December 2008
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JAN 1. JFK - DKR - JNB
My 17 hour, three airport trip from New York to Johannesburg, South Africa. All happening on New Year’s day. I don’t have any xanax, ambian, etc. and will most likely have a slight pounding in the brain. I’ve been preparing myself for the day, but I can’t say I’m ready. Can you blame me?
p.s. I’m not complaining because I’ll be spending January in...
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Saturday Morning
I know I have been downtown. Opening my wallet to reveal the contents, having been transformed into little white strips of evidence, alluding to the night’s generosity.
The Spine of A Snowman - David Berman
…
Yesterday the robot had been asking him about snowmen.
He asked if they had minds.
No, the caretaker said, but he’d seen one
that had a raccoon burrowed up inside the head.
“Most had a carrot nose, some coal, buttons, and twigs for arms,
but others were more complex.
Once they started to melt, things would rise up
from inside the body. Maybe a gourd, which was an...
“Here’s to five miserable months on the wagon and the irreparable harm that...”
– ~Stanley Kubrick (The Shining), ?greatest toast ever?
Logophile--My top 5
spiritmachine:
Susurrus (n): a soft murmuring or rustling sound; whisper.
Tintinnabulation (n): a tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells.
Ananda (n): perfect bliss.
Oneiric (adj): suggestive of dreams; dreamy.
Mellifluous (adj): sweetly or smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding: a mellifluous voice; mellifluous tones. Sweetened with or as if with honey.
These are the greatest five words in the...
erintapscott:
People don’t remember what you did or what you said, they remember how you made them feel.
-Laurie Cumbo
Founder & Executive Director Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts
(requoting Maya Angelou)
Ms. Cumbo founded a museum at the age of 23.
Exam Week
it seems as if the campus has turned crackhouse, as the last XR Adderall is fought over. a drug so good you’ll study till 4am without even realizing it.
The Revenant by Billy Collins
I am the dog you put to sleep,
as you like to call the needle of oblivion,
come back to tell you this simple thing:
I never liked you—not one bit.
When I licked your face,
I thought of biting off your nose.
When I watched you toweling yourself dry,
I wanted to leap and unman you with a snap.
I resented the way you moved,
your lack of animal grace,
the way you would sit in a chair...
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My brother, the MD [Text Message]
Me: why does your face turn red when drinking?
Ryan: your liver breaks alcohol down to acetaldehyde then to acetic acid. Acetaldehyde is a toxic compound that causes dilation of blood vessels in the face/neck. When the blood vessels in your face dilate it is like bringing more blood closer to the surface of the skin and appears red. Asians often have mutated copy of the enzyme that removes acetaldehyde so this builds up on their system causing the "Asian flush."
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“I can’t put foot to face. When I think about people I can’t picture...”
– Colin Murray
