November 2011
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October 2011
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“I don’t think we have to be beholden to gadget manufacturers on books. I...”
– A hundred dance moves per minute: Cold, Dead Fingers Dept
Oct 10th
September 2011
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Sep 2nd
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August 2011
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Aug 15th
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September 2010
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August 2010
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Aug 25th
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Aug 23rd
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“I read omnivorously, I always have, my entire life. I would rather be dead than...”
– Edna Annie Proulx, author of The Shipping News and Brokeback Mountain, on one of my favorite bad habits.
Aug 22nd
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Aug 19th
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Winters of My Life (by Jonathan Burhop) via The Yosemite Blog A tiny three-minute glimpse into the life of Howard Weamer, who has spent more than 35 winters at the Ostrander Lake ski hut in Yosemite.
Aug 17th
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July 2010
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“A bird shot and stuffed and botanized is no bird at all. And a bird described by...”
– John Burroughs, American naturalist and essayist, to a group a children visiting a museum, John Burroughs: An American Naturalist by Edward Renehan.
Jul 29th
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Jul 25th
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Look Between (by Paul Octavious)
Jul 25th
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Jul 24th
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“Hello, Mr. Jorgensen. Can you hold? I need to eat a biscuit.”
– The Doctor (on his first day at the office, ever), Doctor Who, “The Lodger”.
Jul 24th
“It may seem perverse that I compare my writing to plumbing, an occupation not...”
–  William Zinsser, from Zinsser on Friday: Life and Work | The American Scholar
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June 2010
8 posts
“Defenders of the short-sighted men who in their greed and selfishness will, if...”
– Theodore Roosevelt, A Book-Lover’s Holidays in the Open
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“I shall learn poetry here and shall henceforth write more than ever, for the...”
– John Keats, in a letter to his brother about a hike through Ambleside, England. (via The Writer’s Almanac, 26 June 2010)
Jun 26th
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October 2009
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Oct 3rd
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September 2009
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Sep 27th
The Last Scary Go Round →
Today was the last day of John Allison’s Scary Go Round, my favorite webcomic. I’m saddened to see it end, but stoked to know Allison will be bringing us a new comic in another week. I’m marking it on my calendar right now. September 21: Rejoice!
Sep 11th
“There’s a lot to be said for making people laugh. Did you know that...”
– John L. Sullivan from Sullivan’s Travels
Sep 2nd
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Sep 2nd
August 2009
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Aug 27th
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First Train Home
Song on my mind… “First Train Home” by Imogen Heap I not only love the song, but I love the visual of the sound wave as well. It manages to be so specific, yet so ambiguous at the same time.
Aug 21st
Aug 21st