Blinks

• LIFE photo archive hosted by Google
  (via kottke) I've had a field day exploring this treasure trove. Includes this amazing picture of Nabokov and his wife chasing butterflies. Every song I've listened to today sounds better when looking at this picture.


• STARLINGS STARLINGS STARLINGS STARLINGS
  Sean of Said The Gramaphone explains how "Starlings", the opening track on Elbow's "The Seldom Seen Kid", properly uses the fanfare.


• Two Trees
  He entertains thoughts of theft: thoughts of looking for an old Scotch Pine, pulling the kids in a sled through the prairie, and lopping off its top with a hacksaw. Silly, he thinks, as he wanders with his son on one arm and his daughter running through a maze of cut trees, looking for one she likes. Jim, ever eloquent, looks back at chopping down trees. Here's my attempt at tree nostalgia from last year.


• The tyranny of the to-read pile
  Sam! I haven't visited you in a while. I forgot how well you know me. Somewhat related: The Well-Tended Bookshelf (via Book Forum)


• Peanuts online
  For free. (via The Millions) Not to be confused with our favorite place to order in-the-shell roasted peanuts, Nuts Online.


• Vulture's Complete Field Guide to the Facial Expressions of Keanu Reeves
  In the seventh grade, I wrote this guy a five page fan letter, so much was I moved by the range of his acting abilities. (via jessica)

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