I used to listen to the Ricky Gervais Podcast on my commute and struggle so much not to laugh out loud on the Tube. Karl Pilkington, of course, emerged as the real star of that one. He’s so British, but with a humor that I think would play well in North America too. Or maybe […]
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It is easy to be heavy; hard to be light.
-G.K. Chesterton
Action and feeling go together…by regulating action, which is under the more direct control of the will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling…
-William James
(via email from Gretchen Rubin)
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My endorsement is at the top of my favorite new blog, Lolsecretz! It won’t be there long, but I’m just dorky enough to get a kick out of that. Thanks to Gwen for the heads-up via Facebook!
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Robert Plant and Alison Krauss! Together! OH MY GOD! (It’s the #2 album in the US, too, which gives me some hope for this country.)
Here’s one of their songs, Stick with Me, Baby:
Here’s how it happened (and, wow, T Bone Burnett is a lot more white than I expected!):
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My buddy Matt Welch is one of the best writers working today, and I’m excited to get my hands on a copy of his new book. Since I haven’t yet, I’ll steal a quote from it from our mutual friend Amy Alkon’s blog:
The campaign finance crusade is where the modern McCain as we know him […]
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As ever. But for starters: What kind of company has a black tie Christmas party at a bowling alley? Since when do bowling alleys even host black tie events? Can you imagine this woman as a sales manager, crying and hiding out all the time? (I’m not saying she’s lying about being harassed, just that […]
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Cincinnati Supper Club - October
Originally uploaded by dynamist.
I can honestly say, hand on heart, that I have never had a better, more fun time organizing any event than I had hosting the eighth Cincinnati Supper Club gathering last night. For some reason, the work it required felt easy and enjoyable (even the clean-up took only […]
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