NYT article about one of my favorite singers Neko Case. Read it here

She went to my high school, but not when I went there, but I still think its cool. There were actually a lot of good singers that came from my school, maybe they will all be famous some day.

a little love

Lives of the Saints
International hardship duty in Chad.
by Jonathan Harr

A good read about how and why things are the way they are between Sudan and Chad and what exactly is happening.

Forty One Hours Up and Down

The Lives of Elevators by Nick Paumgarten

Watch the video.

Happy New Reading!

A list of the top childrens books of 2008 from Time and NYT...also a link to a new favorite of mine by Adam Rex called "Psst!"

Time's Top Children Books of 2008.

Best Illustrated books of 2008.

Happy New Year!
Eat lots of pasta for good luck in the new year.

Click, wait, see, hold.

The Polaroid: Imperfect, Yet Magical By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN

Who throws a shoe?

Photo-art-blog in response to the Bush shoe party. I don't think throwing shoes gets anything done, but its probably great therapy.

Thank You For Throwing Your Shoe.

Mad Love

I few of my very good friends and favorite couples are engaged. It seems like all at once, so this is a little shout out to all of them. Best wishes for cake and love and adventures together into the sunset...xoxo.

In ancient Athens, as in contemporary America, true democracy was always an ideal, never a fact.

Review of the Onassis Cultural Center's "Worshiping Women: Ritual and Reality in Classical Athens"

Will you go out with me?

Remember 7th grade... tights, lipgloss, the new Green Day album playing in the background as you did whatever it was you were doing to make yourself look fabulous? Well, I guess kids aren't doing it anymore, or they are, but they aren't dressing up first. Interesting article on dating...I'm assuimng all of this has to do with internetal relations i.e. face face and space space, but it is sort of sad that no one is up for the akward silences at the Frisko Freeze anymore.

The Demise of Dating read.