February 2012
7 posts
“Timelord axiom no. 4587932843apple-90elleven: It is amazing what a little bit of...”
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January 2012
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December 2011
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November 2011
3 posts
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I have Confidence! (based on a true story) by...
What will this day be like? I wonder… What will my future be? I wonder. It could be so exciting to be out in the world, to be free; my heart should be wildly rejoicing…Oh, what’s the matter with me? I’ve always longed for adventure, to do the things I’ve never dared; and here I’m facing adventure…then why am I so scared? A captain with seven children,...
October 2011
4 posts
A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs
By MONA SIMPSON
I grew up as an only child, with a single mother. Because we were poor and because I knew my father had emigrated from Syria, I imagined he looked like Omar Sharif. I hoped he would be rich and kind and would come into our lives (and our not yet furnished apartment) and help us. Later, after I’d met my father, I tried to believe he’d changed his number and left no forwarding...
September 2011
3 posts
My, "I want a boy" variation...
I want a boy who will hold my hand in line at the cinema and make all the girls and guys wish he were theirs, someone who sings to me at random moments and when he showers. Someone goofy but also romantic, a boy who would shoot me a look when i’m acting dumb but smile because he thought it was cute too. Someone who would bet me kisses that he could beat me at chess and then let me win. He...
“You know when, sometimes you meet someone so beautiful, and then you actually talk to them and five minutes later, they’re as dull as a brick? Then there’s other people, and you meet them and you think, ‘Not bad; they’re okay.’ And then you get to know them, and their face sort of becomes them, like their personality is written all over it. And they just turn into something so...
August 2011
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July 2011
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June 2011
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March 2011
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February 2011
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January 2011
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December 2010
1 post
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September 2010
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May 2010
1 post
Bologna to Milan...
Bologna was nice. It was what you’d expect from an Italian college town while everyones on spring break. It was empty. But of course the food was delicious! The region I walked through known as Reggio Emilia claims to produce some of the best dishes in Italy and I tend to agree. Normally I would eat for 5 euros a night but in the towns of Bologna, Modena, Reggio, Parma and Milan I decided...
April 2010
1 post
Rome to Florence by foot...
…Well mostly. Lets see, where did we leave off, ah yes, i was going to leave Rome the next day. Well I did. Got up super early, I was really afraid that i would wake up my hostel mates but fortunately I only woke up the one guy from Northern Italy and he was all thumbs up and wished me good luck. I ran into Andrew Nelson who was also up early to catch a flight back to San Francisco, and...
March 2010
2 posts
SPQR
I have a great deal to write about this first entry. So, I’ll start with, today, one week ago. British Airways was kind enough to inform me, via e-mail and then via telephone call that i would not be guaranteed a flight on my original date of departure (20 March) and that the next possible flight out might be sometime in April but they couldn’t assure me of that either. I had two...
January 2010
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December 2009
11 posts
Punto Zero Is Either a Lamp or The Power Source of... →
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