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Posts Tagged Life

Life Will Continue

Micah Riggio, as mentioned previously.


Life, Death, Love, Et Cetera

This year, this so-called 2008, has not been an easy one. Life shows no sign of easing up, slowing down, taking it easy. So it goes.
I lost a friend in February—Jordan Taggart was one of my first friends at Harvey Mudd and lived solidly at the core of me, Matty, Mike, Yip and others [...]


“Someone to love them unconditionally”

I was more than a bit troubled to hear (via kottke) that a group of teenage girls in Gloucester, Massachusetts, two towns over from where I grew up in Hamilton, made a pact to get pregnant. Yikes.
Without doubt, Gloucester and Hamilton are different by social and economic standards. Still, I don’t enjoy the suggestion [...]


The Fine Line of Law Enforcement

The Freakonomics blog featured interviews with three police officers in How Cops Really Want to Police. Their retelling and explanation of “street justice” can be, upon first read, humorous and cheering. Further reflection presents substantial problems with the expressed propensity to take justice into their own hands:
Everyone drinks and drives — especially those guys who [...]


Disengage weekend. Engage workweek.

Oi.
I am tired. Amanda’s first weekend in Seattle was a barn-burner and I barely made it out alive.

Pictured above, we headed out to Rendezvous for dancing at Kyla’s going-away party, before which we enjoyed Rock Band and mixology with Sarah and the host of Charlie Meatball’s. And that was after Kyla’s going-away picnic [...]


Mesmerizing and Beautiful

I love love LOVE this Letter Flow animation.
Do you know what else are beautiful? Handmade bleach-stenciled The Hedge hoodies.

Dave Zucker and I have had our eye on this project for nearly half a year but never found the time or inspiration to complete it. Around two weeks ago, we realized that our dearest Claire Storck [...]


Weezer Has Returned

In this month of May, which has been one of the most stressful, loneliest and generally worst months on record, the following made me smile and actually Laugh Out Loud:


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