kierkegaard on the couch

“There is abundant chatter today about ‘being spiritual’ but scarcely anyone believes that a person can be of troubled mind and healthy spirit. Nor can we fathom the idea that the happy wanderer, who is all smiles and has accomplished everything on his or her self-fulfillment list, is, in fact, a case of despair.”

in recent conversations

richard foreman’s notebooks
nature theatre of oklahoma
joyce cho
terrible things
mac wellman (damnable scribbler)

exploding metal fun

le scaphandre et le papillon

ephemeral mondays

1. minty
2. diving bell
3. cat power
4. new york photos
5. pants
6. loan check
7. south station
8. mike’s pastry
9. butternut squash soup
10. the 6ths

“let’s not pretend they’re a news network.”

“Perhaps they noted the study by the left-wing watchdog group Media Matters that from Aug. 24 to 28, Fox News aired 22 clips with people opposed to health care reform and zero clips featuring people who supported it” (new york daily news) – for example.

(matt dorfman/nytimes.com)

solid work happening here: www.mediamatters.org

monday list

1. coleman
2. marching band
3. michigan
4. amputation
5. apparition
6. price right
7. elevator song
8. penguin cafe orchestra
9. schwesti
10. 9:56 AM

brains and moons on the brain

(thanks to peter for sharing)