Monthly Archives: June 2008

Another reason to avoid plastic

Posted on Sunday, 29 June 2008 by David Gorsline

Yemm & Hart of Marquand, Mo. have established a prototype program to recycle wine corks into building materials. At present, they’re accepting contributions, freight prepaid, of any amount; shipments of 10 pounds or more are purchased at the rate of … Continue reading →

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In proportion

Posted on Sunday, 29 June 2008 by David Gorsline

Gasoline prices in the United States continue to be a bargain compared to the rest of the industrialized world, as a short article by Bill Marsh (accompanied by a chart) points out, part of the Times‘s collection of stories this … Continue reading →

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Incorruptible: an update: 2

Posted on Wednesday, 25 June 2008 by David Gorsline

We moved rehearsal props and set pieces into the theater now that the show before us, Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, has closed. The cast got through their first run of Act 1, scene … Continue reading →

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At the park: 19

Posted on Sunday, 22 June 2008 by David Gorsline

Still one box unhatched as of this morning’s checks. Unfortunately, we’re writing up box #61 as a failed attempt: no eggs, but no shells, so most likely predated. Brief visits from unwanted deer flies as we walked out; I was … Continue reading →

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A point of usage

Posted on Saturday, 21 June 2008 by David Gorsline

“And your English lakes—Vindermere, Grasmere—are they, then, unhealthy?” “No, Frau Liesecke; but that is because they are fresh water, and different. Salt water ought to have tides, and go up and down a great deal, or else it smells. Look, … Continue reading →

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Good advice

Posted on Tuesday, 17 June 2008 by David Gorsline

Guest blogger Ann Hall advises the hiker on how to deal with t-storms in the field: The chances for being caught in a thunderstorm at Dolly Sods are good. Avoid these storms if possible. If, however, you are caught in … Continue reading →

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Measure for Pleasure

Posted on Tuesday, 17 June 2008 by David Gorsline

Woolly Mammoth gives its audience a frisson of what it would feel like to be titillated by a contemporary Restoration comedy with David Grimm’s riff on the genre, Measure for Pleasure. The piece is a post-modern romp through 21st-century sexual … Continue reading →

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Good news/bad news

Posted on Friday, 13 June 2008 by David Gorsline

So the good news is that, inexplicably, Comcast fixed the redirects for the pages that I had hosted there, so the pages for Larry Shue and Wood Duck and the archives of pedantic nuthatch are back online. The bad news … Continue reading →

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Worth a try

Posted on Monday, 9 June 2008 by David Gorsline

If a Unicorn Were on the National Security Council, by Ken Saji. The unicorn starts out by laying out its plan to counter the North Korean nuclear threat. It says, “Create a giant rainbow over the entire country that lasts … Continue reading →

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An explanation

Posted on Sunday, 8 June 2008 by David Gorsline

MOTHER MIRIAM RUTH. You’ll never find the answer to everything, Doctor. One and one is two, yes, but that leads to four and then to eight and soon to infinity. The wonder of science is not in the answers it … Continue reading →

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Art:21

Posted on Friday, 6 June 2008 by David Gorsline

The last time I was in a museum bookstore, I noticed a DVD series called Art:21. This turned out to be a suite of documentaries on practitioners active in the first decade of this century, some of them mature artists … Continue reading →

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Mucho agua

Posted on Wednesday, 4 June 2008 by David Gorsline

When today’s biggest storm blew through Sterling at 3:00, the wind and rain whistling on the gravel roof of our office building sounded like someone pulling romex through a tube. DCist has a series of posts on the carnage. Trees … Continue reading →

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I get confused: 1

Posted on Wednesday, 4 June 2008 by David Gorsline

Bill Bryson is the guy who writes the humorous travel books; Bill Buford used to edit Granta; Bill Bruford was the drummer for Yes. Bruford is the Brit; Bryson, although a resident of the U.K. for a time, is from … Continue reading →

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TE/XTP/REFS

Posted on Tuesday, 3 June 2008 by David Gorsline

Via i love typography: tell the people at the Text Prefs project what font, size, and spacing is most readable for you.

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Biblical invective

Posted on Tuesday, 3 June 2008 by David Gorsline

The running gag in Incorruptible is that Jack, the layman, always misidentifies the source of a Bible quotation—he mistakes St. Paul for the Pentateuch, that sort of thing. The joke culminates with a particularly venomous curse from Agatha, drawn from … Continue reading →

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