Oh Summer. We don't have a/c in our stuffy little brooklyn apt. and even with all the fans going, I feel like I need to shower about three times a day. I've been reading like a fiend this summer -- big poems like the Illiad and Duino Elegies, Sci Fi like Snow Crash old books of poetry criticism, Randall Jarrell, Hayden Caruth, and William Logan, ( Read more... )

It's about time to start this thing up again. I've been away too long. Led astray by the ease of the tweets. So, there'll likely be something long and meandering soon, probably tomorrow. But you'll probably read it on the face book, where all the cool kids hang out ( Read more... )

... been a while since I posted here. Been an interesting few weeks as well. Had hesited  come visit, and fun was had -- walked across the brooklyn bridge, visited the crazy new de-traffic-ed Times Square, and saw lady liberty up close and personal. Then this last weekend we celebrated the 4th by going up to Boston for a family reunion.

My dad's family is ( Read more... )

Chris Onstad, over at Achewood Estates imbues Jackson's sudden death with a little bit of honest reverence.

In other news, Ted's in town! Since I've been following his adventures, chapter by chapter on the live-blog-journ-net-thing it feels sort of like that point in Never Ending Story where I, as Bastian finally realize that I'm going to get to ( Read more... )

By an odd coincidence, notmy and I happened to be in LA this weekend, same as hesited . We had a wedding to go to, which was halfway between San Diego, and LA, and opted to spend part of the weekend with notmy's sister, keto. Fun! The house we stayed at (in "beautiful downtown Burbank California!" for all you bob barker fans) had oranges and grapfruit growing ( Read more... )

Are you telling me I can finally have some hope, or is this you writing one more check the rest of the team can't cash?

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has me almost as excited as this ( Read more... )

want to mix up some Kahlua and root beer and go see this?

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My father in law just had a big retirement symposium at Princeton University, where he teaches (that's how they roll down at P-ton U, symposia-style), and my sister-in-law, who will one day be a name people speak with reverence, put together some short videos detailing the event. They are beautiful.

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