October 2009
15 posts
binu:
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - “Empire State of Mind” (live from Yankee Stadium last night)
Alright, fine! I’m rooting for the Yankees this year.
What's the best way to cope with the migrant life... →
I almost did something like this in Zambia last year, but it fell through. Reading this makes me want to try again!
“It is this freedom within structured rules that makes improv such a potentially powerful tool in China, said Palley. China’s education system relies heavily on rote memorization — the teacher lectures, the students listen. Independent thought, creativity and debate are not...
Party Towns
My friends have been asking me why I love New Orleans so much, since I can’t really stand New York’s party neighborhoods on the weekends when the streets are full with party people having fun. In New Orleans it’s a completely different person on the streets enjoying themselves. New Yorkers “work hard and play hard,” they are wound up all day in stressful jobs, which...
Denver, CO
I’m spending a couple of weeks puppy-sitting for my sister, who is off on her honeymoon in Panama, with this guy, Ullr (rhymes with “cooler” and is the Norse God of Snow and Skiing). Right now I’m in Golden, Colorado, which is a beautiful little town right inside the foothills of the Rockies. There are mesas and snowy mountains surrounding me, and the town is pleasant and...
If you watch close enough, you can see a star being born. That’s me, getting pie in the face from Drew Barrymore!
davebluvband:
johnrobertwilson:
There’s me at the end! She ran out of time before she could make it to me. Thanks Brianna for letting us do this!
frankhejl:
In case you missed it, here’s a bunch of folks you might know (me included) getting hit in the face with a pie by...