March 2012
27 posts
A Tale of Two Systems Kevin C. Brown, Remapping Debate (December 2011)
A small article about autoworker unions and wages in Germany vs. the United States.
February 2012
22 posts
WatchTindersticks - Medicine
There is a new Tindersticks record out and Jon McGregor’s new book finally shipped so things are pretty nice.
I went to visit my grandmother’s tree on the island. It is still a baby, but it is an oak and will become a monster. Right in the middle at the top is a small, round bird’s nest. It is the only young tree with a bird’s nest.
We sat next to the fire on the beach while sausages cooked on pitchforks and bacon-wrapped dates full of cheese warmed inside foil and Louise was sitting with me and today she still smells like smoke.
Did you know that chickens cluck to their unborn chicks while they are still inside the egg and the chicks chirp back?? No more eating chicken.
I thought that my flu or bronchitis or whatever it is at this point was maybe just in my head by now because it’s been so long so I drove out to the stable because if I was ever going to feel fine it would be while riding. I rode a small lesson horse and after so long on my show horse I felt so low to the ground, but she had some fun jumps, predictable take offs and I’m still working...
Take Shelter was a very beautiful movie.
At least I have this.
I can’t go riding, I can’t go running, I can’t go to work, I can’t talk, I can’t have friends over, I have only soft, rubbery codeine to make anything worth it right now.
Go get flu shots! The flu is very, very terrible and I spent all morning wondering if Dignitas would take me now.
I need friends with hardier immune systems who won’t infect me with their diseases. Thanks a lot, jerks.
I embraced my YMCA membership too enthusiastically and now I can’t walk.
