January 2010
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Comin Thro' The Rye
O, Jenny’s a’ weet, poor body, Jenny’s seldom dry: She draigl’t a’ her petticoatie, Comin thro’ the rye! Comin thro’ the rye, poor body, Comin thro’ the rye, She draigl’t a’ her petticoatie, Comin thro’ the rye! Gin a body meet a body Comin thro’ the rye, Gin a body kiss a body, Need a body cry? Gin a body meet a...
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The birds and the bears?
“Tell me what you saw in London.”
“Very little.” (A more naïve girl would have said, “Oh, everything!” But Rosamond knew better.) “A few of the ordinary sights, such as raw country girls are always taken to.”
“Do you call yourself a raw country girl?” said Lydgate, looking at her with an involuntary emphasis of admiration, which made Rosamond blush with pleasure. But she remained...
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Scratch that
Still feel like death warmed over.
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"I'm your audience."
We watched The Lives of Others last weekend. Best movie I’ve seen in a very, very long time. Maybe I’ll have to delve deeper into Yerman cinematic culture.
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Help Haiti →
Another way to help the people of Haiti: donate to Doctors Without Borders. (You can follow them on Tumblr.) Their donation page shows that fully 87% of their funds go to the provision of services.
How (Not) to Calm a Child on a Plane →
This essay is worth reading, even if you aren’t a parent. My favorite part:
Who am I to cast the first stone? If somebody filmed all of my questionable life moments, then edited them together, the resulting movie would be about 3 hours shorter than my actual life span.
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Jan 2010 Food Fest, Part 3 1/2
Jay had an office party on freezing Saturday night way out in Flushing. The thought of going to Flushing got me thinking about dumplings and hand-pulled noodles at the Golden Shopping Mall. I sent Jay off in his suit in the freezing cold to his party way out in Queens and began researching all the delicious food I should eat this year, starting, of course, with hand-pulled noodles.
I discovered...
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Jan 2010 Food Fest, Part 3
On Saturday Jay and I enjoyed our usual delicious breakfast with greens and a side of M*A*S*H.
Then, when we found ourselves hungry again shortly thereafter, we wandered over to Crown Heights for some Chavella’s tacos. I sucked down mine — a carne enchilada, a nopales and a papas con chorizo — and two Negra Modelos faster than you could say “SUPERFATTY.” Then I...
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Big surf in Kona →
Gary’s at it again. Here’s a youtube video of the unusually big waves in Kona these days — and the folks that ride them.
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The Top 8 Noisiest Places in NYC
sarahspy:
1. 93 decibels: F, V, B, D subway platform, Bryant Park
2. 87 decibels: Corner of 42nd St. and Fifth Ave.
3. 83 decibels: West Side Highway
4. 78 decibels: Herald Square
5. 76 decibels: Times Square, near the military recruiting station
6. 74 decibels: Union Square, across from Whole Foods
7. 73 decibels: Grand Central Terminal on the main concourse at rush hour
8. 72 decibels:...
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