After an ulcer-inducing game against Turkey (3-2, with three goals scored in the last five minutes), Germany is going to the finals!!
Archive for June, 2008
Fútbol
Posted in Uncategorized on 26 June 2008 | 1 Comment »
A Source of Envy for Others
Posted in Personal on 24 June 2008 | 3 Comments »
You just never know how events will play out…
When I started my job, my mom suggested I set a “savings” goal, so that if “something happened”, I’d have a financial buffer.
Last month, I reached my goal and informed my parents.
My father saw this as a perfect opportunity to tell me that the camera I’ve been [...]
“Our Earth as Art”
Posted in Aesthetics on 24 June 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Have I mentioned how much I love Google? When I was on Google Maps, it suggested I check out NASA’s new website: http://earthasart.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.htm
NASA has used its telescope to take pictures of the earth and they’re better than most abstract art I’ve seen… And best of all, they allow you to download poster-sized versions of the [...]
84, Charing Cross Road
Posted in Literary, Overheard, tagged antiquarian booksellers, marks & co. on 24 June 2008 | 1 Comment »
i am going to bed. i will have hideous nightmares involving huge monsters in academic robes carrying long bloody butcher knives labelled Excerpt, Selection, Passage and Abridged.
The above excerpt is from Helene Hanff’s collection of correspondence, 84 Charing Cross Road, between her and Frank Doel, a bookseller in London in the 1950s. Please [...]
Dreaming of Food
Posted in Food and Wine, tagged culinary escapades in Nod, toasted mushrooms on 23 June 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’m a vivid dreamer, and a couple times recently, I’ve dreamt up delicious dishes that I’ve been eager (and as yet, unable) to try in the conscious realm.
The first was a homemade apple sauce with pears, seasoned with a spice, starting with the letter C. After smelling cumin, curry, and cardamom, I think I’ll go [...]
Boundaries: Art or Artifice?
Posted in Movies Music Media, Philosophy and Theology, tagged Gen Y, internet, lack of boundaries, millenials on 21 June 2008 | 2 Comments »
I was talking the other day with a lady at work. She is a Baby Boomer and we were talking about our different views of the computer and Internet. I am a Digital Native; I was playing with KidPix as soon as I could draw and I learned to type quickly and accurately by maintaining [...]
Orwell on Dickens
Posted in Literary, tagged charles dickens, george orwell, smelly little orthodoxies on 21 June 2008 | Leave a Comment »
George Orwell both articulates exactly why Dickens has always frustrated me, and why I can’t seem to get away from him. If you have read, or plan to read much of Dicken’s writing in your lifetime, I highly recommend the fifty page essay, even if only for the use of the phrase “smelly little orthodoxies” [...]
I’m so far gone
Posted in Movies Music Media, Travel, tagged eurocup, football, michael ballack, soccer on 20 June 2008 | 2 Comments »
Soccer, and more specifically, the EuroCup 2008, is quickly and fiercely wooing me. It’s hard to resist ninety minute games, constant motion (that, more often than not, reseambles dancing, not a field spot), precision, national competition and Very Attractive Men.
I watched the Croatia/Turkey game with the Shephersons this afternoon. We had our own Turkish cheering [...]
Christ, my shield
Posted in Literary, Philosophy and Theology, tagged No I don't want to decapitate God on 19 June 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’m a mythologist. I love myths of all kinds, but the Greek and Roman myths strike my imagination with particular force.
This semester, in my theology class, we’ve been focusing on Scripture as our means of accessing Christ and God through Christ. In the Old Testament, it’s rightly assumed that anyone who looks upon God will [...]
Why everyone should cycle instead of driving [Reason One]
Posted in Overheard, Personal, Running, tagged cycling, elderly gentlemen, environmental conservation on 19 June 2008 | 2 Comments »
: the admiration of old men
I cycled to the gym this morning to swim and lift. As I locked up my bike outside, an elderly gentleman (I estimate he was in his later seventies) was walking toward the door …
Elderly Gentleman: Young lady, how far can you go on that thing?
Me: Well, this morning, [...]
