Staying in East Berlin for a week, I became increasingly drawn to Cold War architecture, and I began to sense a spirituality in the stark pragmatism of structure, which tends to feature little in the way of design. That’s not to say that you don’t see flourishes of design from time to time: Of course, […]
Archive for July, 2010
Red Hook, Brooklyn
In the coming week, I will be celebrating my first year living in Red Hook, Brooklyn. It’s a great place, and I’ve had a lot of fun here. My favorite thing to do is watch the sunset on the various piers. I’ve never shared pictures on here before, so I thought I would post a […]
Flag waving
In June of 2006, the last time we were in Europe for any extended period of time, we planned to go to Berlin for a long visit. My ignorance of sporting matters is such that the trip was almost completely planned before a more culturally aware friend (read: having any awareness at all) casually mentioned, […]
Zum ersten Mal
By the time I’m scheduled to write my next post, I’ll be in Europe. I’ve gotten a fellowship to do a special course of study in Germany, but I’m taking a week and a half to visit friends in England and Ireland along the way. This wouldn’t be such a huge deal except I’ve never […]
The most depressing flashes of light you’re likely to see on the internet
An animation of every atomic/nuclear explosion in history. Via davenoon at LGM.
poems
the thing i love about poetry is that you can write just about anything and as long as you space it out creatively, it transcends mere words. or at least it feels that way. ~~~ it also helps if you write in all lower-case letters. ~~~ i know this is crap. but now i will […]
Twice bitten
Spoiler alert: post discusses Twilight series and movies. I know we’ve been here before…but I just saw Eclipse! Last time, I wrote about the books. Now let me indulge in the movie world. I went with a girlfriend to see Eclipse at D.C.’s Uptown Theater this week; we resignedly raised the average age a good […]
