Strawberries There were never strawberries like the ones we had that sultry afternoon sitting on the step of the open french window facing each other your knees held in mine the blue plates in our laps the strawberries glistening in the hot sunlight we dipped them in sugar looking at each other not hurrying the […]
Category Archives: cool stuff
Norman Borlaug
Saturday, October 3, 2009
The Associated Press: Borlaug, who saved millions from hunger, dies “Norman E. Borlaug saved more lives than any man in human history,” said Josette Sheeran, executive director of the U.N. World Food Program. “His heart was as big as his brilliant mind, but it was his passion and compassion that moved the world.”
Romancing the Looky-Loos
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Romancing the Looky-Loos That’s why I still endorse Peter Schjeldahl’s advice on how to become an artist: “You move to a city. You hang out in bars. You form a gang, turn it into a scene, and turn that into a movement.” Then, I would suggest when your movement hits the museum, abandon it.
Newspapers
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Berke Breathed interview […] How different is the situation with newspaper strips today? Did the changes in the size of panels play a role in your recent decision to abandon newspaper strips? Will newspaper comics (and newspapers) survive? Have you ever thought about doing an online comic strip? This is a sad topic but I’m […]
Some interesting Michael Jackson stuff you might not have seen.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Love him or hate him… well i mostly hated him. i listened to metal in the 80s, i take no responsibility. Now that the flood of horseshit seems to be abating, here’s some less horseshitty links. The Making of Thriller When we started Thriller, we were all there and Quincy [Jones, producer] walked in. Quincy […]
Poetry by Jim Walsh
Sunday, June 7, 2009
What a tool. By the book And I would have won the argument or I would have lost it and the rule would have been whatever the rule was. But I believe that, that’s what the rule was, ‘cause that’s what it said in the book and ah, and I’m, I don’t have a copy […]
Iceland, not so much like Newfoundland
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Wall Street on the Tundra | Vanity Fair Since its fishing policy transformed Iceland, the place has become, in effect, a machine for turning cod into Ph.D.’s. But this, of course, creates a new problem: people with Ph.D.’s don’t want to fish for a living. They need something else to do. […] Enter investment banking.
Blackstrap Hawco
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Only occasionally do i feel moved to review something here. Well, “moved” would be the wrong word, because sometimes i do it out of whimsy more than admiration, and ‘here’ might not refer to the current incarnation of this blog. Anyways, after finishing Blackstrap Hawco i find myself wanting to say something. i always imagined […]
i know i sure bought more magazines before getting on the interwebs…
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Welcome, Wired. We call this land “Internet” | Boing Boing Gadgets Since then, Wired.com’s grown to 11 million monthly visitors: its blogs are among the best in their fields and its tech news reportage is among the finest, online or off […]. The sheer size of that readership speaks volumes: the Times says the magazine […]
