from the comments
Watching an audience is like a blind person’s mirror. You can’t really see yourself, but you can extrapolate things based on subtle reactions occuring “out there.” Of course, knowing when you’re reading yourself and when you are reading the Other is the whole challenge.
spam name
Cleora Vernell.
From a letter I got
My car busted again. Well, not busted. I never replaced the catalytic convertor last year, and then the ignition, which I replaced myself started acting bad. And the starter. But it is all fixed again.
I got a 2011 Muscle Car Calendar from the shop.
Last year I had the clutch replaced in December so I had a muscle car calendar this year too.
That was a 12 hundred dollar calendar, but this year it is a 9 hundred dollar calendar.
The economy IS getting better.
This is a Metaphor for Something
(via)
Born This Way
Born This Way is a site for gay adults to submit pictures from their childhood, showing the beginnings of their innate LGBT selves.
I need to add Fabulous! as a new category.
Miss Lucy Foley, up-and-coming diva
Lucy (and Ross! and some friends of theirs) had a gig in NYC on Friday, at which they Tore. It. Up. I commemorated the occasion with a bunch of wobbly pictures. Fortunately, Lucy’s so gorgeous and has such poise that either of my cats could have taken a whole roll of good ones of her.
Once again, ladies and gents, you can hear and buy Lucy’s album, Copenhagen, at lucyfoley.com. So how about you go do that?
Sisu, the Finns’ favorite word
Because it’s long, I have set this video to start at the discussion of sisu; it’s worth watching all the way from the beginning, however.
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Found: Lost Pictures of New York Blizzard
collective nouns
From James Lipton’s An Exaltation of Larks (via).
This pretty much sums up my life.
Pardon the quality, but the song was apparently ripped from an old vinyl.
headline of the day, V
St. Paul bar to roast bear for Packers-Bears game
headline of the day, IV
Officials fear bath salts are growing drug problem
Dubuque Plumpers
Plumpers. From Dubuque. (1989.)
Lance Armstrong does drugs.
via Bike Snob NYC
quote out of context
Brad Carter, senior lecturer of physics at the University of southern Queensland in Australia, said the explosion could take place before the end of the year – or indeed at any point over the next million years.
headline of the day, III
New Zealand Woman Partially Paralyzed by Hickey
headline of the day, II
Norwegian boy fends off wolves with Creed song
headline of the day
Teacher Who Burned Cross into Student’s Arm Fired
I noticed a few things looking through the footage
It was easy to remember the circumstances surrounding each interview. Often this came through in my voice and how I asked questions, as well as what I asked. A few times I got frustrated for not following up with more interesting questions when an obvious line opened up. There were definitely times the person I was talking to wanted to tell me something that would have been more interesting than what I got, and usually that boiled down to me being distracted by the technical details of the filming, or being tired.
I also saw, and heard, how much my personality, tone, and method adjusted to the circumstances of the interview — did I find the person I was talking with intimidating, weird, funny, nervous, boring, fascinating? Without fail, my demeanor adapted to these variables. Sometimes I was disgusted by how I heard myself transform. Sometimes it was embarrassing.
I guess the overall impression I got from hearing the interviews was a reminder of how easily an external adaptation, an almost submissive friendliness — to make the person I was talking with feel at ease, and which I found draining — occurred. Next time I want to be better at catching the story-line the person I am talking with wants to tell. It’s interesting how much an interview leaves the interviewer exposed.
from the comments
The Iowan likes Dubuque, but only for the name. He and his brother (and Mr. Boudreaux, now) will find a word or phrase that has a certain ring and say it over and over to each other and crack up. Corinthian leather is one such phrase. Sometimes around them I will hear a person saying a word and think “oh no, please don’t say that word again.” Then, it happens, a light in the eyes. And they are off.
from the comments
The world is full of so much beauty, it could kill you.
from the comments
This reminds me of my first husband. A friend, a very charming older lady, had a stroke. It was unexpected, her husband had been the ill one. We went to the hospital. She was in a coma and I did not know what to do, so I sat at the window fidgeting. I looked over and my ex was sitting at the bedside, holding her hand, looking into her face. He sat there for a long time. He continued to visit until she passed away a couple of weeks later.
We had some unhappy times. But now, years later, that’s how I remember him. Holding the hand of an old friend, helping her find her way.
the camera you have with you
Lens “changing” is done by slipping a converter onto the front of the main lens, and you can choose from a 0/5x wide-angle, a 2x teleconverter (both $30) and a fisheye ($60). The charger that it ships with is amusingly twice the size of the camera, and the basic kit will cost you ¥9,800, or around $120.
…it’s like riding a wire fence
Thank You
#couldbeanywhereusa
It simply happens to be Dubuque, Iowa.
