So I took an unplanned hiatus from the Internet last week. I didn’t set out to ignore the place for seven entire days, but that’s what happened and I’m all the happier for it. I’m…
Date Archives 2011
They just seem a little weird
After reading The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson I have come to the conclusion that I enjoy reading novels about art and artists entirely more than I enjoy art. To back up my argument I’d…
Rocking breakfast conversation
The Tibbles have French toast nearly every single morning for breakfast. At least on the mornings I’m there to get them off to school. Frankly, I’m a little sick of French toast but when I…
The Tallest Man on Earth reminds I’m still capable of loving freely
A few weeks ago I was talking with a friend about music. He was lamenting on how much of his love of music was tied to nostalgia and that as he aged music didn’t seem…
A list of books everyone loved that I disliked so much it makes me think I should stop reading popular books
The Road by Cormac McCarthy The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath On the Road by Jack Kerouac Everything by Hemingway except A Moveable Feast The Night…
Revisiting Ruby Vroom
I like to think Soul Coughing is a band I discovered all on my own. That I wasn’t turned on to them by a friend or because they were influenced by or influenced some other…