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But we’re all in it for the wrong reasons, at least some of the time. We’re all weaklings when it comes to our ego needs. The question is whether we have the patience to outlast these needs, and the doubts that energize them.

--Steve Almond writes elegantly and intelligently about the very sad situation at VQR.

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Killer first line of the moment:

I have lost more than I kept.

from John Casteen's "Enormity"

(Free Union, University of Georgia Press, 2009)

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I just went back this morning, and I uncovered a piece in the New York Times from 1877. And it's actually fascinating. They had a stray dog population, so what they did is they rounded up 750 stray dogs. They took them to the East River, and they had a large metal cage -- it took them all day to do this -- they would put 50 dogs at a time, 48 dogs at a time in this metal, iron cage, and lower it into the East River with a crane.

via Salon

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If you haven't yet, you should read this poem: "Vocation" by Sandra Beasley. I need to buy that new book of hers, once I have money for such things.

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Saw this show last weekend (the KEXP Free Concerts at the Mural Series). I wonder how long it is until the masses find out about these guys...

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Throwback goodness.