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platshaw

  1. Great new short fiction by Matt @Debenham, author of "The Book of Right and Wrong"!... a story called "The Advocate" amazon.com/Advocate-Short…
  2. Photo: Thelonious Monk at the piano with other players in February 1959, rehearsing in a loft at 821 Avenue... tmblr.co/ZsxIWyFbIne6
  3. "A genius is the one most like himself" - Thelonius Monk tumblr.com/ZsxIWyAtqGSF
  4. Video: Interview with painter Fred Valentine - "My paintings are a lot smarter than I am, that's for sure." tumblr.com/ZsxIWyAakCFe
  5. @LettersOfNote - cool Henson video... around the 5:00 minute mark he says "help" and it sounds like Kermit
  6. "…a pencil sharpener—that highly satisfying, highly philosophical implement that goes..." tumblr.com/x5i4k1iaj6
  7. Photo: A stunning pic of Saturn eclipsing the sun, from NASA, taken by the Cassini spacecraft. tumblr.com/x5i4k1gofy
  8. @jahimes - our politics need an overhaul-- term limits for congress and campaign finance reform are a good start
  9. Video: Brazenhead Books is a “secret” bookstore, somewhere on the Upper East Side of NYC. This video is... tumblr.com/x5i4gm6msu
  10. @News12CT_Desk - what's he saying? The people who care most about his briefing are unable to watch!
  11. @debenham - Matt, allow me to be the first to wish you a belated happy birthday! Hope it was a good one...
  12. @stevegarfield @bre - wow, thanks for the heads up SG... it is truly amazing, I had no idea the Boston Globe still existed
  13. @jangroft - Hi Aunt Jan - VCFA just twitgratulated you on your award... I think I said congrats... but if I didn't-- congrats!
  14. Photo: photojojo: http://tumblr.com/x5i3ia1qr3
  15. @LettersOfNote - I'm guessing John Keen b/c of the mentorish tone en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thundercl…
  16. @LettersOfNote cool letter.... maybe to John Keen? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Keen
  17. @danijshapiro - great essay on N+1... I've been questioning my relationship with the internet lately...