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Not Getting Closer | Jack Gilbert
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"Not Getting Closer"
Jack Gilbert
Walking in the dark streets of Seoul
under the almost full moon.
Lost for the last two hours.
Finishing a loaf of bread
and worried about the curfew.
I have not spoken for three days
and I am thinking, "Why not just
settle for love? Why not just
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"...[S]iblings are the longest relationships we'll ever have in our lives. Our parents leave us too soon, our spouses and our kids come along too late [...] and by definition one spouse is going to outlive another. So a lot of people are going to wind up in senior adulthood without a husband or wife, their kids have scattered to other cities, and ( Read more... ) -
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Monday morning. Trying to tidy up my desk. Transcribing podcast notes scribbled in the margins of work documents.
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Notes on CBC Ideas' episode: "Saying No To Happiness"
Life is suffering. Buddhism - Four Noble Truths. All of life is dukkha - suffering.
Soren Kiekegaard - coined "angst" - the anxiety of limited beings overwhelmed by the infinite. The ( Read more... ) -
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holiday plans
D was sick today so I made him chicken soup. Nothing fancy, just the Knorr one from the packet. Then so it looked like I put in some effort, I chopped up a few green onions and sprinkled them in. That's about the extent of my culinary creativity. Then we watched Iron Chef America. I love the Chairman guy when he makes all the dramatic Zoolander ( Read more... ) -
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Elements of Surprise
By Matt Powers
PhosYOUREPREGNANTphorus
LithTHETESTCAMEBACKPOSITIVEium
MangLOOKOUTanese
SelenYOUREBEINGAUDITEDium
HydroLETSMOVEINTOGETHERgen
FluorDADIMGAYine
NitroHAPPYBIRTHDAYgen
TungYOUARENOTMENTIONEDINTHEWILLsten
PotassYESIHAVEAREASONWHYTHESETWOSHOULDNOTBEMARRIEDium
Arsenic
via McSweeney's -
before you say cellar door
Top 10 Loanwords (via)
10. Ennui
Pronunciation: on-wee
French. Boredom of the soul.
9. Schadenfreude
Pronunciation: shah-din-froyd-ə
German. Taking joy in the suffering of others.
8. Wanderlust
Pronunciation: vunder-loost
German. A strong longing or desire towards wandering.
7. Sehnsucht
Pronunciation: sane-zookt
German. A self-destructive or ( Read more... )