Dam dam.

31Aug07

I have no idea if this is legit, but I loved it…Maybe I’m working too hard.
This is a letter sent to a man named Ryan DeVries by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Quality, State of Pennsylvania .
SUBJECT: DEQ File No.97-59-0023; T11N; R10W, Sec. 20; Lycoming County
Dear Mr. DeVries:
It has come to [...]

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Who Shot Ya?

30Aug07

I don’t know the Polaroid Kid, or why he travels around with squatters, hobos, drug addicts, dumpster divers, anarchists, and everything else that these folks ‘are,’ but I do know that he doesn’t use a polaroid camera to capture these beautiful photographs.
Following the linx there got me to a show by Erwin Olaf at the [...]

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Man vs. History

29Aug07

I’ve just read (thanks Merlin) a nice, long interview of Peniel E. Joseph, assistant professor of Africana Studies at SUNY Stony Brook, who ruminates on the legacy of Harold Cruse, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of his text, The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual. (You can find it here, at Inside Higher [...]

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What is art history?

28Aug07

This is both a book review (1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die) and an art history lesson–and a good one–but it makes my point for me: art history is artistic creation, valued for its beauty rather than its reliability. Which is fine. As long as you’re not looking to art [...]

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Catholic Spirit and the Ethic of Consumerism*

27Aug07

We get invitations to indulge in low APRs and transferred balances and Platinum Elite Membership Reward Programs, but how many of you have helped the Lord?

Just the other day I got an invitation to do just that, and more. For example, I can “share the good news”, “change lives around the world every day”, [...]

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Think harder!

24Aug07

This is my “library carrel” at Princeton.  This is competitive real estate, yahear.
[Turns out the question is hard for Miss South Carolina.]

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A tree grows in Harlem

23Aug07

This is going up on my block.
Addendum:
I have been told on more than one occasion that my posts are “vague” and don’t “give enough information” which makes readers feel “stupid.”  That’s not what I want.
So here’s more on the situation of 110th street and the new building:
I found out about it when Tammy wrote to [...]

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Soul What You Need

23Aug07

If you love music, you love Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings.  I’ll see you at the record release party at the Apollo on the 6th October, kay?

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Quickie, goodie.

22Aug07

Whoot!

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Willy Hoover

21Aug07

“DOPEY dwarf Dan Blackner was rushed to hospital after he glued his willy to a Hoover.” Sigh: “Amazon today reported sales of the little red Henry Hoover shot from number 8 to 2 on their bestselling Home and Garden products list – a 400 per cent increase.”

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