Ginger Makela

"A Serious Man is the story of an ordinary man’s search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and F-Troop is on TV. It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him." - Ginger Makela via Bookmarklet

I've got a friend on the shooting crew. Cool stuff. Saw them on their first day shooting at Keys restaurant in Roseville, on Larpentuer on my way to work! - JoEllen

Keane's new album's cover has artwork from Korean artist, Osang Gwon, who has made a name for himself by creating figurative sculptures covered completely in hundreds and hundreds of photographs of his subject to create an effect seen in the above images of the three members of Keane. - Ginger Makela via Bookmarklet

"Dear Mr. President-Elect, It may surprise you to learn that among the issues that will occupy much of your time in the coming years is one you barely mentioned during the campaign: food...with a suddenness that has taken us all by surprise, the era of cheap and abundant food appears to be drawing to a close. What this means is that you, like so many other leaders through history, will find yourself confronting the fact — so easy to overlook these past few years — that the health of a nation’s food system is a critical issue of national security. Food is about to demand your attention." - Ginger Makela via Bookmarklet

"No, this isn’t Napa or a wine section of France. This is the Palisade region of Colorado, a dry, sunny area on the Western Slope, and the winemaking hub of Colorado’s fledging viticultural industry. In recent years, the vineyards here have produced award-winning varietals and blends, making Colorado a rising star in the wine-making universe. More important, it’s given active travelers yet another reason to visit this outdoorsy state, a place where you can push yourself to the physical limit by day, and then relax with a good meal (and an even better glass of wine) at night." - Ginger Makela via Bookmarklet

Colorado is so diverse. I miss it. :[ - Brandon

One of my coworkers was just telling me about this literally at lunch. Sounds like a good time. - Clare Dibble

"Why am I too big to fail? It’s important to grasp the critical role that I play in a wide-ranging but fragile web of economic relationships. If I go belly-up, I will no longer be able to tip my doorman when he gets me a taxi. This is not a hypothetical situation. I have studiously avoided tipping him for a solid month now. Consequently, he no longer has cash to spend at the liquor store after work, and the liquor-store owner no longer has money to spend on Internet porn. Given that Internet porn is the only fundamentally sound engine of the American economy, we’re playing with fire here. If that stalwart industry is allowed to fail, Asian porn companies will rush to fill the void, offering porn that is both cheaper to produce and way hotter than ours. What will it take to keep this from happening? There are no guarantees, but sending me a check for twenty million dollars would buy us all valuable time." - Ginger Makela via Bookmarklet

Cool fall weather + saucy cheese + apples + crusty baguette. - Ginger Makela via Bookmarklet

Welsh rabbit fondue made with cheddar and beer is one of my favorite dishes to make in the fall. - Chris White

YUM!! - Mavericky Awesomesausages

[like] :) - edythe

designers try this every season. to no avail. JLo's line of jumpsuits were especially horrific - lizvetica via twhirl

hee! another awesome pic, ginger. :) - edythe

You look like you're wearing white "Multiples" from Dayton's. That's praise, btw. - Wm Scott Rees

"Every time we slip effortlessly into a daydream, a distinct pattern of brain areas is activated, which is known as the default network. Studies show that this network is most engaged when people are performing tasks that require little conscious attention, such as routine driving on the highway or reading a tedious text. Although such mental trances are often seen as a sign of lethargy - we are staring haplessly into space - the cortex is actually very active during this default state, as numerous brain regions interact. Instead of responding to the outside world, the brain starts to contemplate its internal landscape. This is when new and creative connections are made between seemingly unrelated ideas." - Ginger Makela via Bookmarklet

I do my best thinking in the shower or while trying to get to sleep. Sometimes staring out the window is good, but not as much. I've been doing lots of repetitive physical labor lately, and don't have much in the way of ideas to show for it. - Gabe

@Ginger check out the Frontal Cortex blog from the author of this article, you will enjoy it http://scienceblogs.com/cortex... - Shakeel Mahate

"She is an avid reader who favors poetry over novels while filming so she’s not distracted by competing narratives. Looking ahead to her year off she said that she wanted to pick up a skill, some kind of handicraft. “I want to humble myself in front of a task like embroidery,” she said. “I like how physical work can really free your mind.” At a low point last year she signed up for night classes in bookbinding and calligraphy. “I was prouder of my little foldout book than of some movies that I’ve made,” she said." - Ginger Makela via Bookmarklet

She's a bit of a chameleon and very talented. - Michael W. May

She is becoming one of my favorite actors. - Anna Lynn M.

