walking around hearing singing on all the corners

from walter kirn’s rumination on getting older, “how i came out as gray”:

After taking my order, one of the girls behind the counter asked if she could ask me something. Being asked if you’re willing to be asked a thing is always a bad sign; I instantly stiffened.

“What?” I grunted. The girl, who appeared to be 18 or so, followed with something like: “It’s not that I think you look old or anything, but when was doo-wop, do you remember? Doo-wop music? When was that? The ’60s? The ’50s?” It just got worse. “The ’40s?”

“Late ’50s, early ’60s,” I said coolly, wondering if I was being paranoid. Did the girl really think that I was on the scene then or did she merely find me professorial, a man who appeared to be rich in general knowledge?

“That must have been so cool,” she said. “Walking around hearing singing on all the corners!”

just also really like this

Rosemarie Auberson

 (via apiece apart)

true, but how do you get on the beam?

there’s something inside you that knows when you’re in the center, that knows when you’re on the beam or off the beam.
– joseph campbell, the power of myth 

really gotta figure out how to get on that beam. the difference between when things are humming and when they are sludgey (mild sludge). applies to friendships, too, i think.

just really like this

Berndnaut Smilde, Nimbus II, 2012
Digital C-type Print
photo: Cassander Eeftinck Schattenkerk

this is my dream life in heaven

(via complex magazine)

here’s to pretzels

THE WORLD’S DRYEST SNACK

a somewhat confusing abbreviation

they know me

got this in the mail yesterday from my chase rewards card. “the luxury hotel & resort collection 2015” — about an inch thick, spotlighting participating chase rewards resorts around the world. i’m truly NOT the right market for this, and yet…is i?

good way to start the day

coffee / make it a double / extra calcium please

update: “make it a double” perhaps not the straightest road to a relaxed work day

the one thing i hoard

BOXES OF KLEENEX