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Friday, July 20, 2012
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Not My Sentiments...Exactly.
“The nice thing about being a celebrity is that when you bore people they think it’s their fault”. Henry Kissinger
“Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse”. Jawaharlal Nehru
“A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove you don’t need it”. Bob Hope
“In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant”. Charles DeGaulle
“Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for”. Dag Hammerskjold
“The penalty of success is to be bored by people who used to snub you”. Nancy Astor
“The opposite of talking is not listening. The opposite of talking is waiting”. Fran Lebowitz
“Three o’ clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do”. Jean Paul Sartre
“The meek shall inherit the earth but not it’s mineral rights”. John Paul Getty
“I hate being late. Those who are late are punished”. Mahatma Gandhi
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent”. Eleanor Roosevelt
“Impelled by a state of mind which is destined not to last we make irrevocable decisions”. Marcel Proust
“You can kill a man but you can’t kill an idea”. Myrlie Evers
“To be Black in America is to be in a constant state of rage”. James Baldwin
“I went on a diet, swore off drinking and heavy eating and in fourteen days I lost two weeks”. Joe E Lewis
News is what somebody somewhere doesn’t want you to know. The rest is advertising”. Unknown
“That’s not a lie. It’s a terminological inexactitude”. Alexander Haig
”Don’t believe everything you think” bumper sticker
“Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse”. Jawaharlal Nehru
“A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove you don’t need it”. Bob Hope
“In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant”. Charles DeGaulle
“Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for”. Dag Hammerskjold
“The penalty of success is to be bored by people who used to snub you”. Nancy Astor
“The opposite of talking is not listening. The opposite of talking is waiting”. Fran Lebowitz
“Three o’ clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do”. Jean Paul Sartre
“The meek shall inherit the earth but not it’s mineral rights”. John Paul Getty
“I hate being late. Those who are late are punished”. Mahatma Gandhi
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent”. Eleanor Roosevelt
“Impelled by a state of mind which is destined not to last we make irrevocable decisions”. Marcel Proust
“You can kill a man but you can’t kill an idea”. Myrlie Evers
“To be Black in America is to be in a constant state of rage”. James Baldwin
“I went on a diet, swore off drinking and heavy eating and in fourteen days I lost two weeks”. Joe E Lewis
News is what somebody somewhere doesn’t want you to know. The rest is advertising”. Unknown
“That’s not a lie. It’s a terminological inexactitude”. Alexander Haig
”Don’t believe everything you think” bumper sticker
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
My Things
Home
Where Do You Live? Charlottesville Virginia
Favorite Artist? Tom Sachs
Sheets? Area
Luggage? Flight 001
China? Gibson
Coffeemaker? Bodum
Stationery? Rock Paper Scissors
Favorite Flowers? Ranunculus
Favorite Gadget? iTouch
Favorite Neighborhood Restaurant? Tavola
Favorite Drink? Cucumber Limeade
Favorite Dessert? Coconut Cake
Favorite Snack? Fruit
Clothes
Jeans? AG
Sneakers? Vans
Watch? Timex
T-Shirt? American Apparel
Day Dress? A.P.C.
Day Bag? Jack Spade
Evening Bag? Joseph
Favorite Accessory? Chan Luu
Favorite Designer? Dries Van Noten
Beauty Products
Lipstick? M.A.C.
Mascara? Rimmel
Shampoo? Malin & Goetz
Moisturizer? Cetaphil
Hair Product? Kiehl's
Perfume? Acqua di Parma Profumo di Mirto
Toothpaste? Crest
Soap? Fresh
Nail Polish? 'Lincoln Park After Dark' by O.P.I.
Exercise? Biking
Where Do You Get Your Hair Cut? Home
Inspirations
Favorite Place In The World? San Francisco
Who Inspires You? Family & Friends
Necessary Extravagance? Maid
Favorite Charity? Warby Parker
Favorite Movie? Easy A
Favorite Shopping Mecca? Brooklyn
Favorite Hotel? Ace
Favorite Color?Aquamarine
Where Do You Live? Charlottesville Virginia
Favorite Artist? Tom Sachs
Sheets? Area
Luggage? Flight 001
China? Gibson
Coffeemaker? Bodum
Stationery? Rock Paper Scissors
Favorite Flowers? Ranunculus
Favorite Gadget? iTouch
Favorite Neighborhood Restaurant? Tavola
Favorite Drink? Cucumber Limeade
Favorite Dessert? Coconut Cake
Favorite Snack? Fruit
Clothes
Jeans? AG
Sneakers? Vans
Watch? Timex
T-Shirt? American Apparel
Day Dress? A.P.C.
Day Bag? Jack Spade
Evening Bag? Joseph
Favorite Accessory? Chan Luu
Favorite Designer? Dries Van Noten
Beauty Products
Lipstick? M.A.C.
