Why I love the internet, reason #314: Today, BoingBoing posted a link to an old Sesame Street sketch that was done by Phillip Glass. I saw the still shot, and the memory of that piece of animation was as clear as day. As a tyke, it was one of my favorites, and I would be [...]
Archive for December, 2007
5 Dec
Paul Newman’s half Jewish, Noelle Tannenbaum’s half too…
But not really. I mean, my mother’s mother’s mother was Jewish, and my 3rd cousin had a bat mitzvah, but my immediate branch of the family converted a long time ago. And my dad’s family, they are basically WASPs, but really, really nerdy. And not in the good way. Because of this particular heritage, when [...]
4 Dec
Making a list. Checking it twice.
Man, it’s hard to post without the sword of NaBloMocles hanging over my head. Suddenly, telling you about the pumpkin bread I made last night, or yesterday’s viewing of the stinky “16 blocks,” or the triumph I felt at waking two hours before work so I could take a shower don’t seem important enough to [...]
3 Dec
And the [yet to be decided] prize goes to…
Thanks, everyone who participated in commenting on my blog during NaBloPoMo. You are all winners. I especially want to thank everyone who commented right after my accident. Because I had no internet access during the three days I was in the hospital, my sister read off the comments to me over the phone. To have [...]
