome.
(Thanks, Alex)
Do you live in New York? Go eat this. →
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Brattleboro is being recognized by a whole bunch... →
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The New York Times on Brattleboro as awesomest... →
I am a professional translator →
Serial child... impersonator →
“It was like good, fully developed veal, not young, but not yet beef. It was very...”
– New York Times reporter William Bueller Seabrook, in 1931, on what human tastes like
Grups? Yupster? No more generation gap? Wha? →
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Roger Turner addresses the burgeoning zucchini... →
New job update
I am currently eating a prosciutto, fresh mozzarella, tomato, and pesto sandwich on good herb ciabatta - easily the best I’ve had in months. I have a serrano ham & manchego sandwich (on baked-today baguette) in the fridge for lunch tomorrow. I’m going to be eating a sticky bun for dessert, and have a breakfast bagel supply for the next couple of days. There is a freshly sliced...
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A fascinating exploration of identity construction... →
Reading List
I’m liking the vernacular so far. Love, love, loved Other Voices, Other Rooms.
A thought
Why do the Republicans not have a street team? I get asked pretty constantly if I have time to help the Democrats. WHO IS HELPING THE REPUBLICANS???
