January 2009
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David Foster Wallace, The Philosopher →
mollylambert:
Outside the womb
A friend of mine, an anthropologist working in South America, is a professor at a school in the South.
He just checked ratemyprofessor.com and saw this review about himself:
“For those few good people out there: he is evil. Pray for the man who has many demons because of all the strange places he has been.”
I can only hope that my reviews are this good.
A Tale of Two Cities
workingweek:
Adventures in pursuit of house and home — and in the wake of October 1917.*
* Readers with interests in cossacks may also consult the following.
As someone who embraces the comedy that obtains when people of varying and strong regional/ethnic alliances write about each other,* I recommend this piece. His observations of the ethnic substrata that make up a typical Home Depot in...
me: maybe i should bring wuzzles over here for a couple of days
i'm concerned
i guess 62 degrees is comfortable for a cat
i had to have thermostats installed in the house because i'm gone so often
Solanaceae: he'll be fine
they are desert creatures
and can handle wide temperature variations
me: i know -- i project my discomforts on the cat
Solanaceae: my landlady's nephew will be checking in on him
me: like, i leave the lights on for keiko even though i know perfectly well that cats have night vision
Solanaceae: do you like lolcats?
have I already asked you this?
Solanaceae: yes, i do (secretly) like lolcats
Solanaceae: it's nothing to be ashamed of
paul krugman posted a lolcat on his blog recently
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Animal List: 7:20 pm
It is of utmost importance that there is a place I can maintain a list with my three favorite animals of the hour (in proper order) that can be updated as my whims rise and fall.
Good thing tumblr exists and that there is a platform for me to get this out of my system.
As of 7:20 pm, that list looks like this:
1) sloth
2) elephant
3) fox (in a tie with) owl
An extended gchat with...