universal law

2009

December 48
November 124
October 71
September 21
August 64
July 198
June 170
May
April
March
February
January
Holding our breath, 2009 
Dec 15th
Choose Anker, 2009
Dec 15th
Warch Watch
I lived in DC for four years, but I had to learn from an Indonesian friend about the city’s...
Dec 13th
I love the gentle cast of Christmas lights on skin.
Dec 13th
and turn my world upside down.
Dec 13th

Sounds like a joke, but isn't:

Phytophotodermatitis results from spilling lime juice onto the skin in a sunny climate. The result...
Dec 13th

The First Line of Defense Against a...

YAMBIO, Southern Sudan — Everyone at the dinner table shied away when a friend here, a...
Dec 13th
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while...”
— Lao Tzu
Dec 13th
Now, 2009
Dec 13th
Congregation Works With U.S. to Release...
Dec 12th
(thank you, d)
Dec 12th

a favorite sound

When the pasta water is boiling, I pour a small pile of salt into my left palm and then, rather than...
Dec 12th
Love me still and always, love me still and always.
Dec 12th
Warch Watch
I don’t even care that he doesn’t know any of the lyrics. With expressions like this,...
Dec 11th
Sex With the Rabbi
Dec 11th
Icicles!, 2009
Dec 11th
“It’s an incredibly imbalanced text intended to...”
— Lumumba Stanislaus Dia Ping,...
Dec 10th
Terrace in Winter (Smoke on the Water), Wisconsin, 2009
Dec 10th
Sen. Orrin Hatch Writes 'Extremely Catchy'...
Dec 9th
Snow Day, Wisconsin, 2009
Dec 9th

China’s Economic Power Unsettles the...

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/world/asia/10jakarta.html?hp=&pagewanted=all Didik J....
Dec 9th
:-)
Dec 9th
Can we get a dog like this?
Dec 9th
“ I mean, think about it. I’m teaching English abroad....”
—  My sister, whose humor is...
Dec 9th
Record snowfall at 1 a.m., Wisconsin, 2009
Dec 8th

Interesting development in America's...

This NYT article appears to support the idea that the Obama administration is fundamentally...
Dec 8th
Brilliant.
Dec 8th
The Night Before Snow Day, Wisconsin, 2009
Dec 8th
White light from the window, fresh snow behind the house. I...
Dec 8th
“Think of us!” she said that night when she turned and flew up the steps rapidly. And it...
Dec 8th
Dresser, 2009
Dec 8th
Nobody should be spurned or rejected who gives even the illusion of feeling. How could I tell what...
Dec 8th
Bar Luce, Seoul, 2009
Dec 8th
Light snow, Wisconsin, 2009
Dec 8th

When technology becomes ridiculous:

“Moscow’s government, led by powerful and long-reigning Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, has...
Dec 7th
If I had a map like this in my pocket, I would have had no...
Dec 7th
The Road to Morocco, by Steve Casimiro
Dec 7th
Foods I Miss, 2009
Dec 7th
Is it just me, or is there something subliminally racist...
Dec 5th
Meet the parents, 2009 My baby is making it happen.
Dec 4th
The Universe Conspires to Make You Smile, 2009
Dec 3rd
First Snow, Madison, 2009
Dec 3rd
“It was a very wonderful speech for America … but when...”
— Afghan parliamentarian...
Dec 3rd
Rusty ice, 2008 When we see beautiful things, let’s...
Dec 2nd
Channel of Sky, 2009
Dec 1st
“… and someday, somehow, somewhere, I will meet a fella...”
— The Incomparable Ash, who is...
Dec 1st
Switzerland votes to ban construction of new...
Nov 30th
Winking Wall, 2009 My love sees joy in everything.
Nov 30th
Oahu, 2009 (photos by Carl, who was very sweet to send...
Nov 30th
Why Indonesia is the World's Third Biggest...
Nov 30th

Obama's Mother's Dissertation Gets Star...

The scholarly book getting the most buzz at the American Anthropological Association’s...
Nov 30th