December 2009
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Dec 30th
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Dec 29th
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ListenA Christmas Eve dramatic reading of the comic...
Dec 26th
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Dec 25th
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Dec 25th
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Dec 24th
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Dec 24th
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OK, so let’s get a little back-story here. Last summer, my good friend Adam invited me to come up to his cabin near Hayward, Wisconsin. That part isn’t exactly news, I’ve been going to this particular cabin every summer for years — even back when it actually had running water. BUT, this year we would be given the charge of completely tearing down one of the property’s two...
Dec 24th
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Dec 24th
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Dec 23rd
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 18th
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“When an individual is seen gliding through the woods and close to the observer,...”
– J. J. Audobon’s 1842 description of the (now extinct) passenger pigeon. Quoted in Anthony Doerr’s essay “Phantoms and Prey.”
Dec 17th
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“… Buddhism considers itself as an empirical approach of the functioning of...”
– Matthieu Ricard
Dec 17th
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Dec 16th
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Dec 16th
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“You’ll have ‘trouble’ votin’, huh? You’re gonna have trouble walkin’, too,...”
– Andy Sturdevant channels LBJ
Dec 16th
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Dec 13th
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“Gaga has done something more specific: She’s tapped into one of the primary...”
– Ann Powers, “Frank talk with Lady Gaga” (L.A. Times, via jomc)
Dec 11th
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funambularity →
As of right now, my “tumbularity” has grown more than 100 points since yesterday morning — a 1,241% increase, and my highest number ever in the ambiguous metric. And what caused this increase, you might ask? I posted a silly picture of a bird, with the caption “funambulist.” This is the wold we live in, folks.
Dec 10th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 6th
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Dec 4th
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Dec 3rd
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Go to a dinner hosted by Lesley + David and not only do you get to test out some crazy experimental disposable dishes made from banana leaves, but you also find this in your email inbox weeks later. Nice!
Dec 3rd
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Dec 1st
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How To Be Happy In The Twin Cities →
Some helpful hints from Erica. Perhaps it would be more accurately titled “How To Be Happy In The Twin Cities When It’s %#@$#& Cold Outside And The Sun Goes Down At 4PM.” I’d say for the last two years the Art Shanty Projects accomplished most if not all of the things on her list for me.
Dec 1st
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