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spamtastic
Oh neat! There's an article in the New York Times Magazine about the spam-as-art thing I posted about here. -
wish I'd said/ Global Warming Holiday
It's hard not to love and hate in equal measure when someone writes up ideas you'd only half-formed, stating them with greater clarity and insight than you probably would have, if you'd gotten so far as writing them down.
Case in point is this thoughtful essay on BLDG Blog (consistently one of my favorite blogs) about the imagery used in public ( Read more... ) -
the slow decent into madness begins with a beep
Unlike most artists I've met, who like to have some sort of background sound while they're working, I can't think at all while listening to music. Voices are okay, but anything that has a pattern is hard to shut out. Man jokes that I've got dog-ears, that I'm overly sensitive, but it's distracting. It's like hearing everything all the time and ( Read more... ) -
A swiftly tilting planet
And I was just saying to myself, I should write her a letter."A Wrinkle in Time" has popped up in conversation again and again these past couple months, so after an appointment with my dentist yesterday, I finally stopped into the library to pick it up for a re-read. Lying in bed last night, reading those first few chapters again, it struck me how ( Read more... ) -
Hello! I reek!
So, I just pickled some radishes... and while it may be the worst-smelling food I've ever made, they taste so good.
And sadly, I'm now finding myself thinking in cat macros. As in, "This foods are stinky, but also deelishez." -
I made myself a reusable shopping tote for this.
And! I'm officially signed up for the local CSA!
Question: Is it completely ridiculous how excited I am about vegetables right now?
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musical weather
Sleet hitting the air conditioner sounds like wind chimes. -
take that, oh nuns of my past
Today I went to the Morgan Library and discovered that Charles Dickens had terrible penmanship.
