archives for September 2007
in which pye is skeptical
Sunday 30 September 2007 | I like a cookie
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finally, a sighting!
Sunday 30 September 2007 | I like a cookie
Yesterday the Brujo and I ran away from the suburbs to the rocks and saguaros of the Boyce Thompson Arboretum. We ogled and photographed and gawped at many interesting cacti, it is true; but for me the high point of the whole morning came just as we were leaving, when we entered the succulent house [...]
friday “refrains” · don share
Friday 28 September 2007 | I like a cookie
My former Partisan Review bitchin’ buddy Don Share has so many great new poems in his recent book Squandermania that I feel almost guilty posting one from his first book, Union. But it’s one of my all-time favorites, and I mean all-time, as in Auden and Hardy and Frost and Yeats. It’s infinitely memorizable and [...]
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jim behrle just keeps cracking me up
Friday 28 September 2007 | 2 cookies in the jar
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state school sends students to jaunt in cambs, tries to class up the joint
Tuesday 25 September 2007 | someone left a cookie
Spend summer amongst the “dreaming spires” of Cambridge with Study Abroad! Experience the Rich Traditions of Cambridge Life: • Punt on the River Cam • Jaunt into London • Dine in hall (as seen in Harry Potter—but without the wizards) • See the pubs and gardens where great thinkers shared ideas over a pint • [...]
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from the local newspaper
Monday 24 September 2007 | someone left a cookie
What happened last year, someone’s hair caught on fire? Nothing like a night at the ballet…except, of course, when there are no open flames.
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overheard on campus
Monday 24 September 2007 | I like a cookie
“No, I didn’t tell her! I didn’t even tell her that you slept with her.”
kawaii and bdsm, together at last
Saturday 22 September 2007 | I like a cookie
On what occasion do you wear a custom novelty frock made by Corset Kittens Closet Couture? Don’t answer that. And yes I still have 34 papers to grade.
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state school email briefly entertaining
Friday 21 September 2007 | someone left a cookie
From: Facilities Project Coordinator Sent: Friday, September 21 To: Faculty & Staff Subject: Power washing of Language and Literature The schedule for power washing the Language and Literature building is as follows. The power washing should take approximately four (4) days. The crew starts at 3:00 am and stop about 12 noon. Please move posters, [...]
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trying to catch up an old college friend
Friday 21 September 2007 | 4 cookies in the jar
It’s always revelatory to me to see what I leave out, what I choose to include. Maybe not so engrossing for my readers, but here’s the illustrated précis anyway (with most as thumbnails cos I got carried away uploading pictures). And now I betake me back to bed, where the menstrual faeries are slowly and [...]
