Miscellany – Page 316

ON HONEYMOON.

Monday, January 1, 2007

probably no posts this week.

some pictures of the big day, here.

THE BEST NIGHT OF MY LIFE

Sunday, December 31, 2006

polaroids from the after-party snapped with my digi-cam from the hotel room

PLUG FOR A FELLOW ALUMNUS

Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Jordan Tate attended Miami University’s Western College Program and earned a Bachelor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies in 2003. He is currently an M.F.A. candidate at Indiana University’s Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts. Some of his work is held in the permanent collection at the Kinsey Institute for Gender, Sex, and Reproduction.

I don’t really know Jordan, but I was impressed by his undergraduate photography show (2003…I would’ve been a sophomore at the time). This book not only seems like a real riot, but some of the pictures below (taken from the book’s Myspace page) are of people I went to school with. See how many of the euphemisms you can name:

The Contemporary Dictionary of Sexual Euphemisms is out from St. Martin’s Press on January 9th. I just pre-ordered mine.

MY LISTENING YEAR, 2006

Tuesday, December 5, 2006

Just me riffing on John Porcellino:

Special treat: an updated page of every Bob Dylan’s Theme Time Radio Hour show.

A WEDDING EQUALS PENURY, BUT MEAT IS A REWARD

Monday, December 4, 2006

Two bits for today. First is an excerpt from the highly-recommended ESQUIRE’S THINGS A MAN SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MARRIAGE (which actually manages to be witty and informative at the same time):

East Indian Hindu couples are married before a small fire, into which they toss flowers, water, seeds, and fruit, which are considered the four symbols of life.

Here in the West, we have replaced this poetic custom with a larger, metaphorical fire, into which we ritually hurl great piles of currency.

Amen to that! Goodbye savings account!

Second is a fun spin on meat-eating as a reward for creativity by Dan:

For the last few years I’ve tried to force myself to write at least one page every day, which doesn’t sound like much but it’s actually pretty hard to manage. Because I’m not allowed to do a make-up day. I can’t do two pages the next day. The punishment for not completing my page is that I have to eat a vegetarian meal the next day.

A vegetarian meal as punishment! That’s true dedication to craft, friends…
Probably won’t get much posted this week, as we’re working diligently on grad school applications, trying to get them all finished before Jesus’s birthday. We also tacked up our big Wedding To-Do list on the front door (like some desperate manifesto).

Wish us luck!