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Five Favorite Books
It’s always hard to pick a few favorite books. For one thing, I think it’s easy to slip into listing only favorites from childhood, because those formative years are so vividly imprinted on us. For another, I know a lot … Continue reading → Continue reading
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My obsession with the show The Good Place
I am *so* into the TV show The Good Place. I love it when screenwriters can pull off something with such pinpoint precise structure and dialogue. It’s one of those pieces of media that you occasionally see, and think, “Damn, … Continue reading → Continue reading
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“I will be wild. I will be brutal. I will encircle you.”
A few people have made graphics featuring a quote from one of my short stories. I’m including two of them below, which take the quote and make a narrative out of it (using movie images), which is neat. It’s awesome … Continue reading → Continue reading
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Skeptical birds.
I love that I can google image search for the term “skeptical birds” and get skeptical birds. From this, I have learned that owls are the most skeptical of birds. (photograph from Reddit) I only included one, but there are … Continue reading → Continue reading
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Swimming on Neptune, in Rome
If I had one wish that could only be something transient and tiny, it might be to swim in the Hearst Castle pools. The Neptune pool, outdoors (image from wikipedia) The Roman pool, indoors (image from hearstcastle.org) Okay, it wouldn’t … Continue reading → Continue reading
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3D Printed Fashion
I linked to this from my twitter account awhile ago, but it’s really cool. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) commissioned Nervous System to create a new dress for the exhibition #techstyle which runs from March 6 through July … Continue reading → Continue reading
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I’ve watched this like 30 times.
I know everyone’s seen it by now, but I am in love with this OK Go song shot in Zero Gravity: Continue reading
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