April 2009
14 posts
Swine Flu Fever 2009: The View From Over Here
I just saw my first face masks - on a family of European tourists walking down 6th avenue. It’s a beautiful day in New York City - sunny and breezy and fresh - and these people looked ridiculous. Also on the train this morning a woman was using some kind of antibacterial wipe to hold the overhead bar. It left a slimy residue when she got off at 34th street. “How silly,” I...
The Troggs - With a Girl Like You
LOVE LETTER!!!...
Top 5 Baby Names Over the Last 100 Years →
Animals
Have you forgotten what we were like then
when we were still first rate
and the day came fat with an apple in its mouth
it’s no use worrying about Time
but we did have a few tricks up our sleeves
and turned some sharp corners
the whole pasture looked like our meal
we didn’t need speedometers
we could manage cocktails out of ice and water
i wouldn’t want to be faster...
Abelardo Morell (…also, and also.)
Kate Bush - Mother Stands for Comfort
This was...
“Our responsibility… is to protect constitutional rights of individuals from legislative enactments that have denied those rights, even when the rights have not yet been broadly accepted, were at one time unimagined, or challenge a deeply ingrained practice or law viewed to be impervious to the passage of time. The framers of the Iowa Constitution knew, as did the drafters of the...
“If you lived here, what would your name be?”
What a lovely question.
