http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ scattered musings from molly's personal life en Vox Thu, 21 May 2009 14:27:42 -0400 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/nyc-pneumatic-tube-receptacle.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(molly) http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/nyc-pneumatic-tube-receptacle.html?_c=feed-rss http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/nyc-pneumatic-tube-receptacle.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 21 May 2009 14:27:42 -0400 NYC pneumatic tube receptacle Originally uploaded by maximolly. Everyone in the world knows of my fascination with pneumatic tubes. Here's one from the US Postal Museum. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/nyc-pneumatic-tube-receptacle.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251fcedb604a011017c95bce860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/come-visit-me-at-girlwonder-and-active-social-plastic.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(molly) http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/come-visit-me-at-girlwonder-and-active-social-plastic.html?_c=feed-rss http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/come-visit-me-at-girlwonder-and-active-social-plastic.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:22:47 -0500 I like Vox. But I like my own domains better. So that's where I've gone. girlwonder, my personal site since 1997 (and in other forms since 1995) active social plastic, my blog about architecture, design, urbanism, music, literature and other mo... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/come-visit-me-at-girlwonder-and-active-social-plastic.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251fcedb604a0109d0fd448a000f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/qotd-looking-back.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(molly) http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/qotd-looking-back.html?_c=feed-rss http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/qotd-looking-back.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:38:36 -0400 What part of your childhood do you miss the most? Submitted by Maretta. I miss the neighborhood where we lived: Macalester-Groveland in St. Paul, Minnesota. I grew up on Goodrich Avenue in St. Paul, which was walking and biking distance to all k... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/qotd-looking-back.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251fcedb604a00fa968ab3340003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd looking back http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/rip-guinness-1997-2008.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(molly) http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/rip-guinness-1997-2008.html?_c=feed-rss http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/rip-guinness-1997-2008.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:57:07 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251fcedb604a00e398f0c08b0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c2251fcedb604a00e398f0c08b0005-50si" alt="Jingle dog" /></a> <a href="http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251fcedb604a00f48d0dd7bd0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c2251fcedb604a00f48d0dd7bd0001-50si" alt="Guinness" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> More said news from my family. On Christmas Eve, we had to put Skeeter to sleep. It was sudden and very sad. I just got a call from my Mom that Guinness, our other dog, had to be put to sleep as well. He had a sudden liver problem and was going ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/rip-guinness-1997-2008.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251fcedb604a00f48cef2bd80003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> family guinness dog doggies skeeter http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/qotd-my-first-boyfriendgirlfriend.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(molly) http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/qotd-my-first-boyfriendgirlfriend.html?_c=feed-rss http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/qotd-my-first-boyfriendgirlfriend.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:09:05 -0400 How old were you when you had your first "official" boyfriend or girlfriend? What was he/she like? I guess it would have to be Bryan Iverson when I was 13, the summer between 7th and 8th grade. He was older than me -- he was 16, almost 17, and I... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/qotd-my-first-boyfriendgirlfriend.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251fcedb604a00f48d086c0c0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd first boyfriend/girlfriend http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/protection.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(molly) http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/protection.html?_c=feed-rss http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/protection.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:10:12 -0500 There's a nice epilogue to the whole grading story for the semester. On Monday, I got email from the professor who taught my favorite class last semester -- a straight history class on Europe between the wars. I got an A- on the paper and an A in ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/protection.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251fcedb604a00f48cfc7deb0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> history dog protection professor http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/prepare-for-the-death-of-your-ego.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(molly) http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/prepare-for-the-death-of-your-ego.html?_c=feed-rss http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/prepare-for-the-death-of-your-ego.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:25:35 -0500 When I was began thinking about applying to graduate school in late 2004, I had a conversation with Peter Lunenfeld, a professor in the graduate Media Design Program at Art Center College of Design -- he had visited Ivrea and I was one of his host... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/prepare-for-the-death-of-your-ego.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251fcedb604a00e398dce7770005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> school ego http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/so-well-i-fly-back-today.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(molly) http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/so-well-i-fly-back-today.html?_c=feed-rss http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/so-well-i-fly-back-today.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:46:47 -0500 It's been a really hard Christmas, a long trip (3 weeks) away from Princeton, long enough for a side visit to San Antonio to visit Enrique's family. I also have found a wedding dress and potential wedding location, a great caterer that I can't use... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/so-well-i-fly-back-today.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251fcedb604a00e398d046920005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/skeeter-1994-2007.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(molly) http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/skeeter-1994-2007.html?_c=feed-rss http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/skeeter-1994-2007.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 24 Dec 2007 13:09:54 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251fcedb604a00e398cb504f0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c2251fcedb604a00e398cb504f0005-50si" alt="Skeeter, 1994-2007" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> My mom got Skeeter around the time I finished college in November 1994. He was a Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen, a PBGV for short. The best part of coming home to visit my family was the cacophonous din he made when I walked in the door, like an a... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/skeeter-1994-2007.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251fcedb604a00e398cb3dc10002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> dog skeeter http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/pike-bubbles-listen-to-this.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(molly) http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/pike-bubbles-listen-to-this.html?_c=feed-rss http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/pike-bubbles-listen-to-this.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:52:14 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/audio/6a00c2251fcedb604a00e398ca6dc40005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c2251fcedb604a00e398ca6dc40005-50si" alt="02 Pike Bubbles" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> It struck me that you need to hear this song by the Cardigans. It's the b-side for the "Rise and Shine" single -- I got this in 1996 or so. It might just be my favorite song. You should listen to it. Biloobidiboom. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://girlwonder.vox.com/library/post/pike-bubbles-listen-to-this.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251fcedb604a00e398ca5b2d0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> cardigans pike bubbles