January 2009
3 posts
If Elected... (NYHS exhibit)
On Friday night, I finally enjoyed the two free hours offered weekly by the New York Historical Society. I could do that because Sarah Durning was not following me around, saying vulgar things and telling me how hungry she feels. (Several members of my Time Traveling Improv Class met at the uptown museum. More on that in a later entry.) In those two hours, we visited three exhibits. Here’s...
WatchI have been trying to post this since I started tumbling. Bluegobo finally figured out how to code so now you can embed their videos.
from the musical Ben Franklin In Paris, this is the song Half the Battle.
You’re welcome.
December 2008
3 posts
WatchVote for Ike Eisenhower.
Federal Hall: Part Two: Federal Hall
That’s a paintshop rendering of my crude hand-rendering of the map at the entrance to Federal Hall.
Doesn’t everything on there look ridiculously exciting?
If you read that with sarcasm, your heart is black. Go back and read it with a quiet, content joy.
The current special exhibit chronicles Associated Press coverage of the American Presidency. I’ve jumped on the AP is a...
Federal Hall: Part One: Getting there and History
I’ve been on a staycation from work since last week. During that time, the excel spreadsheet of intended historical visits has dwindled slowly until it was left with “Monday: Federal Hall, maybe Museum of American Finance.” That first one sounds like heaven, that last one sounds as boring as…a finance museum. I did not go.
The Federal Hall National Memorial Website...
October 2008
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August 2008
3 posts
“My mother was born before women could vote. My daughter voted for her mother for...”
– Hillary Clinton (via derbygirl)(via soupsoup)(via leilacohan)
“We are the daughters of feminists who said “You can be anything” and we heard...”
– -Courtney Martin, Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters (via leilacohan)
Great quote, though it’s a stretch to relate it to the topic of this tumblr.
July 2008
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June 2008
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