The news this week has not been good.

Yesterday's horrors in Norway are only beginning to be examined and worked through.

A huge talent has lost her battle with her demons.

The U.S. government can't agree on something that has been routine until now ( Read more... )

If you dazzle a man with green eyes, he will be so hypnotized that he won't notice there is someone inside the eyes spying on him.

-The Thirteenth Tale, by Diane Setterfield

...Neil Gaiman (one of my favorite writers of all time), that is. His New Year wishes for all can be found here, and I quote (as he's quoting himself, twice):

May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -- ( Read more... )

So, here we are. Another year older, and a double digit year, no less. Double threes have to be lucky, yes? Perhaps. Perhaps I will make 33 lucky ( Read more... )

It's a sunny day in Chicago, and I feel I ought to be at the cemetary gates, but alas, I'm stuck in the office ( Read more... )

"sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all of the lives I'm not living." -Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly CloseThe songs I chose to travel by didn't mean much, beyond my liking them, until I got on the train. Then they became a soundtrack to the world slipping by, whether they fit or not. The factories ( Read more... )