Mascara? Rimmel
Shampoo? Malin & Goetz
Moisturizer? Cetaphil
Hair Product? Kiehl's
Perfume? Acqua di Parma Profumo di Mirto
Toothpaste? Crest
Soap? Fresh
Nail Polish? 'Lincoln Park After Dark' by O.P.I.
Exercise? Biking
Where Do You Get Your Hair Cut? Home
Inspirations
Favorite Place In The World? San Francisco
Who Inspires You? Family & Friends
Necessary Extravagance? Maid
Favorite Charity? Warby Parker
Favorite Movie? Easy A
Favorite Shopping Mecca? Brooklyn
Favorite Hotel? Ace
Favorite Color?Aquamarine
Monday, March 12, 2012
Nouns of Assemblage
a malapertness of peddlers
a spring of teals
a gang of elk
a murmuration of starlings
a suit of sails
a wilderness of monkeys
a doping of sheldrake
a clutch of eggs
a coven of witches
a staff of servants
a field of runners
a sheaf of arrows
a chattering of choughs
a cete of badgers
a bench of bishops
a murders of crows
a bundle of rags
a barren of mules
a pontification of priests
a rag of colts
a walk of snipe
an exaltation of larks
a muster of peacocks
a desert of lapwing
a drift of swine
a stud of mares
a parliament of rooks & owls
a glozing of taverners
a covey of ptarmigan
a business of ferrets
a drunkship of cobblers
a sounder of wild boar
a nye of pheasants
a fall of woodcock
a sege of herons
a herd of curlews
Monday, February 27, 2012
Friday, February 24, 2012
Monday, February 6, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Friday, October 28, 2011
Friday, October 14, 2011
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Pluperfect
The issue which I have with The Brown Recluse is content and privacy. It began as a way to extemporize my likes, loves and politics and to maintain a prescence in the blogosphere with friends and family. Where I had close to 500 friends on Facebook before I left it several years ago I now have six 'followers' here, some faithful and some simply avatars. I tried Twitter and MySpace and regularly maintained my Friendster page when that was hip but selfishness thwarted any forward movement in those virtual cesspools.
So I looked back to its inception to witness its progression. After posting pictures of the bathroom I collaged at work, clips friends sent, the snapshots of attractive people, poetry, architecture, art and design I stumbled upon and the stories I'd written and collected (curiously edited by it's subject as if in the third person) I realized that I liked The Brown Recluse. That it was a blog that I bookmarked because I liked it. It didn't need a direction but that over the four years it has a perspective, a point of view. It's current and invective, sobering and witty, playful and moribund, and most importantly it's entertaining with loads of content both common and intimate.
When I first moved into my bungalow I got a spider bite that ultimately required medical attention. It swelled grotesquesly and I welcomed the hyperbole surrounding the type of arachnid that might have caused such infection. My index finger for days was wrapped in a poultice and I was forced to operate with my other hand. I had never been bitten by a spider before and daily would unwrap the bandage and marvel at the size of my digit and the grace of Mother Nature. Of course I went online to research which sort of spider could cause this and gave in to the insistence of everyone that only one spider could be responsible. A spider not found in my area and really the six-legged subject of urban lore.
The Brown Recluse.
So I looked back to its inception to witness its progression. After posting pictures of the bathroom I collaged at work, clips friends sent, the snapshots of attractive people, poetry, architecture, art and design I stumbled upon and the stories I'd written and collected (curiously edited by it's subject as if in the third person) I realized that I liked The Brown Recluse. That it was a blog that I bookmarked because I liked it. It didn't need a direction but that over the four years it has a perspective, a point of view. It's current and invective, sobering and witty, playful and moribund, and most importantly it's entertaining with loads of content both common and intimate.
When I first moved into my bungalow I got a spider bite that ultimately required medical attention. It swelled grotesquesly and I welcomed the hyperbole surrounding the type of arachnid that might have caused such infection. My index finger for days was wrapped in a poultice and I was forced to operate with my other hand. I had never been bitten by a spider before and daily would unwrap the bandage and marvel at the size of my digit and the grace of Mother Nature. Of course I went online to research which sort of spider could cause this and gave in to the insistence of everyone that only one spider could be responsible. A spider not found in my area and really the six-legged subject of urban lore.
The Brown Recluse.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Panties Is A Funny Word
Families are like panties.
Some crawl up your ass.
Some snap under pressure.
Some don’t have the strength to hold you up.
Some get a little twisted.
Some are your favorite.
Some are holy.
Some are cheap.
Some are naughty.
Some are full of shit.
And some actually cover your ass when you need them to.
Some crawl up your ass.
Some snap under pressure.
Some don’t have the strength to hold you up.
Some get a little twisted.
Some are your favorite.
Some are holy.
Some are cheap.
Some are naughty.
Some are full of shit.
And some actually cover your ass when you need them to.
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