January 2012
12 posts
“What sort of diary should I like mine to be? Something loose-knit and yet not...”
– V. Woolf
baseln asked: The more I learn about medicine, the more problems I have with jayparkinsonmd. he uses a lot of pop medicine and kind of objectivist principles towards health to garner attention to his business. I read an article about his residency (in peds), and his old private practice (refusal to see anyone over 40 bc that's when all the chronic/systemic diseases crop up), and just feel like he postures...
I’m seriously considering going to Coachella.
Te Araroa - the long New Zealand trail →
December 2011
14 posts
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The Island and Lake Combination →
Featuring the largest island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island
Attention: pterodactyls
November 2011
19 posts
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Today in drawing strength from horoscopes
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The Beauvais Cathedral in northern France has been called “the most daring achievement of Gothic architecture.” Its soaring facades, carved wooden doors, stained glass windows, and astronomical clock demonstrate high artistry. There’s a problem with the place, however — it has never been completed. Work began in the year 1225, and experts are...
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Words wholly related: vanilla, vagina →
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I just spiked my hot chocolate with Maker’s Mark and it is really, really good.
“Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a...”
– Leonard Cohen
I've been watching SGU
(It is awesome.)
French Stewart just came on! He looks puffy.
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I’ve probably said this before, but the annoying thing about being in New Zealand and on the internet is that you go through stuff like 11/11/11 11:11:11 or shitty April fools jokes first, and then you go through it all again when the rest of the world catches up a day later.
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I even did 20 minutes of yoga before bedtime! With candles! And a yoga app that had ocean noises!
It’s 5.40AM. I literally haven’t slept all night. It’s been a few nights of waking up every 90-120 minutes, and not being able to fall back asleep for half an hour or so, but this is ridiculous.
The Demands of Cold Blood - The Morning News →
When a crime reporter is told an outlandish account, his first obligation is to establish the facts. But when the story turns out to be far more shocking—a conspiracy, in fact, of appalling darkness—it can knock his sense of duty until it cracks.
This was a storyline on The Good Wife or something. And it’s true. Sickening.
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I’m procrastinating so badly that I’m even procrastinating on the usual activities I use to procrastinate.
table and chair; pen and paper; text and time →
What is it about Woody Allen movies that make me feel like I’m watching a play?
October 2011
18 posts
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Universe, 1963 by Len Lye, steel wood and...
Desiderata, Max Ehrmann
Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become...