I had once, as part of a class project on human reproduction, carried around for an entire week a sack of flour the exact weight and feel of an infant. I’d swaddled it and cuddled it and placed it in a safe, cushioned place for naps, but once, when no one was looking, I stuffed it in my backpack with a lot of sharp pens, and it got stabbed.
— from Lorrie Moore’s new novel “A Gate at the Stairs”
We have Gullfoss and Geysir and not much else.

Alastair Campbell watches ”In the Loop” with Mark Kermode

How to levitate by standing next to a wet spot on the sidewalkBoing Boing

How to levitate by standing next to a wet spot on the sidewalk
Boing Boing

What makes the viewer suspend disbelief in this unlikely love is the undeniable charm of a 57-year-old chain-smoking alcoholic who tells a pretty girl, perched on the sofa of his cheap motel room: ‘I wanna talk about how bad you make this room look’.
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When I Get There
Bray Vista

(thank you Megan Chips)

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Crazy Heart
Jeff Bridges & Maggie Gyllenhaal

Lake Michigan, taken in Michigan

Lake Michigan, taken in Michigan

The Mississippi river, taken from a train in Mississippi state

The Mississippi river, taken from a train in Mississippi state

Train in Montana, taken from the window of another train in Montana

Train in Montana, taken from the window of another train in Montana

This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.
— from TS Eliot’s The Hollow Men
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Conor came home from Utah without Cameron Diaz but with a special jury mention for his film, which is absolutely brilliant. The film is brilliant, I mean, not that he came home without Cameron Diaz, although obviously that is absolutely brilliant, too.
The MapEnvelop project prints your current location inside of your letter’s  envelope.
gamefreaksnz : mapenvelop : beste miray

The MapEnvelop project prints your current location inside of your letter’s envelope.

gamefreaksnzmapenvelop : beste miray

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“The Beholder” will be screened as part of the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival at 18:30 on February 22nd in the IFI. Tickets available here.
From the JDIFF Program: “The making of a portrait is an intimate experience, one which can be a pleasurable event for both parties or one that’s fraught with difficulties. Either way, to paint someone’s picture is a unique way of really getting under their skin. In a world where anyone can make a realistic likeness on their cellphone, the importance of the painted portrait remains: as an emblem of power and prestige, as a political act and ultimately as a memorial. These themes and many others are explored through the work of three of Ireland’s most notable portrait painters: James Hanley, Mick O’Dea and Brian Maguire. Made under the Arts Council’s Reel Art Initiative, Conor Horgan’s witty new documentary follows each artist as they create new work, providing an illuminating insight into their individual creative processes.”

“The Beholder” will be screened as part of the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival at 18:30 on February 22nd in the IFI. Tickets available here.

From the JDIFF Program: “The making of a portrait is an intimate experience, one which can be a pleasurable event for both parties or one that’s fraught with difficulties. Either way, to paint someone’s picture is a unique way of really getting under their skin. In a world where anyone can make a realistic likeness on their cellphone, the importance of the painted portrait remains: as an emblem of power and prestige, as a political act and ultimately as a memorial. These themes and many others are explored through the work of three of Ireland’s most notable portrait painters: James Hanley, Mick O’Dea and Brian Maguire. Made under the Arts Council’s Reel Art Initiative, Conor Horgan’s witty new documentary follows each artist as they create new work, providing an illuminating insight into their individual creative processes.”

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