Category Archives: Friends
Couch-catted
With the passage through the Capitol area of the biggest winter storm in almost a century, the fabric of our day-to-day lives has shifted in some marked ways, only a few of which actually have to do with the snow. Direct fallout … Continue reading
Filed under Art History, Friends, linguistics, The church of "I Hate You", Williams
It Must Have Been the Lack of Hand Sanitizer
An excellent historical find by one of my favorite Ephs, Jessica Mahoney, ’10 (current manager of GQ!), concerning the name that was inscribed on the fireplace in her room in Perry: Gov. Pennoyer’s Only Son Dead - A Bright Young Student … Continue reading
Filed under Friends, New York Times, Research, Williams, williams college
Jimmyjammed
Money quote on the William T. Wiley exhibition we saw earlier this fall down at the SAAM: He applies an expansive, satiric imagination to all manner of subjects, from the stains on his studio floor to concerns about the environment … Continue reading
Snowpocalypse
Some great photos by Ruth documenting our response to the D.C. Snowpocalypse 2009 (also known as Thundersnow) which mostly included playing in Lincoln park. Not documented – us mercilessly mocking the Capitol area newscasters for their lack of New England … Continue reading
Filed under Christmas, Friends, photography
Sir, I protest! I am NOT a merry man!
I’ve had a bit of a Star Trek renaissance this fall, what with online availability and the free time granted by underemployment. It’s so interesting to compare old TNG episodes to something like Battlestar Galactica. Of course the kinds of … Continue reading
March of the Nobles
So you remember that air-guitar cover band I saw rocking out across from Tunnel City a year and a half ago? They were back today, except with real instruments making some kind of transcendent noise outside of St. Pierre’s Barber … Continue reading
Clearly Going
In the long-running debate between the mountains and the shore, I think that Hawai’i, the biggest island of the archipelago, may provide the best resolution. We’re staying in Waikoloa, about thirty minutes north of Kona, at a condo overlooking a … Continue reading
