An Oral History of Myself #6: Pat
I left home at thirteen and spent a year on the streets, more or less, and four years in group homes. Because of that my social network was significantly wider…
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Everything that can’t be categorized but is still wonderful!
Morning Coffee
Helmet Palla’s extremely painful furniture. I think this says something about the fundamental problem with human beings. Squid embryos! the 2009 Princeton Art of Science awards. It’s friday, that must…
Morning Coffee
The world’s most pointless machine. Sweet! According to Scientists, Earth is going to be habitable 1 billion years longer than previously projected. Motel pools of yesteryear. (via kieravebutler) J.D. Salinger…
Over Our Heads
Regardless of how you feel about advice columns, something interesting came out of online magazine Slate‘s “Dear Prudence” chat/forum yesterday. A graduate student in mathematics wrote in to ask what…
FUNNY AMERICA: Sonia From The Block
The President revealed his nominee for the Supreme Court, selecting a 54 year- old daughter of Puerto Rican immigrants who had been elevated to The Second District Court by George…
“Accident, Mass. Ave.” by Jill McDonough
I grew up on Mass Ave. in John Leary House, a low-income apartment building for former homeless families run by The Catholic Worker. I remember the street as dirty, exciting…
Coffee and Cigarettes
One unexpected Wayback Machine trip produced by Google Books: it appears that all of New York magazine is available in full text, something that produces such charming finds as this…
Morning Coffee
It’s nice when green design actually look pretty cool, such as this Mexico City stackable solar powered park. On the other hand you have these bus shelters, which leave something…
To Introduce Myself…
It feels odd to write about myself in this space, but it was said: “Jeremy! Introduce yourself!” So here I am, attempting to come up with a few gently self-deprecating…
I’m Not Exactly Sure Why Street Gangs Need Business Cards
Do the Almighty Freaks run into the Insane Unknowns at a midwestern regional gang conference and trade info so they can get together work on some projects? “Great meeting you…