"Here, deep within the Apex Electronics store, Laura and Kate Mulleavy are carefully excavating a hoard of insulated wires. “The Teflon-coated ones have the most intense colors,” Kate says as she uncoils several inches of blazing vermilion wire, a remnant from a local aerospace firm. Kate, 29, and Laura, 28, are sisters, artistic collaborators and partners in Rodarte, the three-year-old fashion label based in Los Angeles." - Ginger Makela via Bookmarklet

"The Coens’ “Life is strange” file must be overflowing by now. For more than two decades they have made popular movies — some loved by critics, some loathed — by following a simple formula: Typically, a slightly down-on-his luck protagonist driven by a single motivating belief (“The Dude abides,” “I’m a writer”) gets involved in a low-level criminal plot involving kidnapping or extortion, setting off a chain reaction of complications and reversals. And more often than not, somebody gets shot in the face." - Ginger Makela via Bookmarklet

Best In Show is the greatest and so is Parker Posey. Her performance is devastating in this movie. The way she hisses at her husband when they forget their dog's toy is perfect. - Tödd Nëmët

I never realized that was Parker Posey - Lindsey Smith

My favorite movie of all time! Absolutely love Parker!! - Joyce Goh

Free MP3 download at newyorker.com. 1) I just finished reading Brodkey's "First Love and Other Sorrows" and loved it 2) I can't believe I haven't read any of Brodkey's work before 3) I love discovering amazing authors who I can't believe I've never read before. - Ginger Makela via Bookmarklet

i love that collection as well, ginger. :) brodkey is a wonderful writer. - edythe

"For the cost of our townhouse in Denver, we’d get half the square footage at twice the price in Boulder. Not so much." Sometimes the price for cool is just too high. - Kevin D. White

yep. well said. - edythe

I was wondering when this would resurface. Now I know. - Ginger Makela via Bookmarklet

lmao, me and some friends were just talking aboug pegging jeans, over dim sum! - Louie

In our neck of the woods it wasn't called "Pegging" your jeans it was called "French Rolling" and I remember explicitly the appeal was that, since bell bottoms or anything resembling a flared bottomed pant were such a taboo in the 80s, that's what French Rolling your jeans protected you from. It was about the taper, not the roll. - Wm Scott Rees

"Aerosmith don't have a new album out, but the band still scored the biggest sales week of its 38-year career in early July, thanks to the fastest-growing new business in rock: video games. The new Guitar Hero: Aerosmith — which lets fans use the franchise's familiar plastic guitar controller to play 25 songs from "Sweet Emotion" to "Love in an Elevator" — sold over 567,000 copies in its first week, grossing more than $25 million, at $50 a game." - Ginger Makela via Bookmarklet

My kids are very heavily influenced by the music in the their games. I am always surprised, but pleased, when I hear the clash come from their DSes - RAPatton

More evidence of a growing trend: a musician's brand is the most valuable and important thing and music is just one of the products that they sell. Seen this a lot already in rap/hip-hop/teen pop/pop. Now moving into other genres. - Ginger Makela

"Running until 1942 the diaries cover the start of the Second World War as well as Orwell's own travels to Morocco following the illness and injuries he sustained while fighting in Catalonia during the Spanish Civil War. His political musings, which begin on September 8 1938, give a unique insight into Orwell's views on communism, fascism and the press" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new... - Ginger Makela via Bookmarklet

All. Over. That. - Aaron Brazell

How cool is that! He is one of the few writers I reread - in particular Politics and the English Language and A Hanging. - Thomas Brox Røst

