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So many dead bugs

Last night I had a swarm of gnats — midges? — or rather swarms in my apartment, around the lights, and so I turned on lights farther (further … whichever) away from me to attract them … elsewhere.

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movies and two buck chuck?

I have enough empty wine bottles on my desk to make me look like a lush or a starving artist — or, wait, what’s the contradiction there?

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De Profundis and comics.

There are several translations of Georg Trakl’s “De Profundis” out there. And here’s another. The poem is a bit melancholy and creepy, perhaps due to the murder that is indicated by the third stanza, at which point there is a … Continue reading

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Today in a nutshell …

Which reminds me that I need, at some point, to return to Hamann’s “Aesthetics in a Nutshell,” one of the earliest works to use the word “aesthetics” in its title. But it’s not reallyabout aesthetics — it’s about the limits … Continue reading

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I’m a renegade of ___________?

A.O. Scott writes at the beginning of his review of the Thai movie “Syndromes and a Century“: It is possible to feel, watching his earlier movies “Blissfully Yours” or “Tropical Malady,” that you just don’t get, on a conscious, cerebral … Continue reading

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My Day in a Nutshell

Or Nut-shell. Nut Shell. I could write for (or even four) paragraphs on hyphenation rules. But I won’t.

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Limited time diary! (okay, I lied)

I’m not a huge sports fan, but damn … I saw part of the Dallas – Phoenix NBA match today, and it was fine. The 3rd and 4th quarters … amazingly athletic. If all basketball lived up to that level … Continue reading

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Keeping things Brief

Monday in review — I didn’t go to bed, so that I could grad papers. I got a lot done but not everything. I put oats, milk, sugar, and other tasty things in the Crock Pot and set it overnight … Continue reading

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Another Friday, another week

Woke up and wished I didn’t, if only because I was tired still and did not feel like rolling out of bed, even if Lordi was blaring from the speakers in the other room. Put a pillow over your head, … Continue reading

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Got Thursday plans

I usually wait to write until the evening, but I told myself, “Self, get it over with early today, so that you can enjoy the rest of this, er, beautiful, er, chilly, er, gray, er messy day inside, curled up … Continue reading

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