General

Above the station

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I don’t remember why I didn’t post this when I took it—it’s been in my drafts folder since August 2012. Some summer afternoon light for a rainy March morning:

Afternoon clouds in August

Cutting back.

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I can’t promise, but I plan to avoid all my usual political blogs this week. Hoping for bliss of a kind from this temporary bout of willful ignorance. Wish me luck or fortitude or something like that.

No Mo FOMO and Making Decent Pancakes

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Caterina Fake posted about FOMO from SxSW a couple of weeks ago. (Via Jason Kottke.) I’ve been watching Twitter and Ditto feeds of people at SxSW, and, from a distance, I get a distinct sense of the social anxiety and FOMO that’s going on there. “FOMO” stands for “Fear of Missing Out” and it’s what … Read more

What You Do

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You take your potatoes from last night’s dinner, see, and cut them a bit smaller while the onion is going all golden in the olive oil (smell that; mmmmm). You put the potatoes in with the onions and step out to the garden for a little sprig of rosemary. Snip some of it the rosemary … Read more

There’s a Draft in Here….

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It’s the beginning of my winter break. I don’t go back to the office until January 4th. Between now and then, my plan is to vet my mountain of “Ooh – this is an interesting post/cool picture/funny video/infuriating political piece/yummy-sounding recipe” drafts and at least get it to manageable size, and to post some of … Read more