July 2011
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Papa Hem
One of the last things I did while I was in Europe was steal “The Essential Hemingway” book from the shelf in the basement of our apartment in Geneva. I took it along with me to Berlin and started to re-read The Sun Also Rises, finishing it a few days after I arrived back in the states. What made this re-read a bit different was the fact that I marked up and underlined (yes, Troise)...
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Dear Speaker Boehner,
Get your fucking caucus in order and start governing. It’s called a fucking compromise.
Yours,
Rational Americans
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The Week Ahead
Sox-Royals game on Tuesday, new Bomb! The Music Indsutry album on Tuesday, HP 7.2 part deux on Wednesday, Reel Big Fish/Streetlight Manifesto concert on Thursday, then Dirty Jersey-bound on Friday for a Geneve reunion.
Yeah, I got a good feeling about this week.
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It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it,...
– The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Just reread this over the weekend. Brilliant.
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Everything Burrito
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No one will bomb us to silence. No one will shoot us to silence. No one will...
– Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg
Thoughts and prayers are with Norway today. An absolutely terrible tragedy.
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Whatever became of the moment when one first knew about death? There must have...
– Rosencrantz, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
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So I rode through a Bike Safety Checkpoint today.
Or something like that. It was as I was crossing over the BU Bridge. About 3 or 4 cops were gathered there and were flagging down any cyclist that wasn’t wearing a helmet. Since I was wearing one, I was allowed through, but a check of Massachusetts bike laws doesn’t show any requirements to wear helmets if you’re over 16. Maybe it was to promote helmet use or something, but...
(swoon)
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Casey Anthony was found not guilty of murdering her daughter, as the American...
– Jon Stewart (via amazingatheist)
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