January 2010
143 posts
It is not sad that J.D. Salinger died
The man wrote a novel that we all have read about being an individual. The last thing you may have read by him was published in 1965.
His personal life to me looks like someone always looking for anti-establishment ways to feel comfortable.
Catcher in the Rye, while a powerful and important gem of American writing, has been obscured by constantly being spotted in the pockets of psychos and...
Word.
A word that appeals to me today is: Tungsten
January 28, 1754
18thcentury:
Horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word serendipity.
Wild that two men called Horace sparked such a curious and pretty word.
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Harsh laughter!
magicmolly:
Did you ever play that game as a kid where you imagined what answers you’d supply if you were the high-profile subject of an interview? It’s sort of a classic exercise in self-definition. I’d guess that most people do it during the 8-16 age range and then forget about it.
Anyhoo, it just struck me that blogs are a precise manifestation of that game. With a blog you’re both...
Violin
In my dream last night my brother was graduating from college, and I thought while I was waiting for him I’d play a violin I found.
I was reading sheet music and transposing in my head (because I play viola primarily) and some dapper professorial type ran up to me and said that’s good! that’s good!
I politely tried to say that I am really a violist, and I do not go to this...
lovelybluepony:
yann tiersen- Prière n°3
Ghostface Killah
uses a drum machine.
Accepting Decline
http://coilhouse.net/2010/01/sculpting-the-infitite-with-kris-kuksi/#more-12228
Sculpting The Infinite With Kris Kuksi
Please welcome Ales Kot, a writer hailing from the igloos [or was it bear caverns?] of the Czech Republic and now residing in Angel City, USA. In early fall, agent Kot conducted an interview with apocalyptic sculptor Kris Kuksi. This interview was initially meant for Issue 04,...
