Saddening indeed is the passing of Kurt Vonnegut. His prose was like none other, his insight into humanity preternatural, his sense of humor as scathing as it was sympathetic. A history teacher in high school first exposed me to him through God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. While I have forgotten much of what that story […]
Top 10 cities for beer lovers Burlington being #4 in the world would make us #1 in the United States. Bitchin’. (Or maybe the cities are just in alphabetical order…) (tags: Vermont beer Burlington)
One iPhoto library to rule them all… via Bettnet.com (via LifeHacker) (tags: backup iPhoto rsync hack) Setting Type on the Web to a Baseline Grid via ALA (tags: CSS design web essay todo)
We’ve moved to a town that’s three parts Barre to one part Gaithersburg. A. & I have purchased a new-to-you car that has got to be vintage 1970s and may as well require a crew of fifteen to put to sea. The car doesn’t really drive though. It mostly just rolls downhill into our driveway. […]
I first caught wind of Peter Watts’ Blindsight via B^2 back in December and promptly added it to my “to read” list for 2007 based on the following remark: Peter writes the angriest, darkest sf I’ve ever read, heart-rending stuff that makes you glad you’re alive if only because you’re better off than his characters. […]
Analog Giant (tags: Vermont music blog) Community Supported Agriculture via Intervale Center (via Jill @ work) (tags: Burlington Vermont farm food todo)
Great show. Enough said. No wait: incredible fucking show. For tonight, that is all. All pics are up on Flickr (of course).
Pearls Before Breakfast via washingtonpost.com (via kr8n) (tags: art humor music essay)
Last weekend it was the CWK/TPC show, last night was Craig Mitchell’s Black at the Half, and tomorrow night is Junior Boys 1… Maybe all that music is just another one of those signs of spring. Or maybe it’s just a long overdue return to those important things. Anyway: Wooooooo! Also, now is as good […]