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As seen from Federal Hill Park

Paste has a great interview with the Thermals, whose new album, Now We Can See, came out a couple weeks ago.  I’d been meaning to write about it for a bit, mostly just to say how great it is.  It not as immediately mind-blowing as The Blood, the Body, the Machine was, but I think it’s […]

Happy Easter. Who wants a hard-boiled egg? # You know that I work hard. You know that I play hard. # I’ve got a crush on a hummingbird from a Samsung commercial. # I forgot, was 1.6 million dollars relevent last season for some reason? # Anyone wanna buy a fucking house? # Ed Helms […]

I’m trying to get back in the habit. Last week I read Adam’s Tongue, by Derek Bickerton.  It’d been awhile since I read a language-related book, but Bickerton wrote a guest-post on Language Log that seemed interesting so I thought I’d check it out.  (FTR, I don’t recommend doing a google image search for “Adam’s […]

So it’s a beautiful day today- sunny, cloudless, relatively warm. I’m working with Grant today, but he only needs my help taking stuff up and down the stairs. All our stuff is already up here on the roofdeck he’s power washing, so I’m just enjoying the day, the view, and the Reader crossword until it’s […]