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Comment on No dogs (or cats) allowed, so…. by Emdashes

Emdashes — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:15:17 +0000

Emdashes Turns Four! A Post of Amazement….

Founder Emily writes:

In blog years, we’re very mature: Emdashes turns four today. I began it in a red-floored Chelsea loft as a labor of love, an antidepressant, and a scratch for my irrepressible itch to sample new technologies. These days, happily…

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Comment on The goat party! by NYkette

NYkette — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:07:41 +0000

Well, I miss them, but I can’t live there anymore and expect to earn a living! That’s for sure!
They were fun days, though! I mean, when I wasn’t being ripped off by old biddies renting me my chambre de bonne for cash….
I really wanted to move to Berlin! But there was no work there either!

Comment on The goat party! by Maria

Maria — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:49:34 +0000

I miss those days, too.

But I’m also fully aware of the fact that it wasn’t a great time just because we were in Paris, but because of you and all the others I’ve met there.

So things just wouldn’t be the same if I went back.

Comment on The goat party! by NYkette

NYkette — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:36:45 +0000

You’re right, I never saw rose petal ice cream outside of France. I had an ice cream lady at the Jardin du Luxembourg who I used to buy one scoop cones of it from, who always added a little more and a little more until it became an unofficial two scoop cone. I guess she appreciated my loyalty. I’d never buy from her competitor right across the way at the park entrance!
I imagine she’s selling roasted chestnuts now that it’s winter! She used to drink her morning coffee at my café. She was really friendly and chatty, while her husband just read the paper and folded the little paper bags for the chestnuts and never said a word.

I miss those days.

Comment on The goat party! by Maria

Maria — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:25:08 +0000

Sure I do!

But the stuff seems hard to get outside of France. But they do sell rose petal jam in the Turkish and Arab shops over here - but I havent’t tried that yet. Said to be sticky-sweet but rather nice.

Comment on The goat party! by Emdashes

Emdashes — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:22:56 +0000

New Yorker Artists & Covers Online…

General resources for New Yorker cartoons, art, and cartoonists online The Cartoon Bank The New Yorker’s Cartoon Caption Contest The New Yorker’s Cartoonist of the Month blog Skating cartoons from the magazine Chris Wheeler’s gallery of cartoons and…

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Comment on The goat party! by NYkette

NYkette — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:47:16 +0000

Yes, I remember! I loved that little guy! So cute!
Remember the rose petal ice cream?

Comment on The goat party! by Maria

Maria — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:39:16 +0000

You seem to make goat friends everywhere. Remember the one in Provins?

Comment on Modern times! by NYkette

NYkette — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:38:00 +0000

Oh, I think all that messianic talk is just nonsense. People aren’t idiots. Well, maybe some are, but not the majority. It’s only that the fact he got elected not just in spite of being black, but also because so many people actually WANTED him (unlike when Gore got elected and then dumped by the Supreme Court), that makes people feel like anything is possible.

Things will be hard here! Everywhere! I told a McCain supporter yesterday that I would be “spreading my wealth” to him, so why would he complain? And he said, typically, “Not to me, maybe to all the people on welfare!” And I said, hey, buddy, the way things are going, you may well be on welfare soon. So don’t disdain my money or welfare recipients so quickly.”

For that matter, it could happen to any of us, if the fashion industry keeps shoring up its spending. A whole line of clothes I did fittings for all season just got cancelled. Luckily they had to pay fitting by fitting and my pay doesn’t depend on whether the line sells or not. Only my future fittings depend on the success of a line.

But that’s a whole line of clothing that won’t be sold, and won’t have a profit, and voila! Less money for that company, and probably less employees next year, if the company even exists next year. That designer is probably better off taking commissions from bigger companies now, like H&M, or Anthropology, or Kmart, so she has no more overhead, just intake.

That’s what I’d be going for, if it were me! I’m working like crazy, not turning anything down no matter how low the pay, because all those little jobs may be all I have later, you just never know. And they add up!

Comment on Modern times! by Maria

Maria — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 07:53:30 +0000

I just hope that he can live up to the high expectations that everybody built upon him. It’s a bit scary actually, some people seem to take him for the new messiah.

And of course he’s not going to be able to solve each and every problem there is. And certainly not within a very short time span.

So there is going to be some disappointment. Inevitably.

I’m really curious on what the future will bring. It certainly is a brighter future than in the years before. And it also is a brighter future than with all other options. And for the rest - we will see…