June 6, 2011

What’s in a Name

Me: Crystal, don’t bite your Bible. It’s disrespectful.
Crystal, 7-year-old niece: Well, only sometimes. Like, what if God tells me to bite it?
Me: Oh, come on.
Crystal: Oh, you come on, Paulina.
Me: Hey! You can’t call me Paulina [unless prefaced by some honorific].
Crystal: I can call you Paulina! … Or Steve.

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August 3, 2010

Phileo

Me: You should like [the gospel music]. I’ve sent you some stuff before.
Steph: I bet I don’t. I’ve never loved anything you sent me.

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Popo How

Rosalind, my 3-year-old niece: I went to Popo’s [婆婆, or grandma’s] house.
What Rosalind seemed to have said: I went to Popo how.

What my dad heard, and responded with: Purple heart? Wow, that’s nice of you to help your friend … your wounded friend.

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November 16, 2009

I’m not stuffing, believe you me.

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November 9, 2009

Perilously close #3, Chopin’s Ballade No. 1, as performed by Vladimir Horowitz.

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October 31, 2009

Perilously close #2: “I Say Fever,” by Ramona Falls. Excellent animation, though extremely bizarre.

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October 29, 2009
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

I listen to songs I love on loop until I’m perilously close to hating them.

Perilously close #1, in a series: “Foreground” by Grizzly Bear.

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September 12, 2009
“ In less than 48 hours, Rep. Joe Wilson’s two little words have lifted the relatively obscure congressman into what could only be called Sarah Palin Status. It’s a dual status. To their party, both are maverick heroes. To their detractors, they represent something between a morbidly fascinating joke and the perfect strawman. In liberal company, after all, “Did you hear what Palin said?” is the political equivalent of “A dyslexic walks into a bra.” There is no punchline. The joke has already been told.
“How Joe Wilson, Sarah Palin Killed the Healthcare Debate,” by Derek Thompson over at The Atlantic.
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May 15, 2009
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April 20, 2009
odshine: quelquefois: sngk: The message in this webcomic speaks for itself. Guilty first of compulsive news binging, and second of archiving (though more in the physical world than digital).

odshine:

quelquefois:

sngk:

The message in this webcomic speaks for itself.
Guilty first of compulsive news binging, and second of archiving (though more in the physical world than digital).
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