“It is in vain to dream of a wildness distant from ourselves,” Thoreau justified. “There is none such. It is the bog in our brain and bowels, the primitive vigor of Nature in us, that inspires that dream. I shall never find in the wilds of Labrador any greater wilderness than in some recess of Concord.”

I will be participating this year in NaNoWriMo so during November I will write a 50,000 word novel. Wish me luck!

Madonna’s dance-track acolyte, Lady Gaga, with her compulsive overkill, is a high-concept fabrication without an ounce of genuine eroticism.

– CAMILLE PAGLIA

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I really liked this movie. It was genuinely funny. The only qualm I have is Marilyn’s character. I didn’t like the tragicomic element. The alcoholism and the sadness (on her end) of the deception, and how she just accepts it guilelessly at the end sort of put a damper on the comedy. I guess Sugar was right, she wasn’t very bright. The character was a bit annoying, but maybe at the time it sold because Marilyn’s life was similarly tragic? And that’s what people wanted to see? Her performance is the only part of the film that didn’t really click for me. Otherwise, it was really funny, and I love the gender bending humor.

Edit: Sort of related, I really like the typography on this poster: (Czech)

Oscar was hurt when a combine harvester went over him while he was napping. But thanks to this vet he can now walk (and jump!) again. They are going to add paws to the legs to make his walking more natural. BBC will make a documentary series about Oscar and other bionic pets called “The Bionic Vet.”

They’re called intraosseous transcutaneous amputation prosthetics (ITAPs), and they’re drilled right into what was left of Oscar’s bones. They protrude down as stumps while the other ends are designed so that his skin will grow around them, making a sterile seal.

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I’m in the mood to do fun beach stuff. Volleyball, bonfires, stuff like that.