July 02 2009
June 29 2009
Happy birthday to me (and my type-ity type type) on #july6
Lately, certain things in my life have been left to their own devices or forgotten outright. Such things include regular household cleaning, renewing the license tags on my car, and tending to my…
4pm
June 18 2009
A Musical Ode to the Social Web
Ah, the social Web. That transparent, mystical place were friends and lovers come together and break apart, where digital footprints are forever (thanks to the
Way Back Machine and Google’s…
3am
June 16 2009
Jarle Bernhoft "Ever Since" (LIVE)
My. Oh. My. Jarle Bernhoft is a talented vocalist from Oslo, Norway with a swinging funkalicious 2008 debut album called Ceramik City Chronicles which, as far as I can tell, is unavailable for…
8pm
June 03 2009
How to get rid of boys FAST!
In honor of Ms. Erin Patton’s 11th year on this planet, I am re-posting this from another place I used to blog (somewhere that rhymes with ByPlace) because said Ms. Erin modeled for me in the feature…
7pm
May 31 2009
Flame & Citron (Flammen og Citronen)
The film Flame & Citron (Flammen og Citronen) is the based on the true story of two Danish resistance fighters who liquidate Nazi informers during World War II. The ever-amazing Mads Mikkelsen…
8pm
May 22 2009
Röyksopp + Robyn - The Girl [me] & The Robot [you]
Wanna know when you’re coming home. I go mental every time you leave for work You never seem to know when to stop I never know when you’ll return I’m in love with a robot In the…
8pm
May 19 2009
Social media learning: for business AND pleasure

Last week, Kevin Jones of
Engaged Learning invited me to participate in his Working/Learning Carnival. This is where a bunch of people write blog posts with a theme and the host of the…
3pm
May 12 2009
Blue Foundation "Shine"
A melody that illuminates that dark place left in winter’s Scandinavia. Blue Foundation’s haunting “Shine” is featured in this movie preview for the film Angel’s Gone. This is the film adaption…
8pm
May 05 2009
Perception is personal (and consequently, not negotiable)
Image via Wikipedia
The last few days are pockmarked with examples proving without a doubt that perception is personal. Some of them affecting me personally, some not. All jarring,…
2pm
May 02 2009
First Aid Kit "Our Own Pretty Ways"
Swedish sisters Klara & Johanna Söderberg from Stockholm, Sweden play together as First Aid Kit. The produce folksy, harmonized acoustic loveliness. Young and so talented, I hope to hear much…
7pm
April 28 2009
Archive "Lights" Live at the Foire du Trône
Archive. Man, I lurve these guys. They meet all my requirements for being groupie-worthy: Foreign Dreamy Lyrically deepArchive has been around (in one form or another) since 1994 (according to…
7pm
April 27 2009
How to write better and faster (and why the library makes me sexy)
Image by margolove via Flickr
I like to go to the free writing classes the
Multnomah County Library offers to the general public. They have a huge number of interesting programs…
2pm
April 19 2009
The Knife "We Share Our Mother's Health"
I just can’t get enough of Karen Dreijer Andersson lately, drawn time and again to her projects The Knife and Fever Ray. There’s a sweet spot I’m attracted to, a combination of utter weirdness,…
7pm