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Monthly Archives: March 2009

Wee, We, Wheee

Thursday, March 26, 2009

On account of general greyness, a project in limbo, and mother-in-law-visit recovery efforts, Tuesday shall be Catch-up Day. Rey and Johanna ran wild through the corridors of Northrup King Builidng while their folks bid on some bird art. We took home a piece by our friend Paula. Lola Plum Martin, 0, of Des Moines. Lola’s [...]

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Read, heard, said

Friday, March 20, 2009

Turns out Harry Allen a/k/a “the Media Assassin,” doesn’t just lurk around the PE water cooler like Professor Griff, but is, in fact, out there assassinating media ignorance. A short essay on racism in the new Old Navy commercial that white people probably can’t see. Why my local dry cleaner rocks (not only because it’s [...]

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Unreliable narrator

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

My days feel as predictable as the tides lately, which may account for the spottiness of my blog posts. After one year, the Abstract Archive has a boom-and-bust cycle that I’d like to even out. But potty training and Scrabble just aren’t inspiring much exposition. So I record the little things. Like many online, bacon [...]

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