August 2010
9 posts
the hesitation waltz
dictionaryofobscuresorrows:
n. the moment of deciding whether to give a departing acquaintance a handshake or a hug, calculated by measuring your relative orbital trajectory, divided by the time it takes your signals to bounce back and multiplied by the proximity of close friends who just gave them a hug, the extreme gravity of which may well slingshot you into a heartfelt zombie lurch.
Anyone...
“The next day, re-read the single sheet of paper with the notes of your notes and...”
– Jack Hitt on writing - eerie parallels with the brief writing process.
“Passengers seem to know instinctively how to arrange themselves in an elevator....”
– Up and Then Down : The New Yorker
“In his dreams, he can get out everything he didn’t get out during his waking...”
– Roger Ebert: The Essential Man (via Instapaper)
