“Basketball Diaries” Author, Punk Icon Jim Carroll Dead at 60 : Rolling Stone

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“You’re growing up. And rain sort of remains on the branches of a tree that will someday rule the Earth. And it’s good that there is rain. It clears the month of your sorry rainbow expressions, and it clears the streets of the silent armies… so we can dance.” - Jim Carroll

When I opened my door and climbed in it was still going on, the paragraphs and paragraphs of kindergarten awesomeness filled every available inch of space in the car. And I sat there for a second looking at her in the rearview mirror and thought, we just did it. We just lived that day together, she and I, we just took that monumental next step forward, and I’m so glad that I got to do it with her. And years from now when we’ve met for dinner and a glass of wine, we’ll talk about this day specifically.

The first nudge toward the edge of the nest | dooce®

(I’ll be honest, I just cried like a wee baby reading this entry. My girl’s first day of kindergarten was last week, and it makes me feel like we’ve just begun the rest of our lives. The life where she isn’t my baby anymore. Which is going to be ok.)

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British photographer Martin Pugh has been named the Astronomy Photographer of the Year. Martin’s Horsehead Nebula, which also won the Deep Space category, was taken with a 12.5” diameter Richey-Chrétien telescope and CCD camera mounted in his garden shed in Canberra, Australia. Martin, originally from Dudley in the Midlands, acquired the picture over 14 nights with a total exposure time of 19 hours.

Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2009