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| Username: | Kirk, Blender-Keeper | |
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| Member Since: | Fri Apr 27 15:15:05 2001 | |
| E-mail: | blenderkeeper at alienbill dot com | |
| URL: | kisrael.com | |
| Chat: | AIM:kirkjerk | |
| Blender Board: | 548 comments | |
Instructions (by Ronald Finke, Martha Farah, and Steven Pinker) 2010 Aug 16| An exercise in visualization from "How The Mind Works" |
New York City (by They Might Be Giants) 2010 Aug 08| lyrics to a fun and romantic song |
Need the Eggs (by Woody Allen) 2010 Jul 21| famous quote from Annie Hall |
from "Anathem" (by Neal Stephenson) 2010 Jul 08| quote on beauty |
On The Bullfrog (by Roald Dahl) 2010 Jun 29| from "Danny: The Champion of the World" |
Alan Kay quote (by Alan Kay) 2010 Jun 29| quick lovely thought, quoted in "Designing Interactions" but with some implications for l'amour... |
the triangle of loves (by Unknwon) 2010 May 19| Infographic from Tumblr... |
Lacunar Vals (by 9000) 2010 Mar 30| graphic design excellence |
Schmoop (by felisdemens) 2010 Jan 05| A lovely LJ post by a frind of mine |
from tufts.general (by unknown) 2009 Nov 09| An exchange from an old, long defunct academic Usenet group |
book review review (by Kirk, Blender-Keeper) 2009 Jun 25| A quote and a metareview of "A Vindication of Love" |
Jill & Matt Met At Work (by Jill Marleah / Matthew Jesse) 2009 Jun 18| Amazingly aweseome Wedding Invite (via http://manolobrides.com) |
What THESE Women Want (by "Johnny") 2009 May 31| brilliant, clear piece from http://whichsurprisedher.blogspot.com/ |
from "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" (by Woody Allen) 2009 Feb 15| passage from the Woody Allen movie |
what did you do to herman? (by Eric J.) 2008 Dec 05| a piece of "found art" |
Keith Olbermann on Proposition 8 (by Keith Olbermann) 2008 Nov 11| A moving video commentary explaining how terrible, terrible, terrible CA's mangling of its own Constitution was for the cause of love and romance and relatinships and human rights |
Galileo (by Tim Hartwig) 2008 Aug 24| from a set of coasters "The World's Shortest Stories" -- this reads like a poor man's Tom Robbins |
from "Tender is the Night" (by F. Scott Fitzgerald) 2008 Aug 13| A scene from the novel with a reference to mental illness |
from Hotel Chevalier (by Kirk, Blender-Keeper) 2008 Jul 05| an excerpt from the prelude to "The Darjeeling Limited" |
the past doesn't go away (by Mr. Blue (Garrison Keillor)) 2008 May 20| A bittersweet bit of advice from Keillor's old salon.com advice column |
On a First Kiss (by Mary Karr) 2008 Jan 03| from "Cherry" |
to Tracey (by Charles Schulz) 2007 Dec 22| Charles Schulz to his paramour Tracey |
from "Fierce People" (by Dirk Wittenborn) 2007 Dec 18| an excerpt from the novel |
Personal Ads from the London Review of Books (by from "They Call Me Naughty Lola") 2007 Dec 03| love among the british inteligensia |
from the introduction to "Good Poems for Hard Times" 2007 Oct 27| A mandate for poets. |
What Was I Thinking, Part 1: He's Moving Out (by SlateV.com) 2007 Oct 20| slate.com is doing a series of animations about breakups - the animation is a little gratuitous, but it's an interesting idea |
Hemingway to Dietrich, June 19 1950 (by Ernest Hemingway) 2007 Apr 05| excerpt of a letter from Ernest Hemingway to Marlene Dietrich, from their recently released correspondance |
from the Inferno of Dante: Canto V (by Dante, translated by John Ciardi) 2007 Apr 03| (as quoted in "The Sixteen Pleasures", Robert Hellenga's fine novel) |
Packet of Letters (by Louise Bogan) 2007 Feb 14| via http://www.slate.com/id/2135749/ |
Sugar In The Morning (by Unknown Homeless Gentleman) 2006 Jun 03| A small quote about a famous song |
from "Gettysburg" (by Garrison Keillor) 2006 Mar 19| an excerpt from a short piece...will probably be the basis for next month's ramble, for some reason I find its idea about romance strongly compelling |
Post Post-modern Man (by Devo) 2006 Jan 25| Lame I know but I've never heard the song, just found the title and then lyric captivating |
It's Alright With Me (by Cole Porter) 2006 Jan 13| melancholy with a touch of lust |
The Old Phedinkus (by Damon Runyon) 2005 Nov 20| from "Tobias the Terrible" |
Mileage (by Sara Shansky) 2005 Aug 31| A mystery track from one of her albums... |
A Lighthouse Gone Mad from Loneliness (by William Gibson) 2005 Jun 22| A brief excerpt from "Pattern Recognition" |
i like my body when it is with your (by E. E. Cummings) 2005 Apr 21| lightly erotic work |
LOVE (by Amy Krouse Rosenthal) 2005 Feb 11| from "Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life" |
Who knows how to make love stay? (by Tom Robbins) 2004 Nov 17| Excerpts from "Still Life With Woodpecker" |
Quotes from Farscape (by Farscape) 2004 May 06| Quote from the scifi show |
All That (by Hugo Williams) 2004 Apr 16| I think my soon-to-be-ex-wife would understand this one |
from "The Great Gatsby" (by F. Scott Fitzgerald) 2004 Apr 10| quote from the famous novel |
First Love (by Wislawa Szymborska) 2004 Feb 24 geek love poem (by The Guys At Slashdot.org) 2004 Feb 08| Brilliant code-pun poem with geek culture references... |
from "Things My Mother Never Told Me" (by Blake Morrison) 2003 Nov 12| My Mom forwarded this lovely little passage |
The Meaning of Love (Parody, PG13) (by Jacob W. Haller) 2003 Oct 13| from alt.religion.kibology, a wonderfully evil parody |
from "Love Me" (by Garrison Keillor) 2003 Sep 27| passage of reconciliation |
from "Birds of America" (by Lorrie Moore) 2003 Sep 22| On love affairs and raccoons in the chimney |
...Of People Who Know What They Want (by Garrison Keillor) 2003 Aug 24| from his new novel "Love Me" |
A Note On The Rapture To His True Love (by Thomas Lynch) 2003 Aug 01| lovely piece, result of a formal exercise |
End Zen (by Donald Rumsfeld) 2003 Jun 30| John McCaslin "found" this poem by Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld, but I think there's a romantic element here. |
from "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" (by Michael Chabon) 2003 May 20| a lovely description of a kiss |
You're So Cool (by Quentin Tarantino) 2003 Mar 24| from "True Romance" |
Wet -n- Wild (by Hilary Price) 2003 Mar 05| from her comicstrip, Rhymes with Orange |
so close, so far (by brooklyngirl) 2002 Nov 26| wonderful little flash movie |
Marcella's Defense (from Don Quixote) (by Cervantes) 2002 Nov 23| Marcella was accused of causing a shepard's death-by-heartbreak |
Limerick (by Thomas Moore) 2002 Oct 24| 5 Lines from an early 19th-century Irish poet |
brevity (by Kyle Parrish) 2002 Aug 14| poem from an old unix profile (.plan) |
feathered twilight (by Luna) 2001 Oct 18| A Lovely Fantasia |
Conversation (by Donald Hall) 2001 Jun 28| work found in The New Yorker |
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