September 2008
27 posts
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The Why Here, Why Now Project →
…an effort to capture a living moment in a certain place- the place of Yellow Springs- by paying close attention to the things that often go unnoticed in daily living.
“Given the chance
I’d stay in this chorus forever,
Where everything ugly...”
– Against Me! – I Still Love You Julie
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Raccoon attack
Tonight on my way home from work I was charged by a raccoon.
It was in an unlit walkway between two streets and some shops (King’s Yard for those of you familiar with Yellow Springs, Ohio), and I sat the silouette of two creatures. I paused and took a step toward them, thinking them cats, which I love and always try to seduce. The one in the back I think was a cat. The one closer to me was...
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“The worst thing about secret girlfriends is that when they get hit by cars...”
– One Sentence archive - story #411
“Alfred Leroux, 22, of Lens, coveted Mlle Mathilde Huleux, 23, of Pont-a-Vendin....”
– In Other News » About
“Without ice cream, there would be darkness and chaos.”
– Don Kardong (via affremblequotes)
“The word “fetish” comes from the Portuguese feitico, meaning “charm” or...”
– From here (via gauntlet) (via therandomnessofyes)
Portuguese has a lot of good words. Like saudade.
“It was plain that she was so well-adjusted that she didn’t have to think...”
– Flannery O’Connor, Wise Blood
Emporium Wines and the Underdog Cafe - Yellow... →
please reblog everyone please thanks.
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“To protect her prize guest against unwelcome visitors, Mrs. Holbert assigned a...”
– Greta Garbo - Press Articles (People - April 1976)
Michael Gene Sullivan: Barack Obama is the Nominee... →
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“You are, for some godforsaken reason, absolutely convinced all the way down to...”
– mmmmmmm Morford’s run-on sentences are always already sexy. Mark Morford: Are you an elitist? / 18 revealing ways to know for sure
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“Sometimes, early in the morning, the cows sound like the T-Rex from Jurassic...”
– Vee describing mornings in Ireland (via therandomnessofyes) - Vee’s note: specifically the Irish countryside i.e. Monaghan but hey I’m not being picky or anything no not me never.
“Passion, says the dictionary, means a strong sexual desire or the suffering of...”
– BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | Are you going forward? Then stop now (Differences between British-English and American-English dictionaries aside…)
“Butterworth, who had worked in the States, wondered why so many Americans shared...”
– Sex and the semicolon - The Boston Globe
you know what's a good song, 8 full hours of sleep... →
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WatchPre-Game Coin Toss Makes Jacksonville Jaguars Realize Randomness Of Life | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
“It sounds like the only answer for them is suicide.” God I love that Michael Bannon.
“There is really nothing you must be. And there is nothing you must do. There is...”
– Japanese Zen Scroll (Thanks I needed that.)
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“Remember how I said Boston was so Irish? Well, Ireland is way more
Irish....”
– Vee (via therandomnessofyes) (Reblogging someone else quoting myself is much less pretentious than myself quoting myself, right?)
“This is Vanessa’s friend Leonor. Isn’t she so beautiful? Yeah, she doesn’t act...”
– Alyson introducing me to her new friend. (via diabloggical)
“Build a man a fire, and he’ll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he’ll be...”
– Terry Pratchett (via affremblequotes)
“I can only find something if I remember where I put it.”
– One of many profound things that came out of my mouth while I was visiting Megan in Boston. (via therandomnessofyes)