December 2008
39 posts
Stuck at the airport
Can’t sleep tonight. Just like I’m home.
“Mostly, I am excited that this baby will have you as an older sister, and not...”
– http://www.dooce.com/2008/12/11/newsletter-month-fifty-eight
“We ease up on our lot of cultural behaviors in a depression.”
– James Stewart and Frank Capra’s ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’? It’s a Miserable Life! - NYTimes.com
“Shields is a big fan of late-life romance. “People 65 or 75 who are dating...”
– McClatchy Washington Bureau | 07/16/2008 | As seniors live longer they find ‘love expectancy’ also grows
Fighting illness. Right before Xmas. Yay.
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“In the US we have courts and restraining orders, but most of women also have the...”
– Letters: Eye for an eye, literally - Salon
“It’s sex in all of its various incarnations: innocent, dirty, ugly,...”
– Q&A, Rufus Griscom, CEO of Nerve: “Nerve: The First Ten Years” | Salon Life
“A dedicated emotional manipulator of women himself, he told me how to manipulate...”
– Autobiography of a Body by Lucy Grealy - Nerve.com
“All those legions of friends who adored me and who told me I was beautiful and...”
– Autobiography of a Body by Lucy Grealy - Nerve.com
“Being “ugly” was the cause of all my life’s despair, of this I...”
– Autobiography of a Body by Lucy Grealy - Nerve.com
“I long to let go of my body’s silent monologue and enter into a dialogue...”
– Innocence in Extremis by Debra Boxer - Nerve.com
“I am sick of being sealed up like a grave. I want to be unearthed.”
– Innocence in Extremis by Debra Boxer - Nerve.com
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This week’s show
“Myth is very important for how we understand our human experience and the...”
– Can a non-believer write Christmas carols? - Features, Music - The Independent
“In the gospels, Joseph is also told of the baby by an angel, but Duffy, who...”
– Can a non-believer write Christmas carols? - Features, Music - The Independent
“Mr. Hancock had tried mainstream dating sites in the past, but “no one even...”
– Let’s Say You Want to Date a Hog Farmer - New York Times
“I AM a captivated by things, by solid, actual concrete things that can be...”
– Modern Love - Why I Love My Husband but not Sex - NYTimes.com
“I am in love with glass and stones…”
– Modern Love - Why I Love My Husband but not Sex - NYTimes.com
“…longing springs from distance.”
– Modern Love - Why I Love My Husband but not Sex - NYTimes.com
“There is nothing so intimate as the sounds of sex, which are a shared secret...”
– Modern Love - Why I Love My Husband but not Sex - NYTimes.com
“But then the inevitable happened. Sex with this man turned tepid, then...”
– Modern Love - Why I Love My Husband but not Sex - NYTimes.com
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“…but we’re alive, and life, once you get used to it, is sweet.”
– Letters: 15 years without knocking boots - Salon
“…it’s good to have another heart in the house.”
– Letters: 15 years without knocking boots - Salon
“Romantic connections occur most of all from letting (or forcing) social...”
– Letters: 15 years without knocking boots - Salon
“Weakness is a contagion, strong people rightly shun the weak.”
– Susan Sontag’s Journals and Notebooks. - By Katie Roiphe - Slate Magazine
“There is a satisfaction in the accomplishment of the mundane.”
– My brief, inspiring career as a historical re-enactor on a “Colonial farm.” - By Emily Yoffe - Slate Magazine
“During my time at Claude Moore I heard many interpreters say they were drawn to...”
– My brief, inspiring career as a historical re-enactor on a “Colonial farm.” - By Emily Yoffe - Slate Magazine
“Nothing cures grief, but you might as well try. You can’t stand and stare...”
– Fay Weldon interviews Nigella Lawson about family, food and being the outsider | Life and style | The Guardian
“Organic farmers, of course, don’t benefit from any of this. But they do...”
– Busting The Myth Of Organic Food
Does this even work anymore?
Twitter / Joshua Green Allen: I always thought it... →
Twitter stops SMS service for Canada. Boo. →
“Emotional appeals might yield quick results in the short term, but they are...”
– Article: Skepticism vs. Cynicism | Lintbox
“Humans tend to live and work together in closely-knit social spheres, and...”
– Article: Skepticism vs. Cynicism | Lintbox
“The label of indigo is a misguided way to expand the womb, I think.”
– The Dangerous Myth of Indigo Children - Associated Content
“I was given a name which I admit was my father’s. However, it is the name and...”
– In the name of the father… - The F-Word
“Isn’t it obvious by now what this is about? Our need to prove that Hitler...”
– Everything you need to know about Hitler’s “missing” testicle. - By Ron Rosenbaum - Slate Magazine
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At Forbes Library in MA, Circulating Ukulele Is a... →