May 2012
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It’s harder to imagine the past that went away than it is to imagine the future....
– William Gibson in The Art of Fiction No. 211
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The word ‘however’ is like an imp coiled beneath your chair. It...
– The last sentence from Hillary Mantel’s wonderful “Bring Up the Bodies.”
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Then a wall of rain hit our windshield with a roar like deep-fry. Lighting...
– Jonathan Franzen - “Our Little Planet” from the essay collection Farther Away
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And here’s where maybe the science part comes in. Through my children, my...
– Motherhood: Yes We Did (Twice) by Cameron Walker
What we have, what we wish we had – ambitions fulfilled, ambitions disappointed...
– Mitt Romney at Liberty University.
He’s a man without a center at a university devoted almost exclusively to defining and battling for the small gods of this world, but it’s a beautiful quote, so credit where credit is due.
Ignatius taught the Jesuits to end each day doing something called the Examen....
– A Crush on God by Kaya Oakes
That priests would talk the same way about sex between a husband and wife who...
– Simplifying Sex by Jo McGowan
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The otter family’s trip from Santa Barbara was paid for by Whole Foods...
– Best paragraph about Otters I’ve read in awhile. From DCist
I have to believe there’s a special place in hell for the idiots driving around with an, “I Vote Christian” bumper sticker.
Jumping Through Hoops →
Vanity Fair investigates the London Olympics.
The original cost was estimated at $3.9 billion during early negotiations to get parliamentary approval for a bid. Just reclaiming contaminated East London land to build the Olympic Village cost over $5 billion. Just wow.