It is a terrible thing for the world at large that 3quarksdaily is taking a vacation, even if there are all those amazing pictures of hay posted. BUT as if the compensate me for this tragedy, the blog gods led me for the first time to check out 3quarksdaily’s links and then led my eyes to the most wonderful heaven sent site ever: Language Hat! This sublime site had been around for six years. It is having its sixth birthday this month, just like Hector the Cairn Terrier. There is a post on why people in LA refer to their freeways with the article “the,” as in “the 405,” and another about a russian word, and, and…I have to go back to it now and read six years of archives. Bliss.

What I heard:
I heard the first cicadas in Riverside Park
I heard a taxi meter rattling on West End Avenue; it sounded like a cicada
I heard leaves hissing as a rain storm blew down the Hudson
I heard an irate taxi driver honk his horn for three blocks; he had right of way, it’s true, but still…

What I want:
I want a Danish bicycle
I want a Danish cargo bicycle
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I want ‘em bad