We As a Society Are Electronically Out of Control
“Marriage: it’s the new going steady!”
Okay, it was bad enough learning that P. had broken up with his girlfriend when he changed his status on Facebook and therefore everyone saw the announcement with the broken heart icon. He and I had been previously discussing it so I was not completely surprised when it happened.
But today, D. told me he and his wife are splitting up, not just on Facebook, but on the message board of our Scrabulous game on Facebook! And I was surprised! The worst part, I mean besides the splitting up, is that D. is not a Facebook kind of person in the first place. Christ-a-roni people. What’s next?
[And just to head him off at the pass, Adam, I know you're going to say- Marriage: it's the new going steady!]
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//RECENT
Vincent Moon and Arcade Fire Walk Into An Elevator….“[T]he crowd seemed really emotionally engaged with the music.”
Water Water Everywhere…. “Water, water, everywhere,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.”
- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
An extended version of Bon Iver’s La Blogotheque Take Away Show of “For Emma, Forever Ago” with three versions of the song and some very startled tourists. I think this is one of my favorite things in the whole world. Not just that the song is so beautiful, and is so beautifully sung, but that [...]
So, This Stephen Malkmus-looking Guy Who Went to High School with My Boss Wrote a Children’s BookA man once said, “Childrens do learn.” and I believe childrens should learn to dream big dreams. Even better is to dream arty dreams like a hipster might draw. This hipster author’s name is Dallas Clayton. Although I do not know for sure that Dallas Clayton is a hipster, he looks like this: And, I [...]
Matilde UrrutiaIt isn’t simply that you are loved gloriously, or loved beautifully. But rather that a pitch perfect expression of love for you sounds and sounds, Rises into the very air. Though the love itself may fade, I do not know, The poetry you inspire ascends, ascending Becomes stars and you, who are so loved, Look [...]
//FROM THE ARCHIVES
My Oral Fixationis the unsexiest in all the history of oral fixations. I refer, of course, to my ongoing dental woes. And woes they are. Lamentable, tragic and never ending. This Winter, if you see one movie, make it this one: the epic story of one woman’s journey into night (though there will be a dearth of [...]
Spot-On CharactersIf you don’t get it, you might just be too young: .. [Again, if you're running the newest version of Safari with adblocker, you shouldn't see any ads. You can also "x" out the BofA banner ad across the bottom.]
This “Liberal Experiment” Sounds Like a Real BlastI recently got an email from my mom, who has been under assault by some conservative friends who are deeply worried about the downfall of the empire. These emails have grown more common of late, and in her latest missive, she asked for my two cents on the recent news from The Drudge Report that [...]
Open Letter to People Writing To or About the Band “Gossip”“Unless she has five arms, I don’t give a shit how she looks.”
Continued Gushing for BarackSo, it turns out I was really wrong about that guy. It is still a bit heartbreaking that someone could look at a person like that and yet it meant nothing. Lesson learned, I suppose. Instead of dwelling on the impossibility of men, let’s talk about politics, shall we? Perhaps I was just naive or [...]
