Close Talking

because i can never fully express myself in 140 characters

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May10

I Love LA

  • Kel: Do LA ppl like Randy Newman's "I Love LA"? I've never been clear on that.
  • me: YES
  • Kel: ok, good.
  • me: you could even say
  • "we love it"
  • Kel: !!!
  • I see what you did there!

May4

Apr23

“Rangel’s an institution,” said Adam Clayton Powell IV, Mr. Powell’s son, who unsuccessfully challenged Mr. Rangel in the last election. “I got my spanking two years ago; Espaillat will get his spanking now.”

(Source: The New York Times)

Apr8

Mar12

ourpresidents: Jacqueline Kennedy in New Delhi, India First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy with American Ambassador to India John Kenneth Galbraith at the U. S. Chancery, New Delhi. 3/12/12

ourpresidents:

Jacqueline Kennedy in New Delhi, India

First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy with American Ambassador to India John Kenneth Galbraith at the U. S. Chancery, New Delhi. 3/12/12

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Feb18

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Dec22

The two leaders shared a love of jazz, and Havel surprised Clinton with a gift: a tenor saxophone. “It was a time of hope,” Clinton says. “Havel gave me this tenor sax. He told me that under the Communists, Czechoslovakia had to make all the saxophones for the Warsaw Pact. But now, he said, we will have to compete, and I hope we are up to it.” The sax, Havel pointed out, no longer carried a Communist insignia, but rather the symbol of Havel’s movement: OF, for Občanské Fórum or Civic Forum. The O contained a whimsical smiley face, a wry, self-deprecating wink at the pretensions of power.
Paul Begala reflects on Vaclav Havel, playwright-turned-world leader, with Bill Clinton (and Madeleine Albright), including this great moment in smiley face history. (via cheatsheet)

(via ourpresidents)

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Dec21

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