February 2012
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NPR: Salinger's Wartime Letter To Hemingway →
“They asked me about my sex life, which couldn’t be normaler - gracious. And about my childhood - normal. My mother took me to school until I was 24 but you know New York streets.”
- J. D. Salinger
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“Tell all the Truth but tell it slant—
Success in Circuit lies
Too bright for...”
– Emily Dickinson
January 2012
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Extra Sensory Perceptions →
Aristotle missed the mark when he named only five.
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U.S. weather in 2011: unprecedented rains and... →
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“Real winners do not compete.”
– Samuli Puronen, quoted in “What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland’s School Success”
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December 2011
16 posts
“I’m so much older than I thought I’d be.”
– everyone I know (but really my nana)
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A detective’s work at the MFA →
article about the MFA’s curator of provenance, courtesy my mom :)
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“These smartest guys in the room actually decided that spending money is the...”
– Steven Van Zandt on Buckley v. Valeo, “There Is Only One Issue in America”
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November 2011
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October 2011
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“the greenest of pastures they’re right here on Earth
for what it’s...”
– St. Vincent, “Human Racing”