June 18, 2004

I played to you and Jennifer quietly, as you slept.

July 28, 2004

Ivor Cutler was a teacher at Summerhill.

December 13, 2005

I always wondered how armadillos felt about that Swell Maps song. (I also wonder how real cake shop girls feel about “Cake Shop Girl”.)

April 21, 2007

from the Wikipedia entry on Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan:

“Apparently, when Nusrat toured in foreign countries, he would watch television commercials in order to identify the melodies and chord progressions popular in that country. He would then try to choose similar sounding songs from his repertoire for his performances.”

August 18, 2008

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May 19, 2004

From the New York Times today, this sentence:

Iran is a dazzling smorgasbord, from its “Death to America” murals to its winding bazaars.

June 8, 2007

My drinking habits have been immortalized in the Boston Globe (last paragraph).

May 22, 2004

from section 8.1.15 of the nuclear weapons FAQ, describing the construction of the first American atomic bombs:

“The lens system had to be made to very precise tolerances. The composition and densities of the explosives had to be accurately controlled and extremely uniform. The pieces had to fit together with an accuracy of less than 1 mm to prevent irregularities in the shock wave. Accurate alignment of the lens surfaces was even more important than a close fit. A great deal of tissue paper and scotch tape was also used to make everything fit snugly together.”

February 18, 2005

“What’s a swarm of gnats got to do with a pile of rocks?
What have a bucket and a clean slate got in common?”
— Mayo Thompson

February 11, 2005

Was Ligeti photographed wearing a T-shirt with just that one word on it?

May 11, 2006

First the crocochickens will take out the owls and the serpents, then they’re coming for the humans.

July 17, 2003

God just put a checkmark in a box in a gigantic spreadsheet.

August 4, 2008

“Oh, I’ll just stay home tonight and clean out the glove compartment of the Batmobile. Gotham can cope with Envelope Head all on its own.”

October 8, 2004

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April 27, 2005

Heard even less often: “I have 14 kilometers of magnets in my pants.”

August 4, 2005

Josh: It could have been UofC prof Michael Turner who (theoretically) studies the Weakly Interacting Massive Particles.

I’m picturing a bunch of shy fat guys.

October 13, 2006

You haven’t mentioned Cybill Shepherd recently. Is something wrong?

October 8, 2005

Braxton had the largest sweat towel I’ve ever seen in my entire life. Bath towel sized.