April 2009
14 posts
“I looked around and nothing had changed, no sudden gust of wind, no unexpected silence. It was an afternoon like all others, at that useless hour when one wakes up from one’s nap.”
—Vast Hell by Guillermo Martinez
and I quote:
“for the LOVE of GOD, BRING ME A BEER!”
want to read a smarmy piece of crap by an East Coast elitist?
“people recruit stereotypes to kind of help them plan a world that’s consistent with the goal they might have.”
— David Amodio, an assistant professor of psychology at New York University.
What he wanted now was to love the life he had been given.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/26/magazine/26zen-t.html?pagewanted=6&_r=1
"... Commonly referred to in the sports world as “Baseball on Quaaludes”, Softball is fun for everyone, except the English (they seem to only like the stuff they invent like Marmite and boiled things) ..."
— Keef (email at work about playing softball)
“…Ms. Heston would probably stomp on an actress’s toes if it got her to change into shoes by Rodo, a client.
“If you don’t ask,” she said, “you don’t get.”
Aggressive, ingratiating and unencumbered by any sense that she may be pestering people…” —Eric Wilson, NYT
“If you don’t ask,” she said, “you don’t get.”
Aggressive, ingratiating and unencumbered by any sense that she may be pestering people…” —Eric Wilson, NYT
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Favorite subway station? There are a few. Chambers Street resembles Dresden circa March 1945, but its dilapidation is picturesque. Any of the J stops between Essex and Gates, because they are elevated and provide aerial views and sunset vistas. The 125th Street 1 stop is magisterial and the Houston Street 1 stop is extremely straightforward; they are ideal examples of opposing station styles.
Least favorite must be the 50th Street 1 stop, always with what smells like sewage dripping from above and a dank platform full of shadowy passengers. Fulton is terrifying for its tortuous pathways (one expects to enter the 4th dimension when transferring from the 2/3 to the J/M/Z) and the FV at 14th street for the same reason.
My favorite train is the Brooklyn-bound J skip-stop train. I also enjoy the Q and N trains, the 7 train on rare occasions when I take it, and the 2/3. I dislike the F and V trains. I am neutral on the B and D.
Amazing. READ. →
obsidianwings.blogs.com
(via alexbalk)
The comments, too.Mutchnick, who is raising twin girls with Hyman, frets that President Obama may be behind the country on this issue, and that the Obamas do not have enough gays around them. “If more homosexuals were in the Obamas’ lives,” the writer said, “there is no way Michelle would have worn a twin set when she met the queen.”
