Christa’s Friends Vox 2008-07-03T14:00:30Z tag:vox.com,2006:6p00e3989c3ed60004/explore/friends/library/posts/ makes you stronger The Book Pile: 1 Dead In Attic tag:vox.com,2008-07-02:asset-6a00cd978613a1f9cc00fa9683bcf60002 2008-07-02T15:11:00Z 2008-07-03T14:00:30Z Kyle http://littleroom.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina

Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans? Chris Rose is a columnist for the Times-Picayune. His book 1 Dead in Attic is a collection of his post-Katrina columns. The city he describes in this book is a battered, broken city, but we all kne...

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]]> Giraffe is proclaimed Hero of the Animal Kingdom tag:vox.com,2008-07-02:asset-6a00d4144cbebb6a4700fad695cbed0005 2008-07-02T01:12:34Z 2008-07-02T01:12:34Z Befanee http://befanee.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Mon Jun 30, 4:06 PM ET AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Amsterdam police say 15 camels, two zebras and an undetermined number of llamas and potbellied swine briefly escaped from a traveling Dutch circus after a giraffe kicked a hole in their cage. ADVERT...

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]]> 10 in 6: The Best Music of 2008(So Far) tag:vox.com,2008-06-26:asset-6a00cd978613a1f9cc00fae8c69043000b 2008-06-26T17:39:20Z 2008-06-27T17:46:54Z Kyle http://littleroom.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Brighter Than Creation's Dark The Midnight Organ Fight The Odd Couple For Emma, Forever Ago Parc Avenue Real Emotional Trash Santogold 01 Play Your Part (Pt. 1) Evil Urges Narrow Stairs

Brighter Than Creation's Dark -- Drive-By Truckers The Midnight Organ Fight -- Frightened Rabbit The Odd Couple -- Gnarls Barkley For Emma, Forever Ago -- Bon Iver Parc Avenue -- Plants and Animals Real Emotional Trash -- Stephen Malkmus and Th...

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]]> My Mother is going to be Imported tag:vox.com,2008-06-21:asset-6a00d4144cbebb6a4700fa96803bab0002 2008-06-21T01:25:58Z 2008-06-21T01:35:25Z Befanee http://befanee.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Christmas 017

I got a text message from my sister today...several text messages actually... It seems that our mother is being investigated by US Immigration. ... Yes, that's right, you read correctly. Read on... She was at her friend Mardi's house working ...

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]]> Sniffles tag:vox.com,2008-06-19:asset-6a00d4144cbebb6a4700fa967faba50002 2008-06-19T04:26:12Z 2008-06-19T04:26:12Z Befanee http://befanee.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I get a lot of interesting smells wafting into my open windows throughout the summer. Most often it's tacos/Mexican food from the 3 (count em one two three) restaurants across the street and cigarette smoke (gag). Lately, however, I have been grac...

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]]> Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner tag:vox.com,2008-06-18:asset-6a00cd978613a1f9cc00fa96801e470003 2008-06-18T14:27:21Z 2008-06-25T23:33:09Z Kyle http://littleroom.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom The idea of a grass-based farm has intrigued me ever since reading Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma. A large portion of the book covers Pollan's experience at Joe Salatin's Polyface Farm in Virginia. I knew moving to Minnesota would place m...

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]]> Me and Flickr are tight tag:vox.com,2008-06-16:asset-6a00d4144cbebb6a4700fa967f5e1c0003 2008-06-16T05:01:27Z 2008-06-16T05:01:27Z Befanee http://befanee.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Pics

The Instructions: a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search. b. Using only the first page, pick an image. c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker The Questions: 1. What is your first na...

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]]> A Book Pile Two-Fer: The Omnivore's Dilemma and Run tag:vox.com,2008-06-10:asset-6a00cd978613a1f9cc00fa967dcb7a0003 2008-06-10T20:00:06Z 2008-06-10T23:06:56Z Kyle http://littleroom.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Run The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

I've finished two books since my last update. Ann Patchett's Run and The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan. The premise of Run is simple. One evening the former white mayor of Boston is leaving a political rally with hs two adopted black son...

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]]> Clipped: Bill Gross tag:vox.com,2008-05-24:asset-6a00cd978613a1f9cc00fa9677c51f0002 2008-05-24T13:44:31Z 2008-05-24T13:44:31Z Kyle http://littleroom.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Jon Taplin pointed his readers to Bill Gross's June 2008 Investment Outlook. This quote calls out the American people and our presidential contenders for fooling ourselves. What this country needs is either a good 5¢ cigar or the reincarnation of...

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]]> Electricity tag:vox.com,2008-05-21:asset-6a00d4144cbebb6a4700fad68a14510004 2008-05-21T21:57:16Z 2008-05-21T21:57:16Z Befanee http://befanee.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Monday night when I got home I found a mysterious piece of paper on the stairs saying that an electrician needed to get into "your" apartment for rewiring or something and to please move all furniture away from the walls, May 20 and 21. 8:30am-5:3...

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