February 2012
2 posts
December 2011
3 posts
“The minute that you understand that you can poke life and actually something...”
– Steve Jobs
November 2011
1 post
October 2011
1 post
WatchBaroque.me: J.S. Bach - Cello Suite No. 1 - Prelude (by Alexander Chen)
September 2011
1 post
August 2011
3 posts
“In the process they have embarrassed themselves and left a public record blogged...”
– Shelley Smith, attorney for Kimberly Garrity, whose children sued her for ‘bad parenting’.
Source: The Toronto Star - “Judge blasts kids for suing mom over birthday card”
July 2011
6 posts
Owain's Wish →
This made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
Diana Wynne Jones →
The problem with only looking up your favourite authors every so often is that you might suddenly find out they’ve passed away.
I discovered Diana Wynne Jones (by way of “The Lives of Christopher Chant”) when I was around eleven or twelve. I’ve since read almost every single one of her books since then. (It was, I think, her ability to combine wit and humour and...
His name is Leslie Stoley →
June 2011
2 posts
“Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably...”
– Daniel Burnham, Chicago architect. (1846-1912)
May 2011
16 posts
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time →
I finally got to watch this - on a plane, over the Mediterranean, no less - and it was, as expected, wonderful.
If you like animation and a good story and time travel, this one’s for you. It’s also for you, I think, if you’re not particularly keen on any of those except the good story part.
Chantal Kreviazuk. ”Leaving on a Jetplane”....
Work Hard. Be Nice. →
I just finished this up on the way home today, and I highly recommend it.
From the jacket:
Many people in the United States believe that low-income children can no more be expected to do well in school than ballerinas can be counted on to excel in football, begins Washington Post education reporter Mathews (Escalante: The Best Teacher in America).
He delves into the Knowledge Is Power Program...
Bon Iver. ”Calgary”. Bon Iver. Jagjaguwar,...
LEGO Store: Toronto →
Oh yes.
Born like an artist, Bloom like an artist →
Beautiful.
(via currycloud)
Happy Birthday, Mr. Hargreaves.
Google just informed me that today, the 9th of May, is the birthday of Roger Hargreaves.1 And although I didn’t actually know who Roger Hargreaves was until just now, the picture of Mr. Tickle was enough to get me to click through.
Mr. Tickle was one of the first books I read on my own, when I was around three or four, so it has a special place in my heart. From what I can remember, I...
“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
(via atomos)
Voice
Today, Canada is voting to elect her new government.
I’m completely unsure of what the results will be, of which party will end up forming the government, or if it will be a majority. Truthfully, unfortunately, I feel ambivalent about this particular election at the national level. I am not, however, ambivalent in the least about how important voting is.
Voting is a non-negotiable in my...
April 2011
17 posts
“To live content with small means;
to seek elegance rather than luxury,
and...”
– William Ellery Channing
I Won’t Let You Go! →
Rabindranath Tagore, translated from the Bengali by Fakrul Alam.
Just read it.
TV On The Radio. “Will Do”. Nine Types of Light....
WatchOne of the (few) things I loved the most about living in New York was the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Kottke says the Cherry trees have started to blossom.
“I ask not of sonnets with complex letters so melodious
or sweet lyrics encased...”
– “Contention”
My cousin wrote that.
Gold Panda. “California Summer”....