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  • my first sidecar

    Cognac, Cointreau & Lemon juice = delicious. A NICE winter warm up.

  • time for a haircut?

  • About Nonsense NYC

    Nonsense covers the stuff that has no name, or a name that you feel really awkward and self-conscious saying out loud, like “underground.” e.g. Street events, loft parties, puppet shows, bike rallys, costume balls,…

  • The Escapist : News : British Burlesque Dancer Likes Her Wii

    I think working mothers of all walks of life can relate to this. The fact that she dances Burlesque just ups the importance of her staying fit, but we all need help finding time in the day…

  • Steampunk: The new Goth – CSMonitor.com

      This article in the Christian Science Monitor seems late in the game, but … some good info here nonetheless. -ag “Steampunk is definitely growing in popularity,” says Diana Vick, vice chair of Steamcon,…

  • tiny toy plants and dollhouse cat

    -ag. hill house, edwardsville pa. 01/01/11

  • Major Music Find: 2L8

        In a search for music to listen to while writing Avenging Arachne I went from an inquiry into contemporary experimental Greek composers to the discovery of a fascinating electronic artist named Etten…

  • Advice to Etsy sellers. (Some call it “branding.”)

    I think this is part of the 21st century turn in aesthetics. It is no longer enough to sell utilitarian things. People are in the market for a lifestyle. How we do things, and…

  • grit is glam

    Writing about the perhaps desperately over the top attempts of Broadway theaters to transport its audience to a world more in line with the subject at hand than the privileged bland Americana in which…