A Thousand Tiny Things

Butterfly Hatching

2009-07-02T01:21:20Z

We got a butterfly kit recently from www.insectlore.com and sent away for our five larvae. They ate their food, then formed chrysalides. The first two butterflies hatched while we weren't looking. I was determined to capture the emergence of butt...

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"Punch, Brothers, Punch!": The Prose for Purists Edition

2009-06-28T04:05:53Z

For M-----l, who refused to read Mark Twain on a screen. Page 1 Pages 2-3 Pages 4-5 Pages 6-7 Pages 8-9

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Punch, Brothers, Punch

2009-06-23T04:51:42Z

Here is a short story I've always liked, by Mark Twain. http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/559/

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Overstimulation Is...

2009-06-21T01:57:45Z

...trying to watch The Daily Show, while responding to knock-knock jokes, against an aural backdrop of hula music.

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Sad Story Deserved Better Headline

2009-06-19T21:48:10Z

From CNN.com's sports section: Weeks After His Death, Steve Larsen's Legend Lives On Well, jeez... I would hope so. Otherwise it wouldn't be much of a legend.

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Buddy Guy Singin' the Damn, Why You So Tall Blues

2009-06-14T01:24:20Z

Buddy Guy performed Saturday night at Elk Creek Vineyards, Owenton, KY. He roamed the audience mid-song. That's phantomxii in the gray shirt, being sung to!

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Give It Up, Lady... Homebody Is Cuter

2009-06-14T00:21:11Z

I'm at a concert and just saw a lady who looked sorta like homebody wearing a hat sorta like the one homebody wore to the Cincy Vox meetup last summer. Homebody wore hers better. This lady's hat was too big in proportion to her head.

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Guess the Obscure Reference!

2009-05-25T18:47:00Z

MEDIUM: Television REFERENCE: "Coke, Pepsi, Royal Crown." Who said it?

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Accidental Poetry, #2: Ears of Yellow

2009-05-11T14:58:20Z

Ears of yellow sweet corn. A person swimming. A spoonful of pink bismuth subsalicylate. *** (Found at an NIH website. This was a series of image alt tags which I was able to read as the page dribbled slowly into my mobile browser.)

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Why Networking Is Cool

2009-04-20T17:35:49Z

Networking is cool because... it makes good things happen! I've seen a couple of nice examples lately: A Bard alum posted something for other Bardians on LinkedIn, indicating he was looking for people to interview about how the recession has aff...

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