azn+
Wow, there are two Asian-American anchors on the local news (the dude filling in). Haven't seen that before...
The other day, walking to an Italian place downtown with coworkers, I also saw a big arexchi-looking face, on a grandly flat McDonalds billboard. Whoever he was, I think he had a slightly fuzzy chin.
__
Write Till You Drop by Annie Dillard.
A well-known writer got collared by a university student who asked, ''Do you think I could be a writer?''
''Well,'' the writer said, ''I don't know. . . . Do you like sentences?''
The writer could see the student's amazement. Sentences? Do I like sentences? I am 20 years old and do I like sentences? If he had liked sentences, of course, he could begin, like a joyful painter I knew. I asked him how he came to be a painter. He said, ''I liked the smell of the paint.''
Hmm, I like sentences, yes I do. I also like words and shiny glossy things that spin and fly.
__
I bought Gladwell's Blink and a graphic collection Flight, from guess where online. I had read the first chapter at the U bookstore, liked it, and figured that I might be able to get the book (hedging bets on super saver shipping) and read it before Gladwell comes to talk here next week.
The other day, walking to an Italian place downtown with coworkers, I also saw a big arexchi-looking face, on a grandly flat McDonalds billboard. Whoever he was, I think he had a slightly fuzzy chin.
__
Write Till You Drop by Annie Dillard.
A well-known writer got collared by a university student who asked, ''Do you think I could be a writer?''
''Well,'' the writer said, ''I don't know. . . . Do you like sentences?''
The writer could see the student's amazement. Sentences? Do I like sentences? I am 20 years old and do I like sentences? If he had liked sentences, of course, he could begin, like a joyful painter I knew. I asked him how he came to be a painter. He said, ''I liked the smell of the paint.''
Hmm, I like sentences, yes I do. I also like words and shiny glossy things that spin and fly.
__
I bought Gladwell's Blink and a graphic collection Flight, from guess where online. I had read the first chapter at the U bookstore, liked it, and figured that I might be able to get the book (hedging bets on super saver shipping) and read it before Gladwell comes to talk here next week.