I was curious as to why I was so uncommonly miserable today, other than it being Thursday and February, and then Twitter reminded me: it's the third anniversary of the overtime in the last game of the 2010 Olympic mens ice hockey tournament. (Greater specificity is accorded in this address. I refuse to post the picture on here: you know what it is ( Read more... )

Mainly my day has been staring at Carolingian art, and trying to make it tell me something. Material culture is delightful, oh man I hate it so much. Still reading about mayors of castles, though, which is an intrinsically pretty funny term, if not actually very interesting.

Heeey, look oodles-of-charm totally hip music: Vampire Weekend! The interview is maybe ( Read more... )