Archive for May, 2008

Mr Brilliant hits BoingBoing!

Stop the presses! Mr Brilliant is on the front page of BoingBoing tonight! Nothing quite like a family of vegetarians being known for white art made from fatback…

Read this first, then watch the video: Every year under a unique leadership development program run by my wiser than wise friend, Eliav Zakay, small groups of 15-17 year olds in Israel are given an assignment: Develop a community service project that will last beyond your work on it, that will help those who haven’t been helped by other community…
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37days group gathering on Facebook

If you’d like to join up with like-minded people who read 37days, a "37days" group has started on Facebook (you’ll need to join Facebook if you’re not already a member). If you’re not so inclined, let’s just forget I ever mentioned it and get back to grilling those vegan burgers.

In memory, in hopes, in anticipation of a different future

In memory of all those. In hopes we can all work to make the fighting stop, one cross word at a time. In anticipation of a different future for the children. All of them, not just ours. The U.S. is celebrating Memorial Day today. Take a moment to reflect, remember, honor. [Photo: Our historical flag hangs from our front porch….
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I stand so brilliantly corrected…

And this is why hearing a diversity of opinions is the best way to go. Just got a comment on a recent post from a very astute 37days reader named AnnMarie – "I just started reading your blog and mostly love it. But this post has bugged me since I read it last week. As the Mom of a 3…
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Make a sign, don’t cry

Scenario One: Tinkling bells of ice cream truck sound in the distance. We sit up straighter like dogs listening to an invisible whistle, cocking our heads to one side. "Is it?" we ask, and bolt for the door. Half dressed or not, we’re going out. We run down the front walk, Mr Brilliant in front carrying Tess like a sack…
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Be an activist, not an actor

You are six or seven years old. Your sweet Poppy is a giant to you, so tall that when he sits in his large corduroy Barcalounger, his legs from hip to knee provide a big table on which you can sit for hours and watch reruns of M*A*S*H, one of his favorite shows–and now yours, too. You both laugh, at…
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Be still, my stinkin’ heart

GET OUT! Just saw this. There are maybe six celebrities I’d camp out over night to see, and I believe we all know who two of them are. The other four? Well, this man is one of them. Love him, love him, love him. His film, The Conversation, is one of my all-time favorites. And HE IS COMING TO ASHEVILLE…
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Slide and sign

Tess "graduated" from Pre-K today. She’ll graduate from High School in the year 2021. I’ll be 90. Johnny Depp will be 86. And evidently the Democratic primaries will still be going on. School ended FOR THE ENTIRE WHOLE SUMMER at noon today, followed by a picnic for all the families at a nearby park where the mothers (in particular) huddled…
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Oh, go ahead. Squish the Tasty Kakes

The scene: Local ice cream shop. The one with the big ice cream cone-shaped sign outside. I deeply love those kinds of signs, where the object is writ large in 3-D on top of the building, like that restaurant in Chapel Hill with the pig on top (bless poor little porkie, it’s a barbecue joint), or the shop near here…
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