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Entries from July 2010

Richard to Alice: 7 March 1945

July 31st, 2010 · No Comments

I got my glasses O.K. You should see them. I doubt if you would like them any more than I do. They are GI glasses of course – made to take punishment not to look decent.

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Tags: food · Richard & Alice

Screenings: Hunger; Shutter Island

July 30th, 2010 · 5 Comments

– Hunger (2008) This debut from director Steve McQueen chronicles the last six weeks in the life of Irish republican hunger striker Bobby Sands (Oops! I’ve given it away…).  I didn’t hate it, didn’t enjoy it. The film is indeed painterly, told in images for the most part, with very little dialogue – the art background of McQueen […]

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Tags: film · Screenings

Taco Truck Linguistics

July 29th, 2010 · No Comments

Va al camioneta de los tacos cada semana para practicar su español, pero el tipo que vende tortas sólo hablar con él en Inglés.

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Tags: CNFtweet · food

Richard to Alice: 6 March 1945

July 28th, 2010 · No Comments

One of my buddies has a novel way of keeping up his correspondence. He boasts at least 6 letters a week to his wife. That’s all very well and good, but I don’t like the way he does it.

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Tags: family · Richard & Alice

Bugged

July 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Pre-dawn shuffling amid grass, I disrupt their industry. Mites leap at my calves. Hours later I still feel them, random phantoms.

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Postcard: Pulpit Rock, Alabama

July 26th, 2010 · No Comments

Card is titled: “Pulpit Rock, Cheaha State Park, Alabama – 8.”

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Tags: postcards

Fred FM playlist: 25 July 2010 “Moon”

July 25th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Approximate playing time: 80 minutes.

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Tags: family · Fred FM · music

Richard to Alice: 5 March 1945

July 24th, 2010 · No Comments

I have a nice cold. The nose-blowing or sniffing doesn’t bother me much but I have a nice cough with it that is annoying. It makes me hotter to cough.

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Tags: food · Richard & Alice

Josh Ritter: “Stuck to You” (31 October 2007)

July 23rd, 2010 · No Comments

And there’s that girl again, who I last time refered to as the Glenn Gould of in-store performances, singing along with all of the words.

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Tags: music

Cucumber Story #2

July 22nd, 2010 · No Comments

They imported pollinating bees to the cucumber fields, hoping for a divine yield. All they got were drops of honeyed manna.

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Tags: food