January 2011
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“I’m not sure where you can even buy monkeys these days.”
– Father to five year old daughter, overheard among the Renaissance paintings in the National Gallery
Jan 31st
C: There is no shame in classless wine, even if my two predominant memories of it are, a)
(C is typing)
M: (I am slightly terrified of what you're typing right now)
Jan 30th
Jan 29th
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Jan 27th
Jan 25th
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Snow
Once with my scarf knotted over my mouth I lumbered into a storm of snow up the long hill and did not know where I was going except to the top of it. In those days we went out like that. Even children went out like that. Someone was crying hard at home again, raging blizzard of sobs. I dragged the sled by its rope, which we normally did not do when snow was coming down so hard, pulling my...
Jan 24th
“Ever since I was a little girl, I thought that I was happy. But I was also sad...”
– Maira Kalman, author of And the Pursuit of Happiness (via nypl)
Jan 21st
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Jan 19th
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Jan 17th
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“The director was unable to work with Nicolas Cage, the film’s original villain....”
– From Frank Lidz’s story in The New York Times on the making of The Green Hornet (via gq)
Jan 14th
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Jan 13th
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WatchWatch
nbclocal: Nashville-born Justin Townes Earle, son of Steve Earle, namesake of folk hero Townes Van Zandt, and fan of scarves, sings “Harlem River Blues” in the back of a NYC cab. 
Jan 12th
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Jan 12th
“People who eat white bread have no dreams.”
– Diana Vreeland
Jan 6th
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“For the images and the vertigo.”
– 36 Arguments for the Existence of God Strange reading for Christmas, but it intrigued me so much I’m reading it again.
Jan 5th