February 2012
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January 2012
20 posts
chrispohl asked: Nice snowman!
China's last factory in home of silk shuts down →
A year old, but still tragic.
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A Factory in Brooklyn. (via)
How does one access an old BBC documentary? I need to get my hands on this. Any tips welcome before I actually start asking the BBC…
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December 2011
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I am not sure there is a connection, but ever since I started drinking my new fennel/anise/cumin tea before bed, I have been having THE craziest dreams. All very vivid, semi-realistic, and all involving people very close to me. Last night, I dreamed that I was driving through northern France, but to get from the west to the north we had to drive through Holland (bad traffic, maze of tiny LA-style...
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What Really Happened Aboard Air France 447 →
Mystery solved, as the transcript shows. Riveting and chilling and so very sad. Tja.
November 2011
26 posts
"this garment may restrict both vision and...
Anybody want to model for Gareth Pugh?
Lately some of my favorite teachers have been coming out of the woodwork to appeal to their former students for support with their various projects. Mr. Jacobs, my 7th grade biology teacher who retired after a 40-year career teaching a generation of Mill Valley kids, recently decided to run for the MV School Board. He befriended every one of his former students on Facebook, campaigned tirelessly...
Out of the Darkness →
by Mark Lukach
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Moscow in the Winter, Alive and Illuminated →
Anybody up for a long weekend trip? I do need a real Cossack hat, and the selection at Galeries Lafayette has so far been disappointing.