December 2011
3 posts
This basic extension of empathy is one of the great barriers in understanding...
– A Muscular Empathy by Ta-Nehisi Coates for The Atlantic.
December 4th.
Merry Christmas! (21 days early)
But right on time! for Vini & I.
We couldn’t wait. Exchanged our gifts today.
Being separated for the holiday proper brings ample freedom to celebrate on our own time.
Warm gifts… several of them! What a handsome treat. To have several packages each.
Christmas isn’t his thing, really.
Yet he was up early, fruit salad...
November 2011
3 posts
October 2011
4 posts
remembering a man and a marriage →
(for the love of story corps.)
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September 2011
13 posts
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Losses →
LOSSES Most losses add something— a new socket or silence, a gap in a personal archipelago of islands. We have that difference to visit—itself a going-on of sorts. But there are other losses so far beyond report that they leave holes in holes only like the ends of the long and lonely lives of castaways thought dead but not.
by Kay Ryan
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By one estimate, 65 percent of children entering grade school this year will end...
– Duke University’s Cathy N. Davidson on how to transform our schools.
[via theatlantic & reblogged from georgiegirlnyc]
(via emphasisadded)
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The path to youth takes a whole life.
– Picasso (via kateoplis)
August 2011
21 posts
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Try not to let the freedom of your youth convince...
I heard them playing as I walked through the train turnstile. I rushed in to get closer. I’ve seen her play before, and it is quite a treat. A beautiful love for music.
"Stop Coddling the Super-Rich" By WARREN E.... →
“…for those making more than $1 million — there were 236,883 such households in 2009 — I would raise rates immediately on taxable income in excess of $1 million, including, of course, dividends and capital gains. And for those who make $10 million or more — there were 8,274 in 2009 — I would suggest an additional increase in rate.”
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Great idea. Thanks for weighing-in,...
Reader's Request Week: Pierrot le Fou (1965) →
brightwalldarkroom:
I’M GLAD I DON’T LIKE SPINACH, BECAUSE IF I DID, THEN I WOULD EAT IT, AND I CAN’T STAND THE STUFF.
by Danielle Lee
There is nothing more frightening than acknowledging the inherent absurdity of life. Pierrot (Jean-Paul Belmondo), the central character in Jean-Luc Godard’s Pierrot le Fou…
Note to self: watch this movie. get a convertible. ;)
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Alan wrote a letter to his future daughter and it... →
Like Christine says, it is wonderful. (via drinkyourjuice)
How To Talk to Little Girls →
bettybrowser:
Worth a read…and a think.
Because the next time I see Everly, she’s going to be full-on talking…. !
It’s criminal that so little is asked of people who are getting so much. I don’t...
– Matt Damon (via lonelywerewolfgirl)
July 2011
11 posts
Starlight by Muse →
Starlight Muse Album: Black Holes And Revelations Station: First Day Of My Life Radio Favorite Created on: July 22, 2011
Going On by Gnarls Barkley →
Going On Gnarls Barkley Album: Going On (Radio Single) Station: TV On The Radio Radio Favorite Created on: July 13, 2011