November 2011
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I hit the switch, lowering the windows, and saw mountains reared near Mexico,...
– Don DeLillo, Underworld
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Sometimes I see something so moving I know I’m not supposed to linger. ...
– Don DeLillo, Underworld
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Hospital Ships on NPR.
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Paste's 50 Best Albums of 2011 →
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Gabriel Kahane on NPR.
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Wall E. is the harbinger of everything
There was this headline on BBC News today: “Toilet gaming technology targets urinal boredom”.
They are putting games on the backs of urinals so that we can be occupied while we pee. This doesn’t need much commentary, does it? But I just noticed that before my housemate alerted me to this tag on the internet, I had done three things:
1. Closed my laptop.
2. Set an alarm on...
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Guardian's Best Books of 2011 →
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organization
I added a tab over to the left of this page called “Writings”. This is a way for me and whoever else that might care to find written words of mine a little easier.
Possible other tabs to follow such as “Photos that are not stolen off the web” and “Music videos of bands that I hope will impress you”. Maybe even “Assorted Sundries”.
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A short Thanksgiving video to family and friends.
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giving thanks
Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action. ~W.J. Cameron
We would take off our helmets in the hot August sun and watch the steam rise off our heads. Georgia summers would persist to a height in August when we did our two-a-day practices back in the late 90’s. It was high school and we thought we knew the world and ourselves because we had newly minted driver’s licenses and hand-me-down...
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Maybe my favorite.
Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile.
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O Lord that lends me life,
Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness.
– William Shakespeare
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Jens Lekman on NPR. I really like this guy’s sound. And he’s Swedish. Love those Swedes.
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People will show you who they are, but we ignore it because we want them to be...
– Don Draper
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A documented journey through the Pyrenees, by Guillermo Acín.
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Weekend Away Wrap-Up: “This is in no way an abomination”.