Entries from April 2007

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

After Dark And Other Unrelated News

Finally! Haruki Murakami’s new book After Dark comes out on May 8th. Sushi for the mind, his books are. Refreshing, poetic and magically sparse. You can read an excerpt from the book, pre-order and get free shipping by entering AFTERDARK at checkout directly from Random House’s website. Just in time for the realization that I [...]

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

End Of An Era

My mother called to say that Uncle Stan died. Really, he’s not my uncle at all and is actually my grandmother’s sister’s husband (and I think also my godfather). He was about 90 years old and I have to say we were all surprised he was the last one to hang in there due to [...]

Friday, April 20th, 2007

Insomnia

Why is it an unwritten law that when you lose a post, the rewritten version will never be as good as the first? And what happens if you’ve actually lost the post twice (having realized one of the links you were adding crashed the browser)? Does that mean the rewritten post will be twice as [...]

Monday, April 16th, 2007

Random Bits

I really need to take a break from Frontline. It’s an amazing show for sure, but the other night I watched Memory of the Camps and still can’t stop thinking about the images. If you haven’t seen it, it documents discoveries by allied forces post the war of the atrocities committed in concentration camps across [...]

Sunday, April 8th, 2007

Ubiquitous Sunday Post

Some days, it’s really good to be a dog. It’s not too shabby being a dog owner either … especially when you have Marymoor Park a quick drive away to enjoy a little Sunday morning sunshine while the dogs enjoy some free range frolicking.

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