Dean Smith made basketball a religion in our family, rivaled only by Presbyterianism, barbeque, and the Democratic Party. For many years, our dream scenario had gone something like this: Dean beats archrival Duke and its coach, the detested Mike Krzyzewski, for the national championship in April, then runs for the Senate (for which he had…
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there was a band playin’ in my head
Another good friend, Michael Cooper, I used to hang with a lot. Great photographer. He could hang and hang; he could take so much stuff. He was the only photographer I ever knew who actually had a tremor when he was taking pictures, and yet they’d come out right. “How did you do that? Your…
play colors
Painters stand between the junkies and the psychos. They don’t move, they don’t jump or whisper or dance; they listen ferociously. I admire this. — Kristin Hersh I’m reading Kristin Hersh’s Rat Girl right now; it is fierce and gorgeous and utterly heart-breaking. Highly, highly recommended. (I reading it among other things, I should say, as…
hockey: stars @ canes
But the point is, things are going crazy in Boise, and this is a city that once had Zamboni related drunk driving charges. — a commenter on Deadspin, about four years ago You guys, I have been waiting years with that line saved in my text file of quotes, because I was sure I would…
it’s not necessarily a deal breaker
C.J.: They sent me two turkeys. The most photo-friendly of the two gets a Presidential pardon and a full life at a children’s zoo. The runner-up gets eaten. Bartlet: If the Oscars were like that, I’d watch. Happy Thanksgiving, y’all.
triple double
“I tell guys in the (coaches) clinic all the time, one of the reasons I like to play as fast as we do is because coaches always have negative thoughts. If we’re going up and down the court so blasted fast I don’t have time to have negative thoughts.” — Roy Williams, circa 2008 or…
get it right
Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard. — Caterina Fake
with a folksinger’s heart
The reason you would create anything is because you love it enough to see it exist. — Robert Fritz, “The Path of Least Resistance”
without
The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera. — Dorothea Lange
brand new kind of photography 