December 2008
13 posts
year in cities
eek. goal for ‘09: make it out of the country.
new york, ny
state college, pa (x4)
wilkes-barre, pa (x3)
austin, tx (x2)
harrisburg, pa
philadelphia, pa
miami, fl
portland, or
new orleans, la
terre haute, in
bloomington, in
indianapolis, in
Awesome Xmas mix from Aquarium Drunkard →
download and enjoy. happy holidays!
What the Financial Crisis Means For
dihard:
Sex Will the financial crisis spark a baby boom? It just might. According to the Telegraph, sales of sex toys, pregnancy tests, maternity clothes, and baby equipment are soaring. But that’s not the only place sex may have increased. Jonathan Alpert, a Manhattan psychotherapist, has seen a threefold increase in the number of Wall Street workers who seek help for the sex addictions....
From the New York Times Breaking News Department:...
“There are now more high school seniors saying that they never date than seniors who say that they date frequently. Apparently, it’s all about the hookup.”—Charles M. Blow’s column here
Sorry. Comments are closed, so you’re going to have to hear me rant about this one. Blow’s definition of “hook-up” is “a casual encounter with no expectation of future emotional commitment.”...
ASTHMA ATTACK by etgar keret
When you have an asthma attack, you can’t breathe. When you can’t breathe, you can hardly talk. To make a sentence all you get is the air in your lungs. Which isn’t much. Three to six words, if that. You learn the value of words. You rummage through the jumble in your head. Choose the crucial ones—those cost you too. Let healthy people toss out whatever comes to mind, the way you...
Love, happiness, hope (or lack thereof)...
There’s nothing I love more than clever—but subtle—science fiction, and I just finished a book that was exactly that: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. Wow. I couldn’t put it down. Ishiguro’s language is literal but stunning, his unravelling of the existential storyline paced perfectly—ugh! I hate the hangover from a good book. I need suggestions for new literary wonderfulness...
