February 2012
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A flash game, you say? A flash game to... →
January 2012
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in order to lumin
I really want to post the last sentence of Everything Is Illuminated (given that the first sentence doesn’t really do it justice and the last one oh-so-very-much does), but that would be callous of me. Suffice it to say: OH my GOD that BOOK.
Heartbreaking and beautiful, in that order. A must-read. Maybe, maybe - and I don’t say this lightly - my new favorite.
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Good ol' irony
From artismyoccupation.org. Credit to Mom for finding this gem.
“AN IDEAL FIT IS… An artist who has… 1. A direct, existing relationship with the occupy movement, a community-based organization or non-profit waging a campaign on the front lines of economic justice issues; 2. A track record of creating quality work that has impacted many people; 3. The ability clearly able...
Thanks, Leo
A few months ago, after much more hemming and hawing than I think my great-uncle Leo might have appreciated given the subject matter, my family gathered to scatter his ashes in a small copse behind the Met Museum. Standing in a loose circle, we told a few stories, said whatever more we felt we needed to say, then dipped our cupped hands into the zip-lock bag we’d appropriated for the occasion...
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“And when we go, nature will start over. With the bees, probably.”
– Stephen Falken, WarGames.
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2012 word of the year: Bootstraps
And pulling yourself up by them.
December 2011
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Christmas Eve
Decorating the tree, rediscovering all the favorite ornaments
Lighting the candles for Hanukkah: Night Five
Sitting in the living room and reading our favorite quotes (this, various and wonderful excepts about gratitude) and singing carols
Dad reading selections from A Child’s Christmas In Wales
Small throw-away presents around the dinner table
Traditional casserole and blue-cheese...
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I barely got away before I burst out laughing
Me: Hey, do you mind if I fix the menorah?
Doorman: Huh?
Me: The candle-bulbs are lit wrong. It should go right to left. Here.
Doorman: Wow, thanks man! My bosses would have crucified me if they saw that!
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I was gonna do that thing where I just quote the...
but “My legal name is Alexander Perchov” doesn’t even come close.
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tonight, on the 2 train
Me: Goddamn commuting. At least I'm on the express.
Inner Me, approx. 6 years old: But omigosh we're in the front car! Go stand at the front and look out the window!
Me: Oh please. Everyone will look at me funny.
Inner Me: But it will be like we're DRIVING the SUBWAY!
Me: Well...
Inner Me: And also FLYING! While UNDERGROUND!
Me: ...Yeah ok I guess this is the best thing ever.
Inner Me: Yup. Told ya.
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“Over the teeth, and through the gums, look out, tummy: here it comes!”
– The little rhyme I’ve been saying for nearing on two decades - and, especially, every night this past week - before taking cough syrup.
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I was going to try to be clever with the... →
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