August 20th, 2010 by Nathan | 10 Comments
I’ll tell you what juzgado means: it means judged. And that’s sorta how I’m feeling (yes, I know how much the condition of the delicate flower of my heart means to all of you) after reading Christopher’s post yesterday on the pretension of those who seek Spanish-speaking babysitters.
Christopher didn’t aim it at us per se, but we [...]
March 8th, 2010 by Nathan | 5 Comments
Our friend DaddyTypes had a very good week last week. Not only did he bring forth this hilarious Goodnight Moon Star Wars edition by Noah Dziobecki (titled “Goodnight Forest Moon”, of course), but he also reminded us of the awesome that is mid-century New York street photographer Helen Levitt. She’s got an exhibit at the [...]
February 10th, 2010 by Nathan | 2 Comments
I’ll tell you where the outrage is. It’s at Daddytypes, who fumes a little that the Consumer Product Safety gurus’ latest recall is for cribs that have been killin’ since 2002.
Would it be too libertarian of me to take some pleasure in yet another example of federal incompetence? After all, this is supposed to be the [...]
December 31st, 2009 by Nathan | 4 Comments
Trawling Daddytypes.com, where it’s been a busy week full of love for wood and hate for Lufthansa, I came across this, from the new compilation of last interviews given by Chilean author Roberto Bolaño:
In the end, one could talk for hours about the relationship between a father and a son. The only clear thing is [...]