By Mary on Apr 11, 2009 in notes from the trenches | 0 Comments
I can still tell you how to subway from 6th Ave. and 13th St. to Clinton Hill.
I still can’t remember how to parallel park.
This time next year these things will probably be reversed.
By Mary on Apr 9, 2009 in money, politricks | 4 Comments
Oh, this you must watch. Here is M.Ba, all hopped up some hot Lemon Zinger, preachin’ to the U.S. of Tea:
(Via Politics in Minnesota, who has to live with her, although according to the masthead it is run by “a tiny red speck in a big blue precinct,” so maybe they are the ones who [...]
By Mary on Apr 9, 2009 in politricks, reading, ugh | 0 Comments
You thought the publishing industry was in trouble? Come now. Would an industry in trouble hand a million (plus?) dollars to a 24-year-old campaign prop blogger best known for writing some captions in a children’s book about torture, and also for having bad grammar? Absolutely! I mean, no!
My point is, this is going be in [...]
By Mary on Apr 8, 2009 in cheap distraction, politricks | 2 Comments
Dirigo!
By Mary on Apr 4, 2009 in misc. | 0 Comments
From now on I am going to write this in my bio:
Mary Phillips-Sandy divides her time between Portland, Maine; New York City; Los Angeles; Krakow; and maritime Canada.
I have decided there is no good reason why the division of time must be limited to present time at the exclusion of past time, future time, hypothetical [...]
By Mary on Apr 3, 2009 in approved, the meaning of christmas | 0 Comments
By Mary on Apr 1, 2009 in approved | 0 Comments
Mainers,
Jess and I went out to Philly over the weekend and started a new band called “John and Benjamin with The Shamblers” with Ben from The Shamblers and John from The Tender & Vulnerable. We recorded 15-20 songs on a dictaphone (I’ve attached one of them to this), all hits. I’ll send more later.
Warnings: [...]