Today’s “Other People Words” is a poem by Barbara Crooker which celebrate the oft-forgotten glories of life. All That Is Glorious Around Us (title of an exhibit on The Hudson River School) is not, for me, these grand vistas, sublime peaks, mist-filled overlooks, towering clouds, but doing errands on a day of driving rain, staying […]

This is the second part of a two-part argument that I seem to be constantly having with myself. The first half, Writing is Wasteful, was posted on Tuesday. bookish in north park (CC) The idea that all writings a copy of a copy of a copy is easy and convenient. And because of that, we […]

David Berkowitz This is something that’s been sitting on my computer for sometime. I recently found it again and decided it was interesting enough to put up here. This is a platform/speech that I devised for (recently shuttered) Unity ‘08 around August of last year, likely with Mr. Bloomberg in mind. It’s more eloquent than […]

This is the first part of a two-part argument that I seem to be constantly having with myself. The second half, Writing is Useful, will be posted on Thursday. D’arcy Norman If this site exists for one reason, its for me to write. If it exist for a second reason, it’s so I’ll be listened […]

Warning: This quesadilla may not have been microwaved—Photo by Borderline Amazing There would seem to be two obvious ways of looking at the microwaved quesadilla: “sounds good” and “sounds gross.” When I was younger—around about 12—I was firmly in the “sounds good” camp. Recently, I was pretty firmly in the “sounds gross” camp. And then […]