Early this morning, while I was walking the dog, a kid on a bike with a loaded-down backpack rode by on the way to school. It recalled for me the sense I had on my own bike, riding the very same road, on the way to the high school a mile down the road. I…
Welcome to Brain Flotsam, the weekly digest of things I read, saw, or otherwise encountered that made my week more interesting. This week I saw five friends in person and got to interact with so many more in real time. What a great, packed week. And, the following: One night this week I dreamed I…
Welcome to brain flotsam, the weekly column where I tell you about some stuff I read, saw, or otherwise encountered. A woman down the street from us waves with both arms when she sees us walking the dog. I like it when people wave with both arms. It seems so happy! enthusiastic! I think I…
Welcome back to Brain Flotsam, the weekly feature that touches on things I heard, read, and saw that made me go Hmmmm. Here’s what I encountered this week! A tour of the British Isles in accents! I haven’t vetted this with my English pals yet. But I found it a very useful lesson in both…
Welcome back to the weekly digest of things I saw, heard, or encountered this week that I thought you might like, too! Check this awesome museum out: It’s the museum of endangered sound. Yes, sounds like the fax shriek, the AOL sign-in, and other things guaranteed to bring you back in time. via Stefan Bucher….
Stuff I read, saw, or encountered over the last week: This pretty important, and revealing, post from author Wendy J. Fox on how many books she’s actually sold. (h/t Jen Dawn Brody) These great photos from Ellis Island, ca 1900, digitized for the first time: Bruce Lee’s personal manifesto (click the photo to read): …
Here are some things I read or saw this week that I really loved. First, some people playing Adéle’s “Hello” on a surfboard. (Thanks to Audrey for the tip-off.) I love so much about this: the way the guy on the end spots the cymbal on the ceiling before he nails with with a high kick…
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Well. Hi there. It’s been awhile, hasn’t it? Sorry about that. Things have been a little cockadoodle, as they say in the dark hinterlands of my brain. I have had an amazing few months. But that also means I have been neglecting this blog, which is really sad, because I really like this blog, this…
Generally, it’d be time for a Brain Flotsam post. But today all I can think of are two radio advertising spots I heard early this morning as I drove my poor hound to have a fractured tooth extracted. (I am sure this added to my consternation.) They were so insidious that they have colored everything I have…
