Author: theazureshadow

For some reason I find it comforting that modern-day adventurers can still disappear without a trace.

Nathan came on Friday to visit me. I hadn\’t seen him since he visited Spokane in October, so I was very happy to have him come. I got to see the Project Peach animatic. I have to say, it\’s coming along well. Makes a lot more sense than The Elephant\’s Dream. I can\’t wait to…

My darling Sarah, to whom my undying love flows: I adore you. I bask in your affection, which reflects off the ionosphere like a broad spectrum radio wave and effuses the firmament beneath my feet, the very air through which I swim. I revel in your intelligence, which shines as a beacon far off to…

One: Recently, I said to Arwen in an e-mail that her entries needn\’t all be pristine masterpieces of wit and erudition, that we would enjoy some quick random posts, too. True to form, she took my comment and ran with it. Two: I have occasionally pestered Aaron to post more often in his journal. A…

Finished High Windows by Philip Larkin, started and finished A Smell of Fish by Matthew Sweeney. They were both quite good, but I found the Sweeney more engaging just at the moment. Here\’s a poem by Matthew Sweeney for you all: Incident in Exeter Station for Eddie Linden He came in the door, staring at…

I just finished The Omnivore\’s Dilemma, by Michael Pollan. It was quite a good book that opened up a whole new realm of thinking about what we eat, how we eat it, and what the implications are. Throughout the reading of a book, I am always conscious of how far through it I am. I…

The rhythm in this poem impressed me, for some reason. It\’s all iambic tetrameter, with only a few substitutions, but there\’s a more subtle rhythm going on. Maybe it\’s with the longs and shorts of the syllables, or something. I find it most strongly in the last two lines of each of the first two…

Because I\’ve been too lazy to post hardly anything about my travels so far, I\’m going to give you three photosets. Some of you may have seen them on Flickr already, but many of you probably haven\’t. There are a lot of pictures up there. British Museum Too much to see in one go. I…

In a manual on torture awareness given to Canadian diplomats, the United States was listed among countries where prisoners are in danger of torture. The U.S. complained, prompting the Canadian foreign minister to apologize, saying that \”the manual is neither a policy document nor a statement of policy. As such, it does not convey the…

PB & J and a juice box. It doesn\’t get more retro than this.