February 2012
4 posts
“When people ask me to explain the South, I usually don’t have an answer beyond...”
– Oxford American editor Marc Smirnoff’s dismantling of Garden & Gun is totally cutting, totally smart and totally overdue. It makes me proud to be a Southerner as well as an OA contributor. (via rachael-maddux)
My favorite part:
We are hopeful that The Oxford American contributes to this...
“You know, I sometimes think, how is anyone ever gonna come up with a book, or a...”
– Gil, in Woody Allen’s “Paris After Midnight”. This struck me as an excellent description of why I travel. (via timoni)
Great line from a great movie.
January 2012
5 posts
“Southern food is a celebration of the people within the community, using the...”
– i have thoughts about paula deen and sexism and class and promulgating an irresponsible lifestyle, but this piece by hugh acheson furthers the discussion we should really be having. (via brookehatfield)
December 2011
4 posts
November 2011
3 posts
Watchbeachtones:
The Phantom Tollbooth turns 50 this year, and we’ve joined Norton Juster and Jules Feiffer, Milo and Tock, and a host of authors, critics, teachers and kids - to celebrate the classic 1961 children’s book, by making the definitive documentary film about this beloved work of the American imagination. Check out thephantomtollboothturns50.com for more info. via BrainPickings
October 2011
1 post
September 2011
6 posts
4 tags
2 tags
project we: treehouse →
projectwe:
the idea for treehouse was born around the same time that maypop was. i remember kristen talking about wanting to open a kids store and as much as she is driven and makes things happen, she also has a lot of ideas that come and go, so i was not really sure which category to put this idea in.
Yay, Treehouse! One of my favorite places in Athens, and I don’t even have kids...
August 2011
8 posts
5 tags
Steve Jobs's Patents. →
youngna:
An astounding career.
This is pretty guldern amazing to peruse.
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July 2011
19 posts
Apocalypse scenario
thehungryamerican:
Would a zombie version of myself blog brain pictures before eating?
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-7-24) →
Jill Scott (4)
Now It’s Overhead (1)
Pylon (1)
BloodKin (1)
The Olivia Tremor Control (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Sheryl Sandberg: famazing →
“…When you blame someone else for keeping you back, you are accepting your powerlessness.”
This profile is great. It’s a more personal and thought-provoking portrayal of Sandberg than any other I’ve seen.
White Plains (Cookeville, Tennessee) - Wikipedia,... →
brookehatfield:
rachael-maddux:
I’ve been thinking a lot more about that Amanda Hess post about plantation weddings at Good yesterday, and my main issue with the piece now is just the fact that it really, really oversimplifies an issue that, in my experience, is actually quite tricky and also very present in the lives of a lot of Southerners I know—which is, how are we supposed to live here,...
The 30 Harshest Author-on-Author Insults In... →
youngna:
Too good. (via Jacob)
youmightfindyourself:
15. William Faulkner on Ernest Hemingway
“He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.”
14. Ernest Hemingway on William Faulkner “Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?”
I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or...
“Many people in the Piedmont, including my mother, briefly, worked in a textile...”
– A brief history of pimento cheese | Dish | Independent Weekly (via tuppenhut)
this entire article is a fascinating read. now that i have a food processor again (it was my dead grandmother’s! it hasnt been used since the late 70s and somehow still works! i have the original packaging!) i need to try...
