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April 12, 2008

Another way of seeing

There is another way of seeing, but it never
occurs to us to remove our glasses.

-- Ben Wolfson.

April 22, 2007

The best American understands America

The best American is not the American who has been here
the longest or the one who just arrived, it is the one who
understands the principles of America the best because
we are a country held together by ideas.

Rudolph W. Giuliani

November 12, 2006

Palpable innocence of Anna Faris

Palpable innocence, an effect created in part by her pearly skin
and flaxen hair and most especially by her tremulous blue eyes,
which she cranks open wide when the moment calls for it.

She is not given to making jokes or regaling people with merry,
self-absorbed tales. Rather, her charisma is carried primarily
in her face: her natural expression seems to be one of
incredulousness, which as a response to the world at large
— however mundane or absurd it may be in a given moment
— can seem pretty funny.

NYT review of Anna Faris.