W.B. McNamara’s tumblr experiment, being an aggregation of things: del.icio.us links, flickr pictures, Twitter text, and suchlike. Visit absono.us for more. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-318259-10"); pageTracker._initData(); pageTracker._trackPageview(); Tumblr (3.0; @whitneymcn)http://tumblr.absono.us/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzc84zrG2N1qz7ptno1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Finally clicked the button.</p>http://tumblr.absono.us/post/450426296http://tumblr.absono.us/post/450426296Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:14:59 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzc1p5hEui1qz7ptno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Monday: time to do laundry</b></p>http://tumblr.absono.us/post/450216840http://tumblr.absono.us/post/450216840Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:55:14 -0400<p>It’s the days when the Hype Machine tumblr reblogs me twice that I start to miss Tumblarity a little.</p>http://tumblr.absono.us/post/449879080http://tumblr.absono.us/post/449879080Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:49:16 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzbap9qkF71qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/449509557/happy-birthday-sly-stone" class="tumblr_blog">nevver</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Happy Birthday, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sly_Stone">Sly Stone</a></p></blockquote>http://tumblr.absono.us/post/449811014http://tumblr.absono.us/post/449811014Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:53:25 -0400<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kza8t6nLno1qz7ptno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Sunday</b></p>http://tumblr.absono.us/post/447990037http://tumblr.absono.us/post/447990037Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:34:22 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kza8tbZsbK1qz7ptno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Sunday</b></p>http://tumblr.absono.us/post/447990100http://tumblr.absono.us/post/447990100Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:34:22 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz9wtmaf6n1qz7ptno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Asobi Seksu</strong>, <em>Transparence</em> 10”</p> <p><em>On transparent vinyl, of course, a bonus for backing their Kickstarter project.</em></p>http://tumblr.absono.us/post/447611872http://tumblr.absono.us/post/447611872Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:15:22 -0400<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://tumblr.absono.us/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/447562281/tumblr_kz9uw5GNmi1qz7ptn&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><strong>Jimi Hendrix</strong> - <em>If 6 Was 9</em></p> <p>Chilly, grey, rainy Sunday morning. </p>http://tumblr.absono.us/post/447562281http://tumblr.absono.us/post/447562281Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:33:41 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz6vvilj4E1qz7ptno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Friday</b></p>http://tumblr.absono.us/post/443983873http://tumblr.absono.us/post/443983873Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:02:08 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz6je8MJCN1qarmmgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><blockquote> <a href="http://shotzombies.tumblr.com/post/443619462/friday">shotzombies</a>: Friday</blockquote></p>http://tumblr.absono.us/post/443676736http://tumblr.absono.us/post/443676736Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:16:14 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://tumblr.absono.us/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/443444998/tumblr_kz6db3RGya1qz7ptn&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><strong>Akron/Family</strong> - <em>Last Year</em></p> <p>No cover Friday today, just a beautiful song.</p>http://tumblr.absono.us/post/443444998http://tumblr.absono.us/post/443444998Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:21:03 -0500<p>For the last few months I’ve been going regularly to suburban DC, where my grandmother has been in hospice care in her home. On Tuesday, about half an hour after I got there, my grandmother died after 94 very good years.</p> <p>It was the second time in twelve months that I’ve been holding a family member’s hand as they died, and while I can’t honestly recommend the experience, I’m again grateful that I was there.</p> <p>She was a kind, strong, wonderful lady. She was at peace and ready to go, but I and many others will miss her.</p>http://tumblr.absono.us/post/443426145http://tumblr.absono.us/post/443426145Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:07:23 -0500<p>After a strange and difficult three days, I come home to find the following waiting for me:</p> <ul> <li>my family</li> <li>squid ink pasta with shrimp, pancetta, and broccolini</li> <li>a clear vinyl Asobi Seksu 10” that says “thanks Whitney!” on it (Kickstarter project bonus)</li> </ul>http://tumblr.absono.us/post/442176501http://tumblr.absono.us/post/442176501Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:39:39 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz4uzkVwr61qz7ptno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Thursday</b></p>http://tumblr.absono.us/post/441675902http://tumblr.absono.us/post/441675902Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:47:09 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz3013BCPP1qz7ptno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Wednesday, March 10</b></p>http://tumblr.absono.us/post/439459696http://tumblr.absono.us/post/439459696Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:40:19 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://tumblr.absono.us/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/439102019/tumblr_kz2ndeHvtp1qz7ptn&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><b>For Unto Us A Child Is Born (from Handel’s Messiah)</b></p> <p>One of my grandmother’s favorite pieces of music.</p>http://tumblr.absono.us/post/439102019http://tumblr.absono.us/post/439102019Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:08:02 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz0qk1sRAb1qz6dm2o1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><blockquote> <a href="http://catslock.com/post/436882301/alcohols-a-diuretic-biggie-wouldve-been-much">zoya</a>: Alcohol’s a diuretic. Biggie would’ve been much better off drinking water.</blockquote></p>http://tumblr.absono.us/post/436887986http://tumblr.absono.us/post/436887986Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:26:09 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz0m8mh21H1qz7ptno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://tumblr.absono.us/post/436770640http://tumblr.absono.us/post/436770640Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:48:22 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://tumblr.absono.us/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/436768908/tumblr_kz0m60YSnA1qz7ptn&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><b>Moon Duo</b> - <i>Escape</i></p> <p>One Wooden Shjip and one other, making 6:23 of blissful morning psych.</p>http://tumblr.absono.us/post/436768908http://tumblr.absono.us/post/436768908Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:46:48 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyxp1kKNq51qauenno1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Did you know that there was a banksy Tumblr?</p> <p>Neither did I, until yesterday.</p> <p><a href="http://banksystreetart.tumblr.com/post/436432518/jsncurescu-the-people-who-make-money-from-a">banksystreetart</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://jsncurescu.tumblr.com/post/433262820/the-people-who-make-money-from-a-goldrush-are-the">jsncurescu</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“The people who make money from a goldrush are the ones selling shovels”</p> <p>— banksy</p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://tumblr.absono.us/post/436761065http://tumblr.absono.us/post/436761065Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:40:00 -0500