December 2009
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Jonathan Lasker in his New York studio “…this form, being both within the surface matrix, uh… of the painting, and yet at the same time suggesting an element that is foregrounding itself.  yet at the same time it has a kind of transparence to the ground that is, uh… kind of inmeshed in.”
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George W. Bush's baseball picks
from this 2008 interview with the then President: Q: Mr. President, I know you’re going to hate this, but I’m hoping that we may twist your arm and talk about baseball for just a moment. (Laughter.) Mr. President, you’re a Major League Baseball team owner again. Everyone is a free agent. You have a Yankees-like wallet. Who is your first position player? Who’s your...
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Matt Riviere
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Aesop fable
The Fox and the Grapes a hungry fox saw some fine bunches of grapes hanging from a vine that was trained along a high trellis, and did his best to reach them by jumping as high as he could into the air.  but it was all in vain, for they were just out of reach; so he gave up trying, and walked away with an air of dignity and unconcern, remarking, “i thought those grapes were ripe, but i see...
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