Zelly
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One of the fun things about trashing the bird archive, is reminder of better times, and better birds.
November 16, 2024 at 12:44 AM
One of the fun things about trashing the bird archive, is reminder of better times, and better birds.
"When French mountain climbers reach a certain altitude, they switch from the vous to the tu, as if all men become equal in the face of the enormousness of nature." Robert Darnton, The Kiss of Lamourette.
November 15, 2024 at 6:57 PM
"When French mountain climbers reach a certain altitude, they switch from the vous to the tu, as if all men become equal in the face of the enormousness of nature." Robert Darnton, The Kiss of Lamourette.
"And in a final indignity, ripping a hole in the roof of her weaving hall and throwing in the flayed corpse of a pony." J. Clements, A Brief History of Japan
November 15, 2024 at 6:39 PM
"And in a final indignity, ripping a hole in the roof of her weaving hall and throwing in the flayed corpse of a pony." J. Clements, A Brief History of Japan
I'm just following all the bgeeks, even though its been a century or two since those days. if there were a denny's close by I'd go eat pancakes as a form of larping a former life.
November 15, 2024 at 1:59 AM
I'm just following all the bgeeks, even though its been a century or two since those days. if there were a denny's close by I'd go eat pancakes as a form of larping a former life.
No sure lithub’s choice of title adjective as « weird » is as precise as they could have been.
“A Roosevelt Island couple has proudly checked out five children’s books about the Palestinian experience, vowing not to return them so as to protect the good people of New York from blatant “indoctrination.””
This weird NYC couple doesn’t want you to read Palestinian children’s books.
A Roosevelt Island couple has proudly checked out five children’s books about the Palestinian experience, vowing not to return them so as to protect the good people of New York from blatant “indoc...
lithub.com
December 14, 2023 at 3:03 PM
No sure lithub’s choice of title adjective as « weird » is as precise as they could have been.
Moved to Texas and signing up for healthcare, and most plans note that they do not cover abortion care and even though I won’t need one, it makes me so angry.
December 14, 2023 at 3:01 PM
Moved to Texas and signing up for healthcare, and most plans note that they do not cover abortion care and even though I won’t need one, it makes me so angry.
Cushing, OK, the Pipeline Crossroads of the World monument. Wiki says: Cushing is a "vital transshipment point with many intersecting pipelines, storage facilities and easy access to refiners and suppliers." Crude oil tank farms around Cushing have over 90 million barrels of storage capacity.
October 23, 2023 at 3:33 PM
Cushing, OK, the Pipeline Crossroads of the World monument. Wiki says: Cushing is a "vital transshipment point with many intersecting pipelines, storage facilities and easy access to refiners and suppliers." Crude oil tank farms around Cushing have over 90 million barrels of storage capacity.
I am having a harder time learning to read Tibetan then Sanskrit. Though I find I make notes across each, transliterated, for conceptual reasons — which are sometimes misaligned — but trying to get from Tibetan script to roman, and choosing between Wylie or pinyin, and remembering pronunciation-hard
September 23, 2023 at 12:47 PM
I am having a harder time learning to read Tibetan then Sanskrit. Though I find I make notes across each, transliterated, for conceptual reasons — which are sometimes misaligned — but trying to get from Tibetan script to roman, and choosing between Wylie or pinyin, and remembering pronunciation-hard
A cracking sound and I thought someone had thrown a bucket of water off a balcony, I looked up and got the second round full in the face. I’ve never experienced rain in massive clumps like this. Reading afternoon!
September 23, 2023 at 12:01 PM
A cracking sound and I thought someone had thrown a bucket of water off a balcony, I looked up and got the second round full in the face. I’ve never experienced rain in massive clumps like this. Reading afternoon!
Books week ending 3 Sept. I only finished the Silko and the Rasula/McCaffery. I do not (yet) share Silko’s affection for rattlesnakes.
September 3, 2023 at 12:09 PM
Books week ending 3 Sept. I only finished the Silko and the Rasula/McCaffery. I do not (yet) share Silko’s affection for rattlesnakes.
Books weekend-ending 26 Aug 2023.
Still reading the Deloria, Ginzberg and Silko.
Still reading the Deloria, Ginzberg and Silko.
August 26, 2023 at 11:03 PM
Books weekend-ending 26 Aug 2023.
Still reading the Deloria, Ginzberg and Silko.
Still reading the Deloria, Ginzberg and Silko.
Books, week-ending 20 August 2023.
Le Guin, Carlo Ginzberg, Ghosh, Cornu, Kelly Barnhill and Duane Hamacher. All excellent in their own ways. I think the Ghosh will haunt me.i
Le Guin, Carlo Ginzberg, Ghosh, Cornu, Kelly Barnhill and Duane Hamacher. All excellent in their own ways. I think the Ghosh will haunt me.i
August 21, 2023 at 12:54 AM
Books, week-ending 20 August 2023.
Le Guin, Carlo Ginzberg, Ghosh, Cornu, Kelly Barnhill and Duane Hamacher. All excellent in their own ways. I think the Ghosh will haunt me.i
Le Guin, Carlo Ginzberg, Ghosh, Cornu, Kelly Barnhill and Duane Hamacher. All excellent in their own ways. I think the Ghosh will haunt me.i