October 2008
13 posts
“McCain sometimes seemed to be running against not only Barack Obama but an...”
– John McCain - The Making (and Remaking and Remaking) of the Candidate A good narrative of the McCain campaign.  Saddens me that his advisers cheapened him down to current levels of his campaign.
Oct 22nd
“A guy sent me an email about squid. He asked ‘are their tentacles hands or...”
– Haruki Murakami
Oct 22nd
Oct 20th
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“To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight...”
– David Sedaris on undecided voters (via Peter W. Knox) (via marco) I can’t get enough of David Sedaris.  Instead of hearing how actors are voting, would prefer to hear what the literati think…
Oct 20th
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WatchWatch
Love that Maurice Sendak has a lot of fight in him.  Happy 80th and thank you for amazing books!
Oct 9th
1 in 4 Mammals Threatened →
Can’t be good news.
Oct 7th
Wealthy Teen Nearly Experiences Consequence | The... →
The title is the gem here.
Oct 3rd
twirl people twirl!
So I’m not sure what it is but lately I’ve been feeling a lot of love for people. Like I can see their awesomeness and potential and find it all really spectacular. You know like when you were in elementary school and that kid Billy who could get his pencil to twirl for 10 whole seconds was like the ultimate cool and you wanted to be friends like right that moment? The equivalent of...
Oct 2nd
Bid of $1.75 on eBay gets abandoned Saginaw home →
WTF
Oct 1st
Economic slowdown to push 100m into poverty →
Oct 1st