August 2009
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July 2009
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Ukranians are hard to find!
– Sen. Mike Gravel, after showing up (unexpectedly) at the Big Think office, ingratiating himself to our developer Olex (Ukranian) and “purloining” him for a few days in August to re-do his website.
Also, I am now in charge of answering his phone—his ring is the theme from The Good, The...
June 2009
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J. Rux! I didn’t get to interview him myself, sadly. Here he is talking about the Mutuelle health care system in Rwanda. What up, Mfraden.
His hair is great, right?
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Timonium
A few choice photos of a place that means a whole lot. And some choice people, too.
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After the Reception
[Tom Sleigh wrote this downright great poem for Mary.]
There is a root word, Mirus, which I have used to title a series of drawings. It comes from the Latin word for wonder. Then there’s a lot that I find horrific. We terrify me as human beings. It is so black and white on some level. Sometimes I see my work as providing me a way to celebrate the world and hide from it at the same time. ...
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TFA Dispatches
Me to my class: You guys, I just found out that I don’t think I’ve showered since Sunday. Class: That’s cause you on drugs mister. Me: For the last time, I told you to call me TRICKEN, not mister.
— Undisclosed ‘Mister’
Thank god it’s almost summer vacay!
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I think we are all well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used...
– Joan Didion