December 2009
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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...
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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.”
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… Buddhism considers itself as an empirical approach of the functioning of...
– Matthieu Ricard
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You’ll have ‘trouble’ votin’, huh? You’re gonna have trouble walkin’, too,...
– Andy Sturdevant channels LBJ
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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)
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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.
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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!
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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.