My buddy Elisabeth captured this awesome photo. Her caption is below. I went to the winery up the road to borrow some buckets for carrying grapes — my small contribution to the winemaking process is to harvest the smaller vineyard on our farm — and caught my brother (whose own contribution is more substantial, and… Continue reading
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Exclamation Comma: My new favorite punctuation mark that’s been all over the internet lately. I like that it essentially describes what many of us do in normal speech and makes it grammatically ok. My issue with it? You can’t really type it; the symbol has been impossible for me to find in a normal character… Continue reading
You’ve heard this argument over and over from the ‘left’ or from transportation, engineering and economics experts. I am neither ‘left’ nor ‘right.’ I’m 25. THANK YOU, Jared. Way to get the right voices heard in the mass transit debate.
I don’t know much about Disqus
but I think I installed it, and I think that means that non-Tumblr people can comment on posts. Lovely readers - please try it, especially if you have really nice things to say. Tech people - how do I made this look more obvious / correct, and am I using it correctly? Social media is… Continue reading I don’t know much about Disqus
If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day. E. B. White
Brooklyn Museum (best ever; seriously, become a member) brought the 1920s to life tonight! It was super fun (evidenced by the video and use of the Diddley Bow) and super creepy (evidenced by the 10+ people, mostly old men, who overtly took out their camera phones to capture the relative normalcy of Valerie and me). The exhibit was neat (though I need… Continue reading
Today’s problems come from yesterday’s solutions. Peter Senge Yes, this is a cynical thought, but also a smart guiding tool. In a perfect world, there would be no problems, but in this perpetually imperfect world, we can hopefully recognize that problems result (often unintentionally) as a result of or in the context of solutions (good… Continue reading
I see London, I see France…
Me: We'd like two tickets please. Architecture Tour Ticket Guy: Excellent! One Adult and one Experienced Adult ticket coming right up! Grammy: I'll have to remember that!!! Guy: Sometimes we have Inexperienced Adults too!
A bit of the Gary Tu Trio from the Asian American Jazz Festival at Andy’s a few nights ago. So fun! What a treat…. I wish I had recorded more but my phone’s capacity was low.
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