“The opposite of war isn’t peace, it’s creation!” — a character in Jonathan Larson’s Rent
Jill Doughtie
Doughtie is pronounced DOW-tea.
“The opposite of war…”
Kindle and veggie juice at Le Pain Quotidien.
Kindle, coffee and Gavin at Intelligentsia.
Kindle at Buster’s.
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I like buying books on the Kindle because I like the idea of paying for content. I think it is important for paying for content to start feeling normal, even when the content does not come attached to something tangible (like paper). I want to be able to read high quality, expensive-to-produce content without it being laced with ads, and without having to buy it stamped on dead trees. I am not sure that ads alone could pay for that content to be produced, but even if they could, I also want content that is not at the mercy of advertisers. I want a clear, clean transaction where I pay money, and where the author’s loyalty belongs to the truth or to their art or to me.
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I also like being able to search my entire library, and being able to buy books instantly.
Kindle out on the town
- Neal Stephenson: In the Beginning was the Command Line
- WikiLeaks: a wiki of leaked documents and news stories
- WikiLeaks plans to make the web a leakier place (ComputerWorld)
- David Foster Wallace: Consider the Lobster (Gourmet):
“…watching the fresh-caught lobsters pile over one another, wave their hobbled claws impotently, huddle in the rear corners, or scrabble frantically back from the glass as you approach, it is difficult not to sense that they’re unhappy, or frightened, even if it’s some rudimentary version of these feelings …and, again, why does rudimentariness even enter into it? Why is a primitive, inarticulate form of suffering less urgent or uncomfortable for the person who’s helping to inflict it by paying for the food it results in? I’m not trying to give you a PETA-like screed here—at least I don’t think so. I’m trying, rather, to work out and articulate some of the troubling questions that arise amid all the laughter and saltation and community pride of the Maine Lobster Festival. The truth is that if you, the Festival attendee, permit yourself to think that lobsters can suffer and would rather not, the MLF can begin to take on aspects of something like a Roman circus or medieval torture-fest.” (more)
Favorite links of the day
- Beau Lotto: Optical illusions show how we see (TED)
- Elephant Birth (YouTube)
- 14th Annual At-Home Dad’s Convention
Favorite links of the day
This is my second Cinderella pumpkin. It’s smaller and less pancake shaped than its predecessor.
I am drying the seeds from the first pumpkin and saving them for next year.
Pumpkin harvest
- Stewart & Brown’s mulberry lydia cocktail dress
- Red wellingtons and yellow clogs
- Hand knit tabi socks
Monday wishlist
Some day, I want to live in Kirkland.
I’d like to live right by the lake. There’s so much water there, and there are so many green things growing.
I like all of the new construction. I like how the coffee shops are full of people in the tech industry. I like the walkable downtown. I like the shops, especially promesse. I like Bombaii Cutters, where I got my first very short haircut. I like the restaurants, especially Trellis. I like the cocktails at The Slip.
I like balconies with lake views.
A condo in Kirkland by the lake
These are my new favorite vegan shoes.
They’re outdoor tabi. They’re made of cotton, and they have a thin rubber sole. They split between the big toe and the other four toes. They have virtually no support, which some people like, including me. I think it makes your foot work harder and develop muscles. When I wear them, I feel the ground I’m walking on.
They fasten with hooks and four rows of loops. You connect with the row of loops that fits you best at each hook, up to your mid calf.
I like to wear them under jeans, and I like to wear them with a black dress.
Several tabi styles, including violet tabi, at Jika-Tabi.com