“We act as if facing death weren’t one of life’s greatest, most absorbing thrills and challenges.”

July 11, 2011

The Good Short Life With A.L.S. - NYTimes.com

“Okay Swinton. You are awesome. Your life is wonderful. You sit and eat oysters while Jesus makes your hair look like David Bowie’s.”

June 29, 2011

Lydia Encyclopidia | Okay Swinton. We get it. You are awesome. Your…

“I emailed Dunn to let him know I’ve never been to Japan. “It has apparently been to you,” he replied.”

June 29, 2011

Discovering my microbiome: “You, my friend, are a wonderland” | The Loom | Discover Magazine

“Once you know about sitters and rovers, you see them everywhere, especially among young children.”

June 28, 2011

Is Shyness an Evolutionary Tactic? - NYTimes.com

“If you’re going to stay together, you need to make the same type of decision the U.S. made in 1787 to have a fiscal union.”

June 27, 2011

Tipping Point For The European Union? : NPR

“The worst thing in the world for an art thief would be to get stuck in traffic on the Schuylkill Expressway with a Cézanne.”

June 24, 2011

The $25 billion art move - Wall Street Journal

“I should say that I’m an agnostic - or, to use a term invented by the neuroscientist David Eagleman, a “possibilian”.”

June 24, 2011

New Statesman - Customs of my tribe

“It was almost a nostalgic moment when a few early 458s caught fire thanks to a flammable adhesive in the engine bay.”

June 24, 2011

The Sum of All Its Parts - NYTimes.com

“As a teenager I was often and intensely bored. No, that is not quite right. As a teenager I was often and intensely afraid.”

June 22, 2011

RB and me: an education | Ruins of the 20th Century

“It’s nice to see that American enterprise isn’t taking sides on the “Obama is awesome”/”Obama is the devil” debate.”

June 21, 2011

Duane Reade’s Progressively More Scary Obama Birthday Cards | The Awl