1. Http://www.online-literature.com/anton_chekhov/1289/ Anton Chekhov on next-door-posting, every-day-carry types of 1898, “The Man in the Case” ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_in_the_Case)

    The Man in the Case - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
    Figure 1. Link preview of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_in_the_Case, "The Man in the Case - Wikipedia".

    Fun. I’m reading some light socialist realism, "Stalingrad”, by Vasily Grossman, and this story came up in reference with a footnote so I tracked it down.

    Photograph of the Belikov Monument next to the Chekhov Gymnasium in Taganrog, from Wikipedia
    Figure 2. Photograph of the Belikov Monument next to the Chekhov Gymnasium in Taganrog, from Wikipedia.

    what finally makes the man start to crack is seeing a woman on a bicycle, war never changes

    Posted on Mastodon over two years agoon October 16, 2023 - 4:07 PM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/10/16/111245555436697335/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/10/16/111245555436697335/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  2. Hegemony havers complaining about their critics while getting their way are ridiculous. this message repeats.

    Posted on Mastodon over two years agoon October 12, 2023 - 8:13 PM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/10/12/111223873069900361/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/10/12/111223873069900361/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  3. Absolutely not, app badges privileges revoked

    iPhone "Phone" app notification indicator screenshot, a white "1" in a red circle over what looks like a very abstract magnetic tape reel to reel icon over the word "Voicemail" in dark gray
    Figure 1. iPhone "Phone" app notification indicator screenshot, a white "1" in a red circle over what looks like a very abstract magnetic tape reel to reel icon over the word "Voicemail" in dark gray.
    iPhone "Phone" app screenshot, text over a button:To retrieve a voicemail first set a password and greeting.[Set Up]
    Figure 2. iPhone "Phone" app screenshot, text over a button:To retrieve a voicemail first set a password and greeting.[Set Up].
    Posted on Mastodon over two years agoon October 12, 2023 - 12:45 AM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/10/12/111219279264263842/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/10/12/111219279264263842/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  4. I skipped the damned introduction (as per. I don’t read introductions first, they are for re-readers) and read it after, which is a lot of words to say some interesting things but mostly conclude that Walter Benjamin gets the closest to figuring Kafka out

    so I’ve now got https://docslib.org/doc/5900836/franz-kafka-on-the-tenth-anniversary-of-his-death open to maybe read, maybe abandon, at some later time, idk

    Franz Kafka: on the Tenth Anniversary of His DeathWarning Concerning Copyright Restrictions The Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or otherDocslib
    Figure 1. Link preview of https://docslib.org/doc/5900836/franz-kafka-on-the-tenth-anniversary-of-his-death, "Franz Kafka: on the Tenth Anniversary of His Death".
    Posted on Mastodon over three years agoon October 08, 2023 - 7:41 PM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/10/08/111201097251689358/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/10/08/111201097251689358/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  5. 22nd book of the year: “The Trial" by Franz Kafka.

    Someone in Bernal Heights (Bonview at or near Cortland? It was a few months ago) left a box of books on the sidewalk with “FREE” written on a flap that had a few things I grabbed, among them, DFW’s “Consider the Lobster, and other essays” which I started and abandoned (lol), and this.

    I enjoy stuff like this from time to time but don’t think I’m “smart enough” for it, whatever that means (and I’m not entirely sure).

    paperback cover, Schoken press edition, introduction by George Steimer, a red tinted photograph of a face—really only the right half from chin to eyebrow—peers through four black bars inset on a black cover
    Figure 1. paperback cover, Schoken press edition, introduction by George Steimer, a red tinted photograph of a face—really only the right half from chin to eyebrow—peers through four black bars inset on a black cover.
    the copy I read, yesterday, on my blue beach towel in the foregrown, my own shadow on the patio pavers in the background, where I was working on my suntan yesterday, wondering why god gives me his toughest battles (why I chose to read this instead of a page-turner that would actually be relaxing for the weekend)
    Figure 2. the copy I read, yesterday, on my blue beach towel in the foregrown, my own shadow on the patio pavers in the background, where I was working on my suntan yesterday, wondering why god gives me his toughest battles (why I chose to read this instead of a page-turner that would actually be relaxing for the weekend).
    Posted on Mastodon over three years agoon October 08, 2023 - 7:36 PM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/10/08/111201076486425085/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/10/08/111201076486425085/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  6. Arrabbiata base is just garlic, tomato, salt¹ and pepper²

