Someone on my friendslist just posted (locked) a link to a 10-year-old article by Malcolm Gladwell, of Tipping Point fame, about a woman named Lois Weisberg (see also the print-friendly PDF) and the social role of Those People Who Know Everyone. It's a very enjoyable article, and reminded me somewhat of my Coworker M, whose job it apparently is to ( Read more... )

After getting dismissed early from rehearsal tonight, I made a grocery run to Trader Joe's, then took a rare detour over to Whole Foods. As a result -- even though it meant I didn't get home until 10pm -- rather than a slice of crappy takeout pizza, I am dining on fresh asparagus and caprese salad (using the basil I'm growing myself, on my porch). ( Read more... )

( personal context, both spiritual and vocational, for This Kind Of Thing and why it's grabbing my focus right now )

[By way of la_vie_en_rosie... and I found it extremely fun so I encourage all you linguaphiles to go do it, yidlach and Gentiles alike ( Read more... )