February 2012
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It felt way, way too “to me” to put this in the last post but Harry Callahan is my absolute favorite photographer. Yes, I know, everyone always thinks it’s Francesca Woodman, and she’s up there. So’s Elinor Carucci. So’s Stephen Shore. So are others.
But it’s Harry. Harry and Eleanor. Forever.
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“His black hat sat on his head with a careful, placed expression and his face had...”
– Flannery O’Connor, Wise Blood
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The Fine Art Of Doing It Wrong
In high school, one of my chores was shoveling the driveway. Given that we lived in the Colorado high country, way up in the Rockies over 5000 feet above sea level, we received a not-insubstantial amount of snow: On average, about 30 feet a winter.
The driveway to our house was not terribly long but it was long enough. It could fit a Volvo wagon and at least another car or two, including one of...
So.
The truth is that I’m job hunting. Maybe now is not the time.
That post will return when the time is right.
Thank you for the amazing, immediate response. There are some kind and wonderful people out there. I hope you’re all able to connect to at least a few of them.
Mingus' magnum opus 'Epitaph' in concert →
jimray:
Neven, the only other Charles Mingus fan I know under the age of 50, brought this to my attention. It’s fantastic.
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Six Secrets For Getting Out Of Elevators
texburgher:
Walk
Crawl
Run
Jump
Disapparate
Personal Jesus
Geoff Barnes is my hero.
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Unearthings
I was named after my great-grandmother.
That much I knew already. I didn’t know that I met her husband, my great-grandfather Lepa. I also didn’t know he was offering $1000 for one of his grandchildren to name a daughter after his wife.
“You don’t remember meeting Zaydeh, do you? I don’t imagine you would. You were a very little girl.”
“No. What...
bubblypotentially:
oh hey great: Virginia’s Proposed Ultrasound Law Is an Abomination
ohheygreat:
My hero, Dahlia Lithwick, breaks down the Virginia ultrasound law in her article Virginia’s Proposed Ultrasound Law Is an Abomination on Slate:
Evidently the right of conscience for doctors who oppose abortion are a matter of grave national concern. The ethical and professional…
With...
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Virginia’s Proposed Ultrasound Law Is an...
My hero, Dahlia Lithwick, breaks down the Virginia ultrasound law in her article Virginia’s Proposed Ultrasound Law Is an Abomination on Slate:
Evidently the right of conscience for doctors who oppose abortion are a matter of grave national concern. The ethical and professional obligations of physicians who would merely like to perform their jobs without physically violating their own patients...
brianvan:
Sugar is from Portland? Of course.
I was there last night, at Sugar’s coming out party.
She - Sugar, Cheryl Strayed - talked about why she chose to let Sugar be the way Sugar is. You know. Nice. Caring. Compassionate. Loving. Earnest. She said she felt so uncool, compared to the hip writers in San Francisco, but that’s the way she is, and the way she was going to write....
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This is what I get for not spending time on Tumblr/the Internet/etc. YESTERDAY’S NEWS.
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In other news, hi, [insert cat photo here], I’m in a grumpy mood, and how are all of you?
monodialogue:
When I was 10 Dadbro took me to see Garbage because he thought I needed to be listening to strong female musicians and he thought No Doubt (the other option at the time, if you were 10 and living in Los Angeles and listening to KROQ) was terrible (we were not a ska household).I spent the next year listening intently to my Discman and wishing I could dye my hair Shirley...
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