    ¹ kosher, anchovy

    ² paprika, cracked black, red flakes, greek pepperocini

    arrabbiata base in the bottom of a sauce pan: minced garlic, tomato paste, kosher salt, anchovies, paprika, cracked black pepper, red pepepr flakes, minced greek pepperocini
    Figure 1. arrabbiata base in the bottom of a sauce pan: minced garlic, tomato paste, kosher salt, anchovies, paprika, cracked black pepper, red pepepr flakes, minced greek pepperocini.
    Posted on Mastodon over three years agoon October 07, 2023 - 11:49 PM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/10/07/111196409458823807/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/10/07/111196409458823807/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  7. Does bill graham have air conditioning? going to the qotsa show tonight and haven’t been there on a hot day before

    trip report: if they did it wasn’t up to the day or crowd, it was hot as hell in there

    nevertheless, great show

    audience photo of Queens of the Stone Age performing at Bill Graham Auditorium, the band is lit by a triangle of pink lights overhead hard to believe, I’m sure, but with a crowd of mostly 40-something couples in black rock t-shirts (yours truly included), the damned bar ran out of IPA before the band even started
    Figure 1. audience photo of Queens of the Stone Age performing at Bill Graham Auditorium, the band is lit by a triangle of pink lights overhead hard to believe, I’m sure, but with a crowd of mostly 40-something couples in black rock t-shirts (yours truly included), the damned bar ran out of IPA before the band even started.
    Posted on Mastodon over three years agoon October 06, 2023 - 11:07 PM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/10/06/111190581274327122/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/10/06/111190581274327122/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  8. Two nights of clean living, exercising again after a week of office work followed by a weekend house guest, plus a new pillow top on the bed, fell asleep at 9:30, did not wake up until 5:45.

    i will learn nothing from this pleasant experience.

    Posted on Mastodon over three years agoon October 04, 2023 - 3:01 PM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/10/04/111177345960417616/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/10/04/111177345960417616/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  9. Hosting my kid’s birthday party yesterday answering a friend’s question, “so how do you know all of these kids?”

    “Well that kid is so and so, they went to pre-school together. And that kid is so and so, they are in TK together. That kid in the red shirt is, ah, jeeze, a friend’s kid who we see all the time but I’m completely blanking on their name"

    She says, “Yeah, that’s so and so.”

    I say, "right, I forgot.”

    Then I realize I’m talking to the kid in the red shirt’s mom.

    Posted on Mastodon over three years agoon October 02, 2023 - 8:02 PM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/10/02/111167204587518582/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/10/02/111167204587518582/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  10. O/ to whoever left an entire box of http://www.totalgrantsolution.org mugs on the sidewalk by my place today. my first name is Grant so I grabbed two of them. the saul bass lookin’ design and generic company name are perfect

    photograph, white corporate coffee mug, company name side “Tekmeca” in red helvetica next to an abstract geometric green and blue logo
    Figure 1. photograph, white corporate coffee mug, company name side “Tekmeca” in red helvetica next to an abstract geometric green and blue logo.
    photograph, white corporate coffee mug, product name side “TOTAL GRANT SOLUTION” in red helvetica under to an abstract cut-up looking block and line three point star in red, yellow, and blue
    Figure 2. photograph, white corporate coffee mug, product name side “TOTAL GRANT SOLUTION” in red helvetica under to an abstract cut-up looking block and line three point star in red, yellow, and blue.
    Posted on Mastodon over three years agoon September 29, 2023 - 3:19 PM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/09/29/111149105812464645/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/09/29/111149105812464645/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.
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