An epiphany on moonlight epiphanies…
“I never remembered where the park was, what it was called, or how to get there, but only thought of it as the place where I would dazedly wander at 1 am while holding his hand in the moonlight…” Read...
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Pomo blablabla or real information? Here’s more from the same anonymous commenter on Zephoria: This incertitude to understand someone, even close, demands two things, and the fact that youngsters grew...
View ArticleMy grandfather would call this a “dear sir, you cur” letter…
Dear Ms. Lewis, I am responding to your letters asking us to renew our NH homeowners’ insurance policy through your agency. My husband Frank Wilczek and I have transfered this policy to the care of...
View ArticleWhat kind of American English do you speak?
My family is solid New England, and I grew up here except for a couple of years in Michigan, back when I would have been going to kindergarten if they had kindergarten in our little town there. I...
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Ninja Turtles kill Spartans, bloggers get sued
…and other gems from this month’s Ansible: From Thog’s Masterclass, Eyeballs in the Sky Dept. “His eyes ran, literally, across the whole of the upper portion of his face …” (Richard Marsh, The Beetle,...
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Take me to another place and time…
Wow–Christina Aguilera’s music video for Candyman gives you the double pleasure of 1) totally shiny high production values plus 2) the illusion of a retro time-machine view onto 1940s USO totally shiny...
View ArticleSome of my favorite poetry is Cary Tennis
Cary Tennis, you might think, writes advice columns for Salon–not poetry. But some of his writing–all it needs to be blank verse is chopping a few line breaks into its punctuation: You take your place...
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Toni Morrison: “Being outside was a big advantage.”
Toni Morrison Originally uploaded by Careliu From an amazing short talk I heard today by Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, about the humanities in general and her writing in particular: “Standing on the...
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October…word!
Landscape in October Originally uploaded by Giorgos ~ And the always-amazing Montauk Rider says… … here are the dusky smells of the past saying goodbye–the future saying hello. Enjoy the days of...
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Some of Wikipedia baddest bits and pieces
Caution: Wikipedia trolls at play Originally uploaded by betsythedevine Is Hillary Clinton a giant shape-shifting reptile? Do ghosts use cellphones? Does Smithville, Iowa have a “quaint little...
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