I don’t remember which one of “the girls” introduced me to Jimmy Buffett but it was one of them. The girls. That was us. Me, Amy, Bethany and Laurie. It was the four of us against the world in high school. Those girls were some of the great loves of my life. The years of [...]
Harry: What is this we’re listening to? Karen: Joni Mitchell. Harry: I can’t believe you still listen to Joni Mitchell. Karen:I love her and true love lasts a lifetime. Love Actually Inspired in part by all the end of year and end of decade lists but mostly by Jason’s awesome The Two Zeros series I’m about [...]
So my friend Mags will soon be leaving Louisville and moving back to her beloved New Orleans. While I’m super happy for her I’m bummed that in a few months I’ll have to pay shipping like everyone else when I want to buy her very cool art. My latest purchase? This great Obama shirt. A [...]
I vaguely remember the feeling I had when Bill Clinton won his first presidential election. I was still in high school and stayed up late watching the returns come in. I was excited, electrified, engaged. I was an ardent Clinton supporter for many years, a real true believer. As I’ve said many times there is [...]
It’s been a while since I’ve liked any story as much as I like How I Cured Your Heart by Kevin Fanning. You should read it.
In September I told you some things I learned while writing my first grant application. Today I received word that I did in fact receive funding based on that application. I wasn’t granted the full amount I asked for but the amount I received is significant enough to really help me take a step forward [...]
Sufjan Stevens is an interesting artist to say this least. I am fascinated by his latest project The Great Sufjan Song Xmas Xchange. Here’s how it works: write an original Christmas song, record it, and send the song to us (see below for instructions). Asthmatic Kitty will pick a winner, and that person will trade [...]
I’ve spent the last month or so with my head buried in a grant application. I’ve been working on a documentary photography project for the last several months and I’ve bootstrapped it the entire way. Meaning any cost associated with the project have come out of my pockets. No one is paying me to do [...]
I watched a fantastic program on PBS Wednesday night called Novel Reflections on the American Dream. The program’s website describes it thusly Novel Reflections on the American Dream considers 20th-century authors and the novels that illuminate society’s inequities, limitations, and heartbreaks. Basically it looks at versions of the classic American Dream as it’s depicted in [...]
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Nerd, reader, baker, happily pair-bonded, lesbian, Jew.
Someone said
“When you found a relationship on getting paid, it never goes farther than that. And the moment the money runs out, it's over.”
– Will Post for Money
22 September 2006
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