The writers milled about The Broad –the incredible new contemporary art museum in downtown LA — searching for story, for color, for inspiration. They were dismayed to see the teenagers not even fully looking at …
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the nerve
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PREACH ODIN PREACH
I’ve been reading some Old Norse poems from the Elder Edda, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU DO. My favorite so far are from Sayings of the High One, which is basically an advice column penned by …
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A Generation Generalization
I love how This American Life forces me to think and ponder humans and life all before 9 AM. This morning: Unconditional Love. Apparently, pre-1950s, Love wasn’t even a part of psychology textbooks. Love was …
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Wherever you go, There you are (with hipsters)
Pardon me while I note something that I’m sure NO ONE HAS EVER NOTED BEFORE. Note: I’m noticing that every urban area has a Williamsburg. In Brooklyn, it’s, well, it’s Williamsburg. LA: Silver Lake and …
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Funny looking person! of the Day!
Fans, meet Colonel Alfred H. Terry, or, I’ve decided, Steve Buscemi’s Grandfather. I stumbled across his likeness while searching for a picture that properly represented studying for the bar (Friend is taking the NY one …
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Found!
This week on Bekah Blogs about Dresses while more Important things are Happening, the perfect long black dress has officially been discovered hiding in a Nordstrom Rack in Annapolis. It’s pretty much perfect for the …
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Cleverness
“I am sick to death of cleverness. Everybody is clever now-a-days. You can’t go anywhere without meeting clever people. The thing has become an absolute public nuisance. I wish to goodness we had a few …
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A Night at the Museum
Liz and I went to the Natural History Museum hoping to learn about the earth; be generally erudite. But instead, we were discouraged to find that we had forgotten everything we learned in second grade. …
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Whatever it Takes
Here is where I get all erudite and ‘I am reading this amazing book right now.’ So I am reading this amazing book right now, pictured above. Andy suggested I read it, for a deeper …
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Earth Day!
Happy earth day, ladies and gents! Today, may your coffee cups be biodegradable; may you bike and recycle and use your nylon grocery bags and cool metal water bottle things. Meh. Hippies. I’m kidding! I’m …