Think Happy Thoughts Vox 2007-04-15T01:00:32Z Jackson Fox http://jacksonfox.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c2251e11fb8e1d/ So what's new with you? The Namesake tag:vox.com,2007-04-15:asset-6a00c2251e11fb8e1d00cd9721f9a54cd5 2007-04-15T00:50:26Z 2007-04-15T01:00:32Z Jackson Fox http://jacksonfox.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The Namesake

Went out last night and saw The Namesake, based on the Jhumpa Lahiri novel. Translating a novel that covers 30-years in the lives of one family is never going to be easy, but Mira Nair did a commendable job. You don't get to know the characters a...

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]]> SXSW 2007 tag:vox.com,2007-04-07:asset-6a00c2251e11fb8e1d00d4142bc9246a47 2007-04-07T14:36:21Z 2007-04-09T02:59:46Z Jackson Fox http://jacksonfox.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Voxtrot

This is the first post in a series I call "Where The Hell Have You Been?" Well, I've been traveling, and my first stop was Austin, TX for SXSW 2007. Lulu had a booth in the exhibition hall (we were the ones next to the Army and across from Firefo...

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]]> So Much For Spring tag:vox.com,2007-04-07:asset-6a00c2251e11fb8e1d00cd971ffa274cd5 2007-04-07T02:04:37Z 2007-04-07T02:05:07Z Jackson Fox http://jacksonfox.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom WRAL: A Freeze Warning is in effect again tonight with at least 3-5 hours of freezing temperatures expected. Our weather has gone haywire.

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]]> The Comics They Are A-Changin tag:vox.com,2006-12-10:asset-6a00c2251e11fb8e1d00cdf3a6b1a2cb8f 2006-12-10T15:30:35Z 2006-12-10T15:30:35Z Jackson Fox http://jacksonfox.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom So, I found out today that Foxtrot and For Better or For Worse are both ending. Foxtrot is going to a Sunday-only format Real Soon Now, and FBoFW is being retired next Fall. Oh, and apparently Aaron McGruder finally pulled the plug on the Boondock...

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]]> Austin, TX tag:vox.com,2006-11-29:asset-6a00c2251e11fb8e1d00cdf7e8c618094f 2006-11-29T15:21:45Z 2006-11-29T15:21:45Z Jackson Fox http://jacksonfox.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom The Best Wurst Originally uploaded by jacksonfox. So, I was in Austin, TX a few weeks ago for the ASIS&T 2006 conference, and found this stand on 6th Street called "The Best Wurst".

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]]> NC State Fair! tag:vox.com,2006-10-22:asset-6a00c2251e11fb8e1d00c2252d59108e1d 2006-10-22T06:08:36Z 2006-10-22T06:09:02Z Jackson Fox http://jacksonfox.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

My Buns

The annual pilgrimage to the NC State Fair for fried sugar products has once again been completed. This year I finally got to try the legendary deep fried Twinkie. There were also deep fried Oreos (which are incredible), a deep fried 3 Musketeers...

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]]> World Beer Fest tag:vox.com,2006-10-09:asset-6a00c2251e11fb8e1d00c2252a5b06549d 2006-10-09T13:49:06Z 2006-10-12T03:05:44Z Jackson Fox http://jacksonfox.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom We did it! We missed it four years in a row, but this past Saturday we finally made it to the World Beer Fest. What follows is a list of the beers I tried. Well, at least the ones I can recall trying. Which is not to say I got drunk -- all I had w...

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]]> We Love Cotton tag:vox.com,2006-10-05:asset-6a00c2251e11fb8e1d00c2252a9e2f8e1d 2006-10-05T05:20:44Z 2006-10-05T05:20:44Z Jackson Fox http://jacksonfox.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom A very, very new side project: We Love Cotton is a weblog about t-shirts. Think of it as my personal t-shirt wishlist, only with comments and trackbacks.

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]]> This Old House tag:vox.com,2006-10-04:asset-6a00c2251e11fb8e1d00c225298b75549d 2006-10-04T13:45:51Z 2006-10-04T13:45:51Z Jackson Fox http://jacksonfox.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom What's the most memorable building you've lived in? When I was in elementary and middle school my family lived in Tucson, AZ. Our house was just below the foothills of the Santa Catalina mountains. I loved that house and I loved living in the de...

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]]> Georges Rousse tag:vox.com,2006-09-25:asset-6a00c2251e11fb8e1d00c22528064a604a 2006-09-25T14:00:04Z 2006-09-25T14:00:04Z Jackson Fox http://jacksonfox.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Blue circle

Erica and I were out running errands on Saturday and got a chance to stop by the Georges Rousse installations in downtown Durham. We saw the Liberty piece at Centerfest, but this was our first chance to catch the rest of the pieces. I really like...

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