December 2010
31 posts
cold.
and snowy.
We’ve about 20” of snow on the ground now. John’s very sick. Shoveling and stuff left up to me.
Nursing my resulting back ache.
reminding myself how much j’adore Billy Collins.
Marginalia
Sometimes the notes are ferocious,
skirmishes against the author
raging along the borders of every page
in tiny black script.
If I could just get my hands on you,
Kierkegaard, or Conor Cruise O’Brien,
they seem to say,
I would bolt the door and beat some logic into your head.
Other comments are more offhand, dismissive - “Nonsense.” “Please!”...
Reason #3 not to drink too much at a staff holiday...
You may accidentally reveal your level 3 secret.*
Case in point- my now-former coworker revealed at our staff party Monday night that she posed for Playboy in college. A fact that is verifiable by a Google search, using the name she used, also revealed at the party. She’s not my former colleague because of this, but I’m somewhat glad she’s gone because it’d be sort of...
Planning my Christmas cookies--
I’m thinking….
Chocolate Fudge
Chai Shortbread
Roasted Chestnut Cookies
Espresso Crinkles
Maybe some Anise Biscotti
Sound good?
We got our Christmas tree!
It’s pretty! We don’t have many ornaments, but we have tons of white and colored lights, and some nice “cranberry” garlands I got at Crate and Barrel. We def. need some kind of star for the top, though.
Warhol Foundation Demands Reinstatement of... →
doodleology:
Heroes of the day.
We are showing this film at the ICA in response to the censorship.
