December 2011
46 posts
“Reservations tomorrow in New Haven at 5:45. Early service. Later not available....”
– The friend with whom I am spending New Year’s Eve, in an email received about 2 minutes ago. We used to date. I was less amused by such communications then.
Dec 30th
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ListenLaura Marling - Night After Night Check out the...
Dec 30th
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Dec 30th
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Dec 30th
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Dec 29th
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Dec 29th
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Dec 29th
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“Mr Dowling was indeed very affected with this relation; for he had not divested...”
– Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Book XII, Chapter X
Dec 28th
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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Dec 20th
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Dec 20th
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Dec 20th
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“The proliferation of cell phone cameras will, in my view, lead to the end of...”
– My boss, in response to my attempt to demonstrate to him — sharing a photo snapped by one of my coworkers — how blissfully happy we were made by our firm-sponsored (and la-carta-ajena-ordered) holly-day tequila shots on Friday night. (He’s right, of course.)
Dec 19th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 16th
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“The one word that comes to mind when I think of my brother is ‘courage’. By this...”
– Peter Hitchens, writing about his late brother, Christopher Hitchens
Dec 16th
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Dec 16th
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Dec 16th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 14th
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Dec 14th
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Dec 13th
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ListenJames - Out to Get You (Image via)
Dec 13th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 11th
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Dec 10th
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How I got to ride in the back of a cop car this...
An essay in one part, by la carta ajena I went for a run tonight at about the same time that a number of other Brooklynites headed into Prospect Park in their sneaks or on bikes. But I had a special run. In part because I made the mistake of consuming a large quantity of spicy, garlicky shrimp and rice and half a beer about an hour before I ran. (Bad move.) In part because, as I neared the top of...
Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 9th
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Dec 9th
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Dec 9th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 8th
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ListenSuzanne Vega - Caramel (via specialbean) ...
Dec 8th
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“I went to Prime Meats with my parents last night, which was lovely. Except they...”
– Erica re: the Deadwood-appropriate costumes that are de rigeur at Prime Meats
Dec 5th
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Dec 5th
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Dec 4th
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ListenThe Tragically Hip - Flamenco
Dec 3rd
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First day back--
…and I’ve been at the office twelve hours. With the promise of weekend work! What a treat!!
Dec 3rd