America has lost a great man of letters. George Garrett was as generous a man as I’ve ever met. A couple of years ago, I e-mailed him for advice about a contest I was judging. His eyesight was by then so bad he couldn’t read much on the computer. He sent me a long letter in [...]
Archive for May, 2008
george garrett 1929-2008
Posted in Uncategorized on May 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
feline news
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cats on May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mollie in Austin thinks her cat needs a job. Other cats work, right? And Joe from Cheese, Texas, sends along a map of a cat’s brain:
the golden voice of the great southwest
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged music, the good fight on May 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
U. Utah Phillips has died. My friend Frances Friedman had told me about Phillips when he came to meetings of the San Francisco Folk Club back in the Sixties. And then I got a chance to see him perform at Prospect House, a neighborhood center in the Laurel-Clayton neighborhood of Worcester [...]
powers of ten
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged science on May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A short film taking us from the quark to the edge of the universe. (via BoingBoing)
more london food
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged food on May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I forgot to mention a wonderful and busy London restaurant in my post earlier this week. It’s called Tapas Brindisa and it’s beside the Borough Market and a short walk from the London Bridge tube stop. I had a spectacular grilled chorizo and among Jeannie D., James Bond (yes, I’m serious), Cindy, and me, we also ate [...]
tom waits
Posted in Uncategorized on May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Q: What is a gentleman?
A: A man who can play the accordion, but doesn’t. More Waits wisdom here.
jack dracula
Posted in Uncategorized on May 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s Jack Dracula talking about Diane Arbus.
Here’s a photo Diane Arbus took of Jack Dracula:
times machine
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged news on May 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The New York Times front pages from 1851-1922.
book bench
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books on May 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The New Yorker now has a book blog.
british food
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged food on May 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Our pal Joe from Cheese (Queso, Tejas) wanted to know if we ate any great food in London, figuring no one would believe it if we did. We did, and here are the highlights. The Anchor & Hope pub in Southark near the Waterloo Underground was mobbed and noisy and we found out why. I [...]
