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Monthly Archives: June 2008

Russert remembered

Christopher Hitchens reflects personally on the untimely death of Tim Russert. Who would not hope to be eulogized thusly? (Note to Vanity Fair: Maybe you could suppress the icky Angelina bath photos on the sidebar, just for this piece? Don’t worry: no one will overlook your enthusiasm for learing celebrity pervert pieces.)

What’s up July 4th weekend

It’s not what I expected. My dad’s biannual visit was to put us in Okiboji for the Fourth. But joyous hometown developments reshuffled my calendar (including October’s China adventure, though how significantly is unclear). Seems like it’s been no time since they merged their record collections, but Kirk and Sarah announced two weeks ago that [...]

Basement editions

I picked up the soldering iron more often then expected this spring. And while the cuts and solders are crude and the material choices feel arbitrary, the ideas and the pieces keep improving. Ira Glass’s pep talk to wannabe storytellers is relevant for any enterprise: you have to face a lot of bad work until [...]