Eve Tushnet
= the fruits of my insomnia, over at AmCon. Read more
= the fruits of my insomnia, over at AmCon. Read more
Some thoughts about Monster, the based-on-a-true-story in which Charlize Theron plays Aileen Wuornos, the so-called “first American female serial killer.” This post is about the movie; everything I know about the real person I learned from Riot Grrrl zines, so this post is not about her. Everyone talks about how Theron gained weight and wore fake teeth for this movie. But what struck me was the way she moved. Her turned-down smile and her itchy, cadging, jockeying movements reminded me... Read more
If people looked so tragically at one another on the beach, everyone would burst out laughing; but at night, in private, they no longer have to be nonchalant or original. Read more
She wrote this terrific post which I tried to make you all read. And now she’s at Patheos! Read more
…at least not by the one who prays. I like this post on prayer (“Christ in one place, Christ in a diametrically opposed place”), and I like that most of the commenters are posting quotations rather than their own thoughts. It seems apropos. Here’s an old piece I wrote on repetitive prayer. (Title reference.) Read more
AN OLD friend immigrated from Russia to New Jersey when he was small. When asked if he spoke Russian, he would say he speaks “kitchen Russian”: the kind of things your mum says to you around the house. It’s a good phrase to describe the competence of a lot of immigrants in their “heritage language”. They can argue fluently with their parents about how late they can stay out, but if asked to write a short essay on their three... Read more
this is the guy who wrote the best single book I’ve read on Gay Christian Whatnot. Part one; part two. His answer to the last question in part one is esp on-point. Read more
But you know that the belch of the food that has been previously swallowed yields the fragrance. For a belch is nothing other than the going forth of the wind from the mouth revealing the quality of that which has previously been swallowed. If someone should eat an apple, he has the belch which bears the quality and odor of an apple. Therefore whenever a holy man eats the “bread of life” and the flesh of Jesus, which is true... Read more
here. Via IP. Read more
Tonight I tried to make a variation on these. I made several different mistakes… and they’re still delicious. My changes are below, with mistakes in bold! I steamed the broccoli in the microwave. I mixed too much garbanzo flour with parmesan, cumin, cayenne, curry powder, and salt. Then I mixed in minced garlic and fresh ginger. Then some whole milk, two eggs, the cut-up steamed broccoli, and most of the water I steamed it in. Just… way too much flour... Read more
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