Domesticity-related Parries
January 2008
I Do Like Mondays
First procedure: clean out the 2-cup mokka from the previous usage. The sink here is metal and I enjoy lightly bashing the coffee holder against it to knock the damp grains out then putting them in the rubbish before swilling out the remains under the tap. The sound is just the same as baristas make in cafes.
October 2007
Jam and bread, Jam and bread, Jam and bread!
In retrospect, my dog Maddie had a simpler life; the big adventures of uprooting only came in the last year of her life, whereas her offspring Jam has spent over a third of hers here in Italy, with her fixtures — first Maddie and then me — falling away.
July 2007
The Soft Ache of Cold Hotels
The back yard is now set up and quite effortlessly picturesque, with its greenage and raw brick walls. Until we start trying to grow wee vegetables nothing else need be done except the daily maintenance of clearing the butts from the ashtray and the leaves from the ground.
May 2007
Daily Yin
For my first test of the day as day, I open the back door and step outside to the little patio to see the sky and feel the air. I realize not everybody does this, so if people tell me I’m a miserable bastard then perhaps this little habit will correct their impression.
April 2007
Too Frou-frou for a Fry-up
A full cooked English breakfast is a naughty treat — not quite junk food but not the sort of thing to eat daily unless work involves cross-country skiing. So when going for a fry-up I like the slumming aspect.
Bee Fur
Music written before the invention of the train bores me. Maybe the relentless pleasurable rhythm of train travel forced composers to up the ante.
I Like it Here
Brighton lacks the buzz of a global city like London but it is vivacious and though it has its uglinesses it has elegant and even lovely parts.
November 2003
I Love Laundry
Ah how pleasing it is to have mine own washing machine. Its sound means that my home is indeed getting the modicum of manual intervention it requires from me. If all isn’t right with the world, not even in my world, at least the laundry cycle is functioning.
Domesticity-related Photos
Latmag does Domesticity
January 2010
Leon R. Kass, The Beginning of Wisdom, Pp. 406-7.
Jacob’s Summary
“ The biblical counterpart of Odysseus, Jacob must solve the fundamental human difficulties illustrated in the pre-Abrahamic chapters of Genesis. ”
And on the Trail
Tue 24 Apr ’12
Though I and the author, 42-year-old David Bainbridge, may be biased, middle-aged humans are the crowning achievement of evolution. [via aldaily.com]
Wed 18 Apr ’12
Walking in America, or rather the lack thereof. A 4-part series in Slate, by Tom Vanderbilt (whom I met 1996). What he doesn’t correlate national walking statistics to, and it seems to me the obvious thing, is the number of anti-depressants prescribed.
Wed 7 Mar ’12
Tue 3 Jan ’12
More vital than ever is the city, argues Edward Glaeser.
Wed 28 Dec ’11
There’s a name for something I’ve always wanted to do and lacked the gumption and follow-through and doubted it: Radical Honesty. The FAQ.
Tue 27 Dec ’11
Ambient Star Trek bridge sounds. For working geeks, via http://reedmaniac.com.
Thu 22 Dec ’11
Sun 27 Nov ’11
David Brooks on Charlie Rose discusses the new political schism in America, the recent rise of narcissism in the culture, and some general trends in the thousands of life summaries he’s solicited from readers over 70.
Sat 22 Oct ’11
We need to go back to nature in order to move forward. Amazing futuristic ways to be smart about energy in your own house by Philips at Dutch Design Week.
Thu 13 Oct ’11
The loss of play time to adult-directed activities is making children anxious and depressed.
Sun 4 Sep ’11
New book on being childless in Israel.
Thu 11 Aug ’11
The reprap, a self-replicating 3d-printer. Most mind-boggling thing ever.
Mon 11 Jul ’11
Born between 1965 and 1980, we are the divorce generation.
Wed 1 Jun ’11
Environmentalism in microcosm in Why your dishwasher no longer works by Jonathan V. Last. The science more often than not isn’t science, the issue snowballs into a platform for political grandstanding, and nobody benefits from the massive waste.
Mon 23 May ’11
If current fertility rates continue, Israel will have more 18-24-year-olds than either Iran or Turkey by 2085.
Mon 9 May ’11
Bless the internets. Great explanatory essay on dishwashers on epinions.
Tue 12 Apr ’11
O reason not the need — give us the Immersive Cocoon.
Tue 18 Jan ’11
Sat 7 Aug ’10
Saxondale tells The Sun how it is — an in-character interview.
Tue 13 Apr ’10
“Hash browns, yes or no?” “Never. They’re American.” On the English breakfast and thereby Britain itself.
Thu 1 Apr ’10
Another lovely end-of-our dog piece by Lily Burana.
Mon 8 Mar ’10
Thu 11 Feb ’10
Sat 14 Nov ’09
Wed 5 Aug ’09
Lovely punchy little essay presenting a fresh point of view on divorce. In the middle of a good life, husband says, “I don’t love you anymore. I’m not sure I ever did.” What to do?
Thu 18 Jun ’09
“Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off”. Seriously, why marry, if it’s less stable — as it is in the USA — than not doing so?
Mon 1 Jun ’09
At last, someone takes on gay marriage.
Wed 29 Apr ’09
Tue 28 Apr ’09
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