February 2009
9 posts
think small
I just finished reading “Saturday” by Ian McEwan. I always enjoy his writing, and in this case, one part of the novel has resurfaced in my mind several times. Early on in the book, the protagonist, Henry Perowne, goes downstairs with insomnia at 4am, where his teenage son Theo is hanging out before bed. McEwan writes:
“On a recent Sunday evening, Theo came up with an aphorism:...
on ketchup
I love Garrison Keillor’s “Ketchup” song, but I have never loved ketchup. Its bloody appearance has turned me off since childhood. When I learned as a young adult that it’s not super-healthy (lots of sugar, but good for you with lycopene!), I used it as an excuse to continue avoiding the stuff. The only time I remember trying it was in Spain ten years ago, in a bizarre...
tote bag update
I used the newly sewn tote bag to walk to the library yesterday. The bag was damn heavy with Chadwick the Very Large Laptop in it. I had to keep shifting it from one shoulder to the other, but it didn’t show any signs of weakness. Those just came from me.
Nobody honked, but maybe someone quietly admired my handiwork.
a bit of media control
Guilty confession: I haven’t been listening regularly to the news for the past week or so.
I usually listen in the morning and evening, but I’ve strayed from my routine with the media coverage of the recession. I hadn’t thought much about it until I tuned in to the news last night, and was greeted by a human interest story about a locally-owned shop in Brookline preparing to...
January 2009
6 posts
Sad times for Brandeis
There are sure to be posts all over the web about yesterday’s shocking announcement that the Brandeis board of trustees voted to close the Rose Art Museum and sell its collection:
http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2009/01/26/brandeis_to_sell_schools_art_collection/
For now, I cling to the naive hope that the decision is an institution-specific exception, rather than the first...
white ninja comics →
This strip has come to mind on a daily basis since Nick brought it to my attention a few months ago. I do sympathize…sometimes Twizzlers do the same thing to me.
facebook musing
I’ve felt like a facebook voyeur lately, logging in regularly without doing much to update my profile or initiate communication. It seems like there’s another new flood of people, and I wonder if it could be sparked by this article in Slate: http://www.slate.com/id/2208678/
It occurs to me that you could be shy or private or lazy on facebook (I might be all three), and it would...
