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Comment on san sebastian by ashley

ashley — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:40:11 +0000

well it turns out i was more adventurous in eating than i had even thought–those fried bacalao-ish bits? they’re called kokotxas. (i think i chose em because they remind me of oskar kokoschka) and then i (foolishly?) looked up what that means: “delicate pendulums of flesh growing in the throat of hake or cod”. also my “recaptcha” word at the bottom here is “matzohs” HOW DO THEY KNOW

Comment on on poetry by Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 31 May 2010 11:01:01 +0000

Of Ginsberg’s poems about Cassady I think “Many Loves” (1956) is his best (although “On Neal’s Ashes” is a close second). If you don’t have a copy of Collected Poems I’m happy to send you the text. I also have both documentaries about him, nearly all of his recorded readings, and a fantastic BBC interview if you’re interested. Hope all is well with you! -Andrew

Comment on la sierra de guadarrama by Karen

Karen — Sun, 02 May 2010 23:16:26 +0000

liked your photos.

Comment on speech acts by Karen

Karen — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:11:42 +0000

some people are sooo much better at superficial conversation than others.I guess it’s about whether it matters to you if you are actually interested in the topic at hand or, in regard to something like football or reality tv, I guess it helps alot if you have common interests, as opposed to more esoteric ones. one strategy I’ve learned is to notice something innocuous about the person and then bring it up in conversation. That seems to work well. most people seem to be quite happy when you ask them something not very personal about themselves. (even though you might think you’re being way too obvious)

Comment on oh man by Ali

Ali — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:28:27 +0000

Comment on two quick by Karen

Karen — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:40:11 +0000

you have a knack for making something delicious out of odds and ends. interesting poem.

Comment on some NPR: on justice; on autism by Karen

Karen — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:34:31 +0000

I watched the first part of the HBO movie on Temple Grandin and thought it was fascinating, even if Claire Danes’ expression of anxiety leading to panic was a bit overused. thanks for the NPR tips.

Comment on ChatRoulette by rdb

rdb — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:14:09 +0000

this is craaaazeeee! did you chat with peeps on the site? the article is super funny

Comment on nerd! 1: books. 1.5: climbing. 2: food. by admin

admin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:03:58 +0000

Also, ridiculous! The way they pronounce almost every single word or name on the audio book feels wrong. Even when they pronounce things the same, they often accentuate the opposite part of the word that I would. And a few things they say are confusingly done. Still, kind of fun.

Comment on nerd! 1: books. 1.5: climbing. 2: food. by admin

admin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:04:40 +0000

Hmmm, I got sick of The Sword of Truth when it got to the BDSM stuff and it just felt ridiculous. I don’t know that I remember it well enough to be able to think about Ayn Rand.

It’s surprising how many people feel that way, that the last few books were deathly slow. But I guess reading them all in a row they just feel like very long build-up chapters. Also I really am always happy to read chapters involving Mat or Egwene’s POVs. And I’ve been known to skim through Perrin chapters in the past. I also did read a review saying “this is the best book since The Shadow Rising,” and yeah — saying that Sanderson clears up a lot of loose ends (including who killed Asmodean), and so forth. So anyway, suffice to say that I’m looking forward to it. Although listening to it on audiobook will be a tad annoying.

Comment on nerd! 1: books. 1.5: climbing. 2: food. by Carlos

Carlos — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:56:12 +0000

The Sword of Truth was good until Goodkind got brainwashed by Rand-bots and tortuously ret-conned the entire underlying theological/magical system that undergirded his world in order to make it consistent with objectivism. How he managed to twist and mutilate a hero-story largely grounded on self-sacrifice and make it fit bland Randian self-interest still boggles me.

As for the WoT, I was so close to abandoning the series after the last few train wrecks on paper that he published. However, despite doing exactly what I thought he was going to do- die before finishing the series – the change in authors was actually fantastic for the series. I won’t say more and risk spoiling it but the new guy made me enjoy the WoT in a way I thought I never would be able to again. Also, the new guy basically removed all of Jordan’s annoying quirks – like the contention that men and women are completely incomprehensible to each other – and made what I could only describe as a token reference as a tip of the hat to Jordan’s ghost. I think you will enjoy it a lot if you can survive reading the last few books.

Comment on madrid, again by Ali

Ali — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:34:11 +0000

YESYESYES Primavera Sound! It’s awesome; it’s also possible my friend Dan’s band Apse will be added to the lineup–if so, you must see them. I was about to look at the lineup and say ‘you have to see so and so!!!’ but I feel that way about almost all of them. You lucky dog, you. You should stick around for Sonar too!

xoxo

Comment on vitamins by Karen

Karen — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:32:59 +0000

the part that I find confusing is how it could be that a substance which, as a part of a food, is useful, as a pill or supplement, increases mortality risk. hmm?

Comment on amsterdam by Karen

Karen — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:27:58 +0000

No I had not seen these photos. what is Vondelpark? that house is beautiful. as is the bell tower. and the unexplainable thing looks like it’s out of some child’s fantasy-or mine. but what about that woman? weird.

Comment on some pictures of my travels by Karen

Karen — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:23:44 +0000

I liked the photos-beautiful dome and I like the silhouettes and your floating travel companion.

Comment on story-telling by Karen

Karen — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:07:18 +0000

I just read this out loud to dad. we really liked the stories and had a good laugh. This is such a perfect thing for you to do with them. it sounds like they had fun and seems to be good for getting them to take a bit of ownership of their vocabulary. maybe eventually you can do something similar to what you considered doing for your Watson

Comment on OtM by katica

katica — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:45:18 +0000

What This American Life didn’t make the cut?

I’m a huge fan of Radio Lab

And Wait Wait, I saw them live in DC 2 years ago!

Comment on OtM by katica

katica — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:44:19 +0000

This American life didn’t make it?

Radio lab is one of my all favs as well.

Comment on OtM by Justin

Justin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:39:17 +0000

http://www.onthemedia.org/

Comment on OtM by Ali

Ali — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:29:58 +0000

Where do I find this? Sounds rel. 2 my int.