He recently linked to a news piece on the University of Texas's recent acquisition of David Foster Wallace's surviving notes and personal writings. If you've not heard of David Foster Wallace, you simply must, because he largely completed and surpassed the contemporary relevance of what can be called Post-modernism.
Anyway, they have his personal dictionary and compiled a list of the words that he underlined. They include such gems as
dis·ti·chous:
–adjective
1.
Botany. arranged alternately in two vertical rows on opposite sides of an axis, as leaves.
2.
Zoology. divided into two parts.
and
and many others.
Abagail Adams, my new thrash/spaz/hardcore project, had its fourth practice tonight. We've been writing a new song every practice, and it takes about an hour and always comes out very productive. Lots of moving around in these newest ones. I'll post recordings the very day that they exist. Hopefully that day will be very soon. I recently came across photos from the York PA music scene that i was a part of when i was fifteen. Reminds me of original things.
and
cete:
–noun
a number of badgers together.
as well as my favorite,
as well as my favorite,
leg·a·tee:
–noun
a person to whom a legacy is bequeathed.
Abagail Adams, my new thrash/spaz/hardcore project, had its fourth practice tonight. We've been writing a new song every practice, and it takes about an hour and always comes out very productive. Lots of moving around in these newest ones. I'll post recordings the very day that they exist. Hopefully that day will be very soon. I recently came across photos from the York PA music scene that i was a part of when i was fifteen. Reminds me of original things.
-Fixed my bike today. It was the first warm day in a while and i rode around 5 or 6 miles in the streets today. It's a pressing and visceral charm that my sweat cannot ignore.
