Three Pipe Problem

"DEMANDE. Quels sont les attributs et les ustensiles qui doivent orner la chambre d’une putain?..."

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:12:27 -0500

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DEMANDE. Quels sont les attributs et les ustensiles qui doivent orner la chambre d’une putain?

RÉPONSE. Elle doit avoir derrière son miroir deux bonnes verges, l’une ornée d’un ruban rose, et l’autre bleu. Aujourd’hui que tout est à la patriote, que l’on fout même patriotiquement, il suffit d’un ruban aux trois couleurs.

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- Catéchisme libertin by Théroigne de Méricourt

Critic’s Notebook - Reflections - New Orleans and China - NYTimes.com

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:24:36 -0500

Critic’s Notebook - Reflections - New Orleans and China - NYTimes.com: Please spare us your “visionary plans.” We don’t like plans. That’s why we live here.

Pipe smoker, type writer wizard.

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:49:00 -0500

Pipe smoker, type writer wizard.

A German hurricane? No wonder they all fled

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:26:03 -0500

A German hurricane? No wonder they all fled

Yet another reason to switch to Linux: Billionaires Back...

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:08:58 -0500

Yet another reason to switch to Linux: Billionaires Back Antismoking Effort - NYTimes.com

"Voicemail is dead. Please tell everyone so they’ll stop using it."

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:00:56 -0500

“Voicemail is dead. Please tell everyone so they’ll stop using it.”

- Think Before You Voicemail

"Recently, he confessed, he has been thinking about quitting medicine altogether and opening a..."

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:35:55 -0500

“Recently, he confessed, he has been thinking about quitting medicine altogether and opening a convenience store.”

- Essay - Fed Up With the Frustrations, More Doctors Change Course - NYTimes.com

ARE MEN BORING?

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:22:00 -0500

ARE MEN BORING? :

This link is another in the endless Men Mars/Women Venus series of essays, but I particularly like this:

The woman says, “Would you like to stop for a coffee?” The man says, “No”, and the woman seethes for the rest of the journey because she would have quite liked to stop for a coffee.

The question is, why didn’t she simply say “I want to stop for coffee?”

Jack Teagarden Sings Stars Fell On Alabama (via pinkieldred). ...

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:46:10 -0500

Jack Teagarden Sings Stars Fell On Alabama (via pinkieldred). Friends, this is what it’s all about….

"The highest aspiration of the modern individual is biological survival, complemented by the state of..."

Sun, 18 May 2008 04:57:47 -0500

“The highest aspiration of the modern individual is biological survival, complemented by the state of bovine contentment celebrated as ‘happiness’”

- ‘Healthy living’ zaps the fun from life

Go Boris, Go!

Fri, 02 May 2008 16:51:00 -0500

Go Boris, Go!

"It’s no secret that Jazz Fest caters to the gray-goatee crowd"

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:00:40 -0500

“It’s no secret that Jazz Fest caters to the gray-goatee crowd”

- Best Of New Orleans Blog » Blog Archive » Quint Frankly, My Dear, Doesn’t Give A Damn

When the Muses Smiled on Britain

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:20:49 -0500

I am everyday amazed at the quality and depth of pop music that come out of Great Britain between 1977 and 1988. This torrent of musical brilliance is absolutely unmatched in music history. As a young hipster of that time, I thought I knew everything about 80s British music, but to this very day I still discover new acts from the time who are totally unfamiliar to me…and brilliant!

Just to flash my credentials, the greatest regret of my teenage years is that I was grounded (for reasons I simply cannot remember) the night the Smiths played at Tulane’s McCalister Auditorium in 1985. I purchased an import single of Adam and the Ants featuring “Lady” and “Young Parisians” at Leisure Landing on Magazine St. before the Ants ever had a U.S. record deal. I remember when U2 played at Ol’ Man Rivers which was, I believe, on Oak Street. Enough said.

As I said, believing myself all-knowing, I continue to make new discoveries. I heard the Railway Children for the first time six months ago. This was a great band, to be sure. Here’s a free sample. And then, today (yes TODAY), I heard Josef K for the first time. Their song “Sorry for Laughing” was notably covered by Nouvelle Vague, but I had never heard the original before. Here it is, and just fabulous it is.

So, when I hear “new” bands these days (Vampire Weekend, this means you) I am reduced to the Old Man’s Lament: “Son, it’s been done before… and better.”

Take Stacy Head Bowling

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:31:00 -0500

Looks like the boys in Respek have released a new one called “Take Stacy Head Bowling.” It’s funny, but I liked “Chocolate at the End of the Day” better.

"Eric Kandel, probably the most eminent psychiatrist in this country, writes a lot about the social..."

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:07:40 -0500

“Eric Kandel, probably the most eminent psychiatrist in this country, writes a lot about the social influence on genes. This can be very dangerous to think of in such simple terms. In psychiatry in particular, it sets up this division of a house divided against itself: genes versus environment, psychotherapy versus drugs, or nature versus nurture. The sophisticated thinkers understand that these things work together in an infinite dance.”

- Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation | Health and Wellness | AlterNet

The future of popular music distribution is the Hype Machine, or...

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 06:55:03 -0500

The future of popular music distribution is the Hype Machine, or something like it. Record companies, take note and profit.

Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson: A New Hero [and some...

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:03:00 -0500

Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson: A New Hero

[and some video]

"To be truly happy, she ruefully concluded, “one must be susceptible to illusions, for it is to..."

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:43:00 -0500

“To be truly happy, she ruefully concluded, “one must be susceptible to illusions, for it is to illusions that we owe the majority of our pleasures. Unhappy is the one who has lost them.””

- Are Modern Women Miserable? | AlterNet

John Denver karaoke sparks Thai killing spree

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:35:55 -0500

John Denver karaoke sparks Thai killing spree

Padding to protect pedestrians | Photo - Yahoo! News UK

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:52:05 -0600

Padding to protect pedestrians | Photo - Yahoo! News UK