One thing I like about the Occupy Wall Street movement is that it’s opening public dialogue about what’s wrong. There’s a lot of discontent in the country, and it’s been there for at least the past decade if not longer. But it hasn’t been articulated in a mass, political way. I think it was William [...]
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Evidence that the Harry Potter hype ain’t got nothing on the olden days of Hollywood blockbusters
I mean, seriously, people.
I made a tortilla
Faced with vegetables that weren’t getting any younger, and feeling hungry and wanting to avoid reading for my Evidence class, I hit upon the idea of making a tortilla, the Spanish kind. I was friends with a bunch of Spaniards in grad school, and they once tried making a tortilla and failed miserably. So I [...]
It’s all true
I just got back from a trip to Los Angeles. It’s all true what they say about it. There are palm trees, which I still find really surprising: I mean, they’re just right there, by your house. And yet it’s not the tropics. Seriously, palm trees: Cool, right? There are also Scientologists. This is just [...]
Sudden recollections
Late summer is a fraught micro-season for the traps of nostalgia. This evening, while out for a run, I passed a guy mowing a large lawn on a corner lot, and I was almost completely distracted by the fumes of the gasoline mower engine and the intense odors of freshly cut grass. I was lucky [...]
There is not enough serious blogging about this subject
“On this view, philosophy/masturbation is the wisest activity…”
Late summer playlist: less light less heat
1. Feeding – Ben Frost 2. Repeatmagicnumber – Tehn 3. Skuldalsbruri – Signe Flatin 4. Night In Baghdad – Laurie Anderson 5. Chorale of the Blessed Day – Terry Riley 6. Eternal Flame – The Bangles 7. I Never Learnt To Share – James Blake 8. Breath #2 – Hisato Higuchi 9. Waves – Slowdive [...]