"The MySpace profile was set up to advertise jewelry in Cartier’s Love collection, but visitors can also sample music from artists like Lou Reed and Grand National, including several songs with the theme of love that were composed for Cartier. They can watch film clips with a romantic story line. And, of course, they can click on any of those friends’ pictures to visit their profiles." - Ginger Makela via Bookmarklet

Classy. - Mike

MySpace and Cartier... ZOMG! Can I be its friend? Can I add 42 songs playing at the same time to the main page? How about a Top Ten Best Friendz Necklaces 4EVA app? - Adam Lasnik

I've *tried* to read two different novels by Dostoevsky but have never made it past the first few pages. Same thing with Joyce Carol Oates. - Ginger Makela via Bookmarklet

I never finished Dubliners. This was a heavily footnoted version - I think it actually was the footnotes that put me off it. - Thomas Brox Røst

The only shame is having never read something you really *wanted* to read. In my experience, no one over the age of 16 really *wants* to read The Fountainhead. And everyone, I believe--even diehard fans of southern literature--finds Faulkner intolerable. Couldn't stomach Moby Dick? Try Omoo, or Mardi. Melville wasn't always such a stick in the mud. Too many authors and critics--and fans--forget one important fact: Literary posturing does not equal intellectual depth. - Derrick Burns

"High-fructose corn syrup is a sweetener used in many processed foods ranging from sodas to baked goods. While the ingredient is cheaper and sweeter than regular sugar, new research suggests that it can also make you fatter." - Ginger Makela via Bookmarklet

Know what's making me fat? Eating cookies, not getting enough exercise, and genetics. - ☺ Cecily ☺

Mark H., I know you take pride in being a shit-stirrer, but I'm trying to reconcile your "not a moron" statement with your statement that YOU know "how to eat healthy." Obesity has gone up threefold in this country since 1980. That translates into more heart disease, cancer, diabetes, etc. that we (as a society) end up paying for. In other words, it's not all about you. - Karim

"Other researchers have determined that mirrors can subtly affect human behavior, often in surprisingly positive ways. Subjects tested in a room with a mirror have been found to work harder, to be more helpful and to be less inclined to cheat, compared with control groups performing the same exercises in nonmirrored settings." - Ginger Makela via Bookmarklet

"What is it about our reflected self that it plays by such counterintuitive rules?" - Robert Seidman

this is part of what that great ny'er article was about a few weeks ago... - edythe

Summer = blue sky, an orange gingham dress, and a handful of county fair ribbons. - Ginger Makela via Bookmarklet

I have an great aunt that dominates the county fair circuit for her pies and homemade candy. I can vouch for her homemade, candy; it is great! - RAPatton

mom? - Karim

The darkness of the blue sky is gorgeous. - Wm Scott Rees

"Which seems to me counter to our culture’s current sway: move where the career opportunities are, where you – the individual – can grow." --- I would say where you career can grow. I don't think people in general, are what the do for a living, and I would also say you will grow as a person no matter where you are. Experiences will keep layering on you and changing you. ------ My dad moved us at least every 3 years as a child following career opportunities, and I don't know that if it brought him happiness, because eventually he returned to Ohio. After a good decade and a half of living here, he had career wonderlust once more and moved to Milwaukee. He hasn't stopped regretting it and the closest he has been able to get back home since is Dayton. I could do a lot better if I moved to California, DC or NYC in terms of finances, but I like where I live and I make enough. - RAPatton

very good post, Ginger. I have to catch up with your last two. My family in North Carolina is similar in staying in one place--in their case, for hundreds of years. My father and mother are the only ones who have ventured out. - edythe

Salary not the only opportunity, moving costs not the only expense of moving? Hmm, looks logical to me. - 9000

From the article: "In recent weeks, anchors on the Fox affiliate in Las Vegas, KVVU, sit with cups of McDonald’s iced coffee on their desks during the news-and-lifestyle portion of their morning show. The anchors rarely touch the cups." - Ginger Makela via Bookmarklet