Artificial Night: May 2010

19 May 2010

As a big fan of John Cheever, I was delighted to take Jon Gruber's recent suggestion:

Read this while watching this.

Do it a couple of times, actually.

More soon.

(I promise.)

JS

Evidence Of The End Of Times

"Call off the apocalyptic predictions. The 200 blackbirds that fell from the sky in a small Arkansas town on New Years Day were targeted by someone with fireworks, experts say. The dead birds caused a stir because this is the second New Years in a row that their carcasses have littered the streets of Beebe, Arkansas. Last year, some 4,000 dead birds were found across town. However, this year investigators found fireworks near a roost. They believe someone deliberately spooked the birds into a frenzy, hoping they would drop from the sky."

19 May 2010

It Was A Fine Day