May 2012
7 posts
jennifer egan's Twitter "book"
jennifer egan’s new twitter book is really quite fun…. @nyerfiction
The Dissociation Technique is like a parachute—you must pull the cord at the correct time.
Too soon, and you may hinder your ability to function at a crucial moment;
Too late, and you will be lodged too deeply inside the action to wriggle free.
Read more...
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how to be idle and blessed -- summer day →
dithering
as I sent this second of frantic emails, I received one from codeacademy reminding me how far behind i’ve fallen in my lessons.
forever falling behind on code, kdm
April 2012
5 posts
“every twitch a way of speaking, the absence of voice a presence of body.”
– from Collum McCan— this was very good.
How I always feel after brunch
whatshouldwecallme:
this is why i hate brunch.
March 2012
18 posts
1 tag
Snapshots of a Daughter-In-Law by Adrienne Rich
1 You, once a belle in Shreveport, with henna-colored hair, skin like a peachbud, still have your dresses copied from that time, and play a Chopin prelude called by Cortot: “Delicious recollections float like perfume through the memory.” Your mind now, moldering like wedding-cake, heavy with useless experience, rich with suspicion, rumor, fantasy, crumbling to pieces under the...
proenza schoulers designing jeans
So what do Proenza Schouler jeans look like? “Kind of dorky,” McCollough says. “Super-clean. No whiskers, no bells and whistles, no signatures.”
“Super-anonymous,” Hernandez adds.
— from the la times — after a long search, what a nice thing to hear.
“Then Paolo gazed into Sophie’s clear, smart eyes until he finally saw what he...”
what a strange two years it has been
always almost evening: sommerzeit →
alwaysalmostevening:
Christian said some things that were very important but I can’t remember them now.
When I said that money bought you space away from other people, that northern California was like the South – a rocking chair town– , and that it was possible for people to be alone together, he kept saying, yes, yes; I think that’s right.
Yes, I think that’s right.
Help Out CASA, the Court Appointed Special... →
if you have a moment, contact your representative about foster youth funding and the court appointed special advocates:
eyesonthechildren:
ACTION ALERT For 10 years National CASA received $12 million in funding for the CASA program through the Victims of Child Abuse Act. We have used these vital funds to provide advocacy, training and technical assistance in support of almost 1,000 CASA...
“Homeless man in the bus, quietly, but decidedly, combing his hair.”
February 2012
10 posts
As announced today on Amtrak...
The guinness book of world records has identified the world’s shortest person— Chandra Bahadur Dangi, who is 21.5 inches.
As told to the associated press, “He said he has no desire to get married or have a family of his own, but would like to meet the prime minister of Nepal soon.”
“You don’t have to deserve your mother’s love. You have to deserve your father’s....”
– Robert Frost, from Lapham’s Quarterly
always almost evening: pink dawn →
alwaysalmostevening:
On the drive to Petaluma, I see the apple orchards, the walnuts and pecans — for the first time. And instead of wondering what else I’ve been missing, I count them. As many as possible as we’re hurdling down the 80. I figure someone’s got to give something its due.
We had made a smart…
“I didn’t know what to say, how to explain to him that this— our everlasting human cluelessness— was his unforgivable sin. I went around my desk, and hugged him goodbye. As he walked, limping, out of my office and my life— a month later he had a stroke and died, on his knees, beside his bed, while feeling around for a lost slipper— I said a prayer for him. I...
eyes on the children: CASA's Conondrum: Research,... →
eyesonthechildren:
Every year, Edelman PR releases its “Trust Barometer” (see below), which assesses the types of people (e.g. CEOs, friends) and/or institutions (e.g. NGOs, Think Tanks) that consumers look and listen to when they make opinions about the quality of an organization.[1] This year, regular…
January 2012
10 posts
me: good morning, bill! how was your weekend.
bill: (smile) i went to a party. (eyebrow raise) i got a henna. (shrug). what more can you ask?
bill is a charmer.
he’s also 83.
eyes on the children: seventy percent →
eyesonthechildren:
Why Foster Care
This winter, as part of a non-profit fellowship program, I am working with a 501c3 called SFCASA, or San Francisco Court Appointed Special Advocates. Court Appointed Special Advocates are volunteer community members who work as mentors for foster children, spending time with…
“I love sweeping generalizations,” he said. “Sweeping generalizations are the key...”
– Love, and of course, he’s married to Jonathan Adler — Simon Doonan “Pass the Large Grain of Salt”
