living in a shotgun shack

magicmolly:

Hope this finds you well. I’m imagining you on a typical San Francisco summer day: half-hidden in fog, eating many pieces of toast for lunch. Is this accurate?

Let me describe what I’m seeing from my perch across the country. First, a bus stop that I hadn’t noticed before. A man locking his bike up, attached to the bus stop. A woman in clamdiggers (not digging clams). Graffiti that looks distinctly unlike that on the West Coast, though I couldn’t isolate the formal differences.

Two phrases have been repeating themselves in my mind throughout the morning. They are: “lifetime supply” and “seldom if ever”. I have not been able to figure out their significance yet; possibly they arrived in a dream that I’ve forgotten.

Anyhoo,

Molly

HEH.

“the most hopeful sound on earth”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9QvaO2sq0c&feature=related

you stand with one boot upon my fender
reflecting on my …..
             glass eye

— Giant Sand, Provisions, Stranded Pearl

Most likely we’re going to be good friends. Nobody has to be the boss of anyone.

(also? why do I CARE about my Tumblarity rating?)

“Goldman Sachs staff can look forward to the biggest bonus payouts in the firm’s 140-year history after a spectacular first half of the year.” Got it.

—Choire

At least our position in the world of “outraged/impotent” proceeds unabated.
—brent_cox