December 2008
60 posts
recap of 2008 pt 3
FYI: I will not be posting a list of books read in 2008 because it is embarrassingly short, especially considering the lengthy list of movies watched.
For the record, my favorites of the year were:
No one belongs here more than you, Miranda July
Johnny Got His Gun, Dalton Trumbo
Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain
When you Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris
3 tags
Man shoots talker at movies, police say - CNN.com →
wired alchemy: Count the “police said”s in this article!
List Recap of 2008 pt 2
Movies of 2008:
There Will Be Blood
My Left Foot
The Simpsons Movie
Juno
Life is Beautiful
Another Woman
Nanook of the North
Unzipped
David Holzman’s Diary
The Lumiere Brothers
Cuban Classic Cinema
Citizen Kane
Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Reassemblage
Roman Holiday
Ratatouille
Rushmore
Roger and Me
Night and Fog
Thin Blue Line
Tour of the White House
Manufactured Landscapes
Blue ...
List Recap of 2008
Cities visited in 2008:
Tampa, FL
Washington, DC
Alexandria, VA
Williamsburg, VA
Morganville, NJ
New York City
Philadelphia, PA
Not as illustrious or varied as 2007’s travel list, but hopefully 2009 will rectify my immobility.
remiss christmas
Things I still want:
Electra Amsterdam bike in light blue
Wii Fit
Nice headphones
A new couch
A coffee table that I can actually move
A second dachshund, to be named Hank
Fajitas
triumphant return
expect something later.
Probably more lists. Maybe some pictures.
xoxo
G
it's christmas soon
But it won’t feel like christmas until I have a good cry.
This “review” (reflection?) is a little overly bitter. George is not a perfect character and Pottersville looks like a fun town with all sorts of depravity. The movie is dated, tired, overly wrought with emotion, perhaps even a bit hackneyed. But it’s not Christmas until I’m sitting on the couch with my mother...
corrections of the year
A report from Reuters:
Celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson has apologized after accidentally recommending a potentially deadly plant in organic salads. The chef and TV presenter said in a magazine article that the weed henbane, also known as stinking nightshade, made an excellent addition to summertime meals… Henbane, or Hyoscyamus niger, is toxic and can cause hallucinations, convulsions,...
the writer's routine
INTERVIEWER Could you say something of this process? When do you work? Do you keep to a strict schedule?
HEMINGWAY When I am working on a book or story I write every morning as soon after first light as possible. There is no one to disturb you and it is cool or cold and you come to your work and warm as you write. You read what you have written and, as you always stop when you know what is going...
onion news update
WaMu Files For ChapLev
“We tried to negosh our way out of total insolves, but we’re in a pretty bad resesh,” WaMu spokesperson William “Dubs” McClough said. “This could turn into full-on economic depresh. It’s totes ridic.”
totes hilar.
An Open Letter to Rush
Rush,
We have a lot in common. You’re from Canada; I’m partly French-Canadian. You know how to rock; quite clearly, so do I. We both like the Who and Led Zepplin in doses. You won 1974’s Juno Award for Most Promising Group of the Year; I, too, have been thought capable of great things. However, Rush, I understand logic, and you, Kind Sirs, do not.
Case in point: Your song...
pb&j
When I make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for James, I make it as if the jelly was a thin oil slick on an ocean of peanut butter.
When I make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for myself, I make it as if the jelly has been dating peanut butter for a while, but has only just cleaned out a drawer in her dresser and allowed him to keep his toothbrush at her place.
Yesterday as I was riding the DASH bus home from work, a baby began crying. The mother furtively looked around the bush to assess the damage of the outburst. Assuredly, there was the usual exchange of the mother’s bashful, apologetic glances to the ridership. But truly, the apologetic guise was self-serving. She was merely acknowledging a very subtle fact about the tolerance of babies. When...
Time on your side — jackcheng.com →
interesting post on to-do lists and time management
gmail vs reader
why would google add pretty, pretty themes to gmail just last week and then uglify reader as much as possible this week?
the email from President Taylor Reveley
The College is well along in an intensive strategic planning process that will help us respond effectively to whatever lies ahead. The process is broadly inclusive. It will produce a plan by next April, which will then be reviewed and revised annually, as useful, and which will inform our budgets. William & Mary has long been an overachiever, accomplishing far more than our finances would...
update* on the child food critic story
Paramount acquires kid critic story - Entertainment News, Film News, Media - Variety
*a predictable and disheartening update
arggggggg
for whatever reason, I can’t have dates on “external content” or “quotes”. If anyone knows a solution to this, please let me know.
Price can rattle off, without hesitation, what she saw and heard on almost any given date. She remembers many early childhood experiences and most of the days between the ages of 9 and 15. After that, there are virtually no gaps in her memory. “Starting on Feb. 5, 1980, I remember everything. That was a Tuesday.”
-An Infinite Loop in the Brain
DNA for Christmas →
They send you a kit, you spit into a tube and send it back. (How much do I love that graphic, by the way?)
They analyze the DNA in your saliva, then tell you about your genetic ancestry, and your susceptibility to genetically linked medical conditions.
This is the coolest thing ever and terribly affordable.
new additions to hdt
Comments and a date stamp were added today. I think the date stamp looks weird (the location, length, etc.) and I will be working on this. Please let me know what you think in the comments!