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Simplicity, Work and Enjoyment
My friend Maia from julia warr on Vimeo.
I'm loving every bit of this video of Maia Helles by Julia Warr. Julia met Maia Helles a ballet dancer, who's just turned 95, on a plane on 4 years ago.
There is a beautiful cadence to the routine and the ritual: Maia watering her garden, Maia exercising (she's been doing these exercises for over 60 years!), ( Read more... ) -
How to exorcise a ghost
it's a little difficult to live with a ghost. As is understandable, I'd presume. Who'd choose to live with the dead when it's hard enough living with the alive. But that's not the matter. I have to live with a ghost. I've almost made peace with that, the larger question that haunts(along with the ghost whose career it is to haunt) is "How ( Read more... ) -
Can't you tell I hate ugly people with potty feet?
Hello Snoopy,
Have you snooped around enough?
Have you found what you're looking for?
No? Let me know!
Love,
Me
PS. Everything you believe is true. -
The Great Big Circle of Incest
is fucked up.
Very, very fucked up.
I have no clue why I'm privy to it but I am.
I wish I wasn't. -
Happy Birthday...to me!
Some days are strange. Casual but Pertinent Observation: If your birthday is not on Facebook, your birthday doesn't exist. And if you're not on Facebook, good luck trying to prove you exist ( Read more... ) -
When the Titans met, the heavens roared
Sometimes I get really excited about these things and I make two posts in a day because I can't wait to share the awesomeness with you. So! David Attenborough and Richard Dawkins met. And had this freewheeling chat. Sample this:
DA: But you're doing a child's book? Tell me about it.
RD: It's about science more generally. Each chapter begins with the ( Read more... ) -
Of Cities and People
Neil Gaiman makes me weak in the knees and how can I not hold onto every word he writes? Here's what he wrote for SimCity and because I love him so- and you guys too- I'm just going to copy paste the entire piece:
From Essays by Neil, SIMCITY
"Cities are not people. But, like people, cities have their own personalities: in some cases one city has ( Read more... ) -
I'm a slow motion accident, Lost in coffee rings and fingerprints...
...the dust has only just begun to form, crop circles in the carpet.
I'd always described Sweta's eyes as liquid pools of caramel, and then I met Palla who has the most gorgeous chocolate pools for eyes. And so it is that I finally met her tonight amongst others for dinner. So much had been written about her and so much left to the imagination.
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