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Monthly Archives: March 2009

Wee, We, Wheee

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 [...]

Read, heard, said

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 [...]

Unreliable narrator

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 [...]