March 2010
10 posts
Phoenix - "Live in Sydney" Free Download →
“The rhythmic brilliance of tap is at once an intoxicating and profoundly...”
– The New Yorker
Democrats to Watch on the Health Care Vote →
By Stephen Crane
I saw a man pursuing the horizon; Round and round they sped. I was disturbed at this; I accosted the man. “It is futile,” I said, “You can never -“
“You lie,” he cried, And ran on.
“The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”
– African proverb.
This Is Just To Say
I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold
-William Carlos Williams
February 2010
15 posts
Weekend Roundup
FACT: Every floor is a dance floor.
“I have nothing to say
And I am saying it
And that is poetry.”
– John Cage
Bloom Box Unveiled Today →
The California Coastline →
Click along the California coast.
“Stand by what I said: Allowing homosexuals to serve openly is the right thing to...”
– Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, via Twitter.
Obama’s 2011 Budget Proposal →
January 2010
24 posts
Smellements →
Natalie Dee!
“What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff...”
– J.D. Salinger.
Rest in peace.
“How can the best medical care in the world cost twice as much as the best...”
– Uwe Reinhardt, Princeton University, on the variations in cost caused by inefficiency at top US hospitals.
Gapminder →
Unveiling the beauty of statistics for a fact based world view.
“Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you...”
– Conan O’Brien
Someday - The Strokes
Sea of Love - Cat Power
“Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through...”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
Stuff White People Like: Conan O'Brien →
#131
“It is not hard to understand why white people love Conan O’Brien, he embodies so many of the things they already like before he even opens his mouth: Ivy League Schools, Red Hair, the Boston Red Sox, Self Deprecating Humor, The Simpsons, and Bad Memories of High School (likely, but not confirmed). Seeing him on television five nights a week is a comforting reminder of community to the...
"Once again, the world weeps with Haiti." →
The Goodies, 1964
I opened up the door, and much to my surprise The girls were wearing formals, and the boys were wearing ties And I feel that I should mention that the band was at attention They just stood there, oh so neat, while they played their swinging beat…. It’s been long overdue— we’ve been needing something new— Sophisticated boom boom!
From Pitchfork’s “The...
Vampire Weekend at the Orpheum →
April 1, 2010 Boston, MA
So excited.
Reading List: Next Up
Three Cups of Tea - Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism - George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness - Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler
All the News →
“A look back at the year’s biggest news stories” from GOOD.
“I just don’t see a time when losing is ever OK.”
– John Madden
2010
Have a fantastic night, everyone, and an even better year. Thoughts, reflections, and resolutions are yet to come - tomorrow, perhaps, as a start to the next twelve months - but that’s all for now.
Counting all different ideas drifting away Past and present they don’t matter Now the future’s sorted out Watch her moving in elliptical patterns
1901 - Phoenix
It seems the earth is...