February 2012
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20 Common Grammar Mistakes →
No judgement* here. I mess this stuff up all the time.
*I believe in a very fluid concept of standard language. If enough people out there say that a fish is a cat and everyone knows what is meant by calling a fish a cat then that’s what a fish is. So there’s no reason to get too worked up by this sort of thing.
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The Burning Wheel of the Sun
*Title from Litany by Billy Collins
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I took a week to stay in a Benedictine monastery on the Isle of Wight. It was a time of renewal and re-centering and just general, quiet bliss. I’ve been writing about the time over the past couple of days and thought I’d share a bit of it.
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There was an old man there who only came down for lunch. I learned that he was...
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“Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to...”
– Charles Dickens
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Highbury Park's trees to be cut back to deter... →
I can safely say that I’ve never witnessed any lewd activity here. It’s actually one of the best parks in the city. But still, it’s funny.
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“There is so much in me that needs to die: false attachments, greed and anger,...”
– Henri Nouwen
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kites
I haven’t written anything aside from work-related pieces since early December. My fingers feel funny working across a laptop, trying to form coherent stories. I am still able to form sentences, though they’re not exactly going to make anyone weep or sing.
Here is to hoping that I can get back to dancing along these little keys in a short time. Writing is something like flying a...
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Watchcktville:
Bon Iver and The Roots - Perth Jam
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The world and time are the dance of the Lord in emptiness.
The silence of the sphere is the music of a wedding feast.
The more we persist in misunderstanding the phenomenon of life,
the more we analyze them out into the strange finalities and complex purposes of our own,
the more we involve ourselves in sadness, absurdity and despair.
But it does not matter much,
because no despair of...
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Snubbing Teach for America →
My wonderful friend wrote this.
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“Laugh till you weep. Weep till there’s nothing left but to laugh at your...”
– Frederick Buechner
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Attack Dog →
New Yorker piece on the nature of negative political ads and the Super-pacs that are now able to fund them.
When you read something like this it really is tough to have much hope for the republic.
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The Amplified Ryan Gosling →
An interesting (if not slightly bitter) take on Ryan Gosling and some of the characters that he plays.
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The 20 Most Beautiful Bookshops in the World →
Courtesy of Amos.
