8.12.2012

things I like this week, vol. 34

The solitude of this quaint neighborhood
is so pleasant and yet so sad,
with its little houses
and the trees that paint shadows.

One of my favorite tangos, for the lyrics as much as for the music (both here).

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India.

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I love that the wrinkles in the fabric look like waves.

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Taken in Chile.

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The shortest short story, written in Spanish by Augusto Monterroso:

Cuando despertó, el dinosaurio todavía estaba allí.
(When [s]he awoke, the dinosaur was still there.)

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So wonderful and chilling.

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I saw this on Bookshelf Porn and two days later saw one in person in Minneapolis. Apparently they sell kits for them.

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Oh, art jokes, how I love thee.

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So much more than a map.

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"After a really awful, no-good day, didn't your momma ever make you milk and cookies?"

They make everything better.

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An abandoned subway station in New York. Apparently now you can ride through it . . .

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A scientifically-based analysis of how much power Yoda can output.

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Number seven from Kurt Vonnegut's 8 rules of writing:

Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia.

3 comments:

  1. That subway station is GORGEOUS! I wanna go!!!

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  2. As a supposed NYC public transportation columnist, I obviously have to comment to say that the abandoned subway station is accessible if you ride the 6 train past its last stop going downtown in Manhattan. It uses the abandoned station to turn around in on its way back uptown. You just have to ask the conductor if you can stay on after the last stop.

    There is a lot about this post to love, and not just because it's so Manhattany.

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    1. It's so pretty . . . why did they close it, oh expert?

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