February 2012
12 posts
This is water →
David Foster Wallace Transcript of 2005 Kenyon College Commencement Address - May 21, 2005 Retrieved from http://web.archive.org/web/20050619020553/http://www.marginalia.org/ dfw_kenyon_commencement.html
In print as This is Water: Some thoughts, delivered on a significant occasion, about living a compassionate life (Little, Brown 2009)
Greetings, parents, and congratulations to...
A true letter from David Foster Wallace →
This guy should be a writer…
Le livre des choses
“I am nostalgic for things as I am doing them, and for things I have not done yet.” - Tess Edmuodson, from here. Made me think of you.
That’s not Madison, WI, is it?
You’re on!
letter.mo?
more than intrigued… I love it.
http://lettermo.com/ →
Isn’t it weird how quickly we’ve progressed to the point where writing even one letter or postcard a day seems giant. Meanwhile, each day we pop off dozens of emails without really thinking.
I’m intrigued by this challenge. Not sure I’m up for it, but I’m definitely intrigued. You?
January 2012
12 posts
Dear Stephen,
All I have to show for my week is the recollection, forever burnt into my mind, of a nun standing outside a Phoenix Hooters watching the end of a football game. And this pretty memory of a cappuccino from Giant Coffee, where I would surely take you if we happened to find ourselves stranded in Phoenix.
Saudade →
This isn’t a yippee-skippy word, but it’s something I would share with you if we had more time to talk. Odd that the hyper-connectedness of the modern era makes me feel more lonely.
From Blog to Book – How to Turn Your Ideas Into... →
I think we need to study this. If you’d rather relive it in an even more bite-sized reduction, social-media-style, enjoy it in morsel format here.
Dear Stephen,
A shiny new playground all our own! I feel like I’ve just stepped off the airplane at SFO and am waiting for you by the United baggage claim…only then realizing I have no idea what color your car is, or what make it is, or if you even know how to drive. I suppose I should’ve asked before entrusting myself to you. No matter, I’m just so happy to have some...
December 2011
3 posts
4 tags
Rick Perry always makes me think of us.
‘Tis the season to be political.
Bad Lip Reading: Rick Perry’s “Strong” ad
(So much better than the original.)
I know we always say it, but what if we did live in the same town?
Imagine the madcap antics that would ensue. Once upon a time, we did live near one another. Mere blocks away, but we didn’t yet know what we were missing. Oh, sweet Valley of Noe and the late 90’s…
Since an in-person day-to-day friendship doesn’t seem likely, I am going to use the power of my imagination...