strictly roots.
1. Google Reader is making my life way easier — I got pretty behind on my blog-reading recently because I’m especially busy with work and schoolwork and even using Sage is kind of unwieldy. Things just got much wieldier.
2. The new issue of Reconstruction is all about blogging. I haven’t read it all yet, [...]
Sometimes I think it’s funny that in my house we tend to put flyers for our events and our friends’ events on our refrigerator or on the wall in our front hallway. Then something like this happens and it reminds me that it’s a great idea:
Tonight I went to a friend’s house to study and [...]
Some quick things:
Last night, “A Charlie Brown Christmas” was followed up by a half-hour series of Christmas-related Peanuts vignettes, many of which were somewhat torturous but some of which were hilarious — Sally wakes Charlie Brown in the middle of the night on Christmas Eve to report that she had a dream in which she [...]
Okay, folks. It’s time. Say what you will about the rest of the holiday, I really love animated Christmas specials. Let’s let down our critical guard for a moment and look at what we might enjoy this season. Just for you (and for me, so that I can just check back here when I want [...]
Black Friday victory: I stopped at Eckerd to pick up a bottle of hair gel for my brother, and at the checkout, the cashier scratched off a lottery ticket-type thing for me that allowed me ten percent off my “entire purchase.” I thought I feigned delight, but I’m not sure I could muster up enough [...]
Behold, if you will: “pro-life zingers” checks and address labels. I don’t know why they made the animation of the different designs alternate so quickly you can’t really read them. Except maybe that the exciting animation will distract you from realizing that this is an awful thing to be putting on your FREAKING PERSONAL CHECKS.
It’s the busy season here at work, what with all the people getting their loved ones library books for Christmas. Probably not as much writing from me, therefore.
As mentioned, I bought some books and records the other day — Rumours, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, and the 1812 Overture on vinyl, and Introducing Baudrillard, a pop [...]
Greetings, audience. I come to you this evening from the Eastern Suburbs, where I have already watched one hour-long documentary about the RFK assassination and done some reading for class. It’s sort of a lot like 1999 or something.
Speaking of which, tomorrow I attend the wedding of the young man whom I befriended in high [...]
I’m curating the Solo Artist Showcase at Modernformations next month. Here are the specs, folks:
Thursday, December 14, 8pm, $3, 4919 Penn Ave
SAS presents music and poetry!
Music by: Julie Sokolow, King Egg, Michael Cosentino
Readings by: Kristofer Collins, Beth Steidle, Ed Steck, Andy Mulkerin
I may or may not be reading the dialogue from Mary Worth strips. We’ll [...]
Anyway, one good thing I’ve gotten my hands recently is the (American) debut album by Swedish lady Frida Hyvönen, Until Death Comes.
So, sure, it fits in a way into my known preference for cute-via-poignant piano pop a la Ben Folds and Elton John. She also has a gorgeous voice that’ve reminiscent of, say Carole King [...]