April 2011
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“The time will come
when, with elation,
you will greet yourself arriving
at...”
– Derek Walcott, Love After Love (via grammatolatry)
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Treme Kind of Day
kudzujulep:
Driving down Tchoupitoulas street and who do I see walking?
Steve Zahn of Treme!
Being a huge fan of the show and having a small crush on him since, “That Thing You Do,” I was pretty happy.
Then, a girl stepped in front of my car and I almost ran over her. I looked a little closer and realized it was Lucia Micarelli who is also in Treme!
I was pretty happy about this until...
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“The Rebirth Tuesday-night gigs have been colossal draws for years, crowded,...”
– Chris Rose, 1 Dead in Attic
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“A man had less and less to say,
and said it better and better.
“Soon,” he...”
– Bruce Bennett, The Higher Reaches (via grammatolatry)
Hey, I studied under that guy.
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USA Literary Map
scribnerbooks:
Want.
Really want!
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Fast Gas, Dorianne Laux
kathleenjoy:
Before the days of self service, when you never had to pump your own gas, I was the one who did it for you, the girl who stepped out at the sound of a bell with a blue rag in my hand, my hair pulled back in a straight, unlovely ponytail. This was before automatic shut-offs and vapor seals, and once, while filling a tank, I hit a bubble of trapped air and the gas backed up,...
“How do they do it, the ones who make love
without love? Beautiful as dancers,...”
– Sharon Olds, Sex Without Love
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“If you fall ill on the streets of New York, people grumble about having to step...”
– Walker Percy, September 1968, Harper’s Magazine (via qmannola)
Making it look easy?
jamesnord:
Michael Jackson re-invented the pop star, but not without falling asleep on the boards almost every night when recording. Eddy Merckx is likely the greatest man to ride a bike, and he did so 20,000 miles a year. Teddy Roosevelt is possibly our most bad ass president, yet he said life’s highest honor was to “work hard at work worth doing”.
No matter vocation or time period, they all...
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We Have a Cockroach Problem.
It’s better than a mouse problem—which, yeah, I’ve been there, and that’s (arguably) more frightening. Mice carry parasites, they eat noticeable portions of your food, they’re tiny mammals with families, etc.
But still, I have been exiled from the kitchen, which is where I keep finding the cockroaches. Well, “finding” is misleading—more like “seeing, screaming, running away.” I am not girly in...
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DEFEND NEW ORLEANS TUMBLR: French Quarter Festival... →
defendneworleans:
From its utilitarian origins as an economic engine, the French Quarter Festival is, 28 years later, that and much more.
The self-described largest free music festival in the South attracts hundreds of thousands of patrons with hundreds of musicians on 17 outdoor stages sprinkled…
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Alec Baldwin Says "30 Rock" Will End Next Year
But Baldwin says it’s a done deal that Fey will be leaving. “Our contracts are expired [in 2012], and Tina is gonna have a big career directing films and writing. She’s going to be the next Elaine May. She’ll be great.”
I have a feeling he wasn’t supposed to say anything; NBC and Tina Fey can’t be reached for comment. I can just picture Fey hitting...
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One more—I can’t resist.
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This is my brother’s new band. I’m so,...
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DEFEND NEW ORLEANS TUMBLR: 'Treme' Kicks Off... →
defendneworleans:
David Morse and India Ennega are on board as series regulars for the 11-episode second season of Treme, which launches April 24. The actors both had recurring roles in the HBO series’ first season.
TV food adventurer and author Anthony Bourdain (Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations)…
FUCK. YES.
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I'll Finally Have a Power-Walking Partner
Meet Sophie. She’s part Australian Cattle Dog, part husky, all gorgeous.
I’ve thought about this long and hard, and I think I’m at a point in my life where it (finally!) makes sense. I’m financially stable, I have a backyard, I live near a park, and I work from home. Not to mention the fact that I’m adopting rather than supporting a breeder or puppy mill. So I feel...
