I just finished reading Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas. The book ends with a short story Chuck wrote called “You Tell Me.” Like I do with every short story…
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As Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
Al,the cutest girl on earth™, Seamus and I just took a little timeout to do have a mini dance party/singalong featuring Toto’s “Africa.” I know you’re jealous.
Wherein our heroine turns into a bratty 4 year old
I haven’t slept much in the past few nights. I’m not sure what my problem is. I don’t feel stressed out, but my not-sleeping seems to be saying otherwise. I think I’m worried about my…
Andy Warhol and the intention of art
For the past two nights, I’ve been watching the American Masters Andy Warhol documentary that was on PBS a few weeks ago (kottke has some great links about film). Watching the documentary is maddening. It’s…
You can win it, but I will not come
My coworkers have suddenly all decided to care about baseball. Apparently since the Twins are doing so well we have to all be fans. I am not taking this fandom very well. For lunch we…
Exercising the Sister #1 Power of Tune Out
Since I’m Sister #1 I sometimes get to be a bit of tastemaker for the Sisterclub. Now that I think about it, that’s totally delusional. They generally ignore me and go right on listening to…