My name is John Hendel and I’m a 23-year-old writer and journalist currently living and working in St. Louis. Twitter Facebook E-mail Last FM Tumblr (3.0; @johnhendel)http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/<object width="400" height="322"><param name="movie" value="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/xaf03z" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/xaf03z" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="322" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>1987 dating video…</p> <p>This is phenomenal.</p>http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/209675484http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/209675484Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:10:00 -0500<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/books/review/Krystal-t.html?ref=books">Why Good Writers Can Be Bad Conversationalists </a>http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/197531693http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/197531693Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:23:44 -0500“If anyone tells you that it is morbid or neurotic and you listen to them — then you will lose...http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/192031923http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/192031923Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:59:09 -0500A New Horizon for the News - The New York Review of Books: Excellent and thorough article worth...http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/189945056http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/189945056Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:46:16 -0500“We should be forever cured of our romanticism were we willing, in order to think of the one...http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/187943553http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/187943553Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:53:28 -0500<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpywiyyPAE1qz7rwmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thebronzemedal.tumblr.com/post/187747947/literary-map-of-san-francisco-via-strange-maps">thebronzemedal</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Literary Map of San Francisco</p> <p>via <a href="http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/411-lit-map-of-frisco/">Strange Maps</a></p> </blockquote> <p>I need to see some California.</p>http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/187941972http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/187941972Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:51:05 -0500“A million things to say, some extraordinary, welled up in him, choked his throat; daily they...http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/184239560http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/184239560Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:13:47 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/n8zBC2dvERM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/n8zBC2dvERM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>West Wing - Why are we changing maps? (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/uncyjugs">uncyjugs</a>)</p> <p>A combination of thesis and momentary unemployment has caused me to return to <i>The West Wing. </i></p>http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/184236133http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/184236133Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:09:06 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/181780480/tumblr_kpl9ikVRMb1qzn8e9&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>The Raincoats—“57 Ways to End It All”</p> <p>(Gaining a newfound appreciation for this band lately)</p>http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/181780480http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/181780480Mon, 07 Sep 2009 01:47:08 -0500bunnynico: “Throughout the course of history, numerous works of art have stood at the forefront of...http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/181327879http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/181327879Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:51:37 -0500“You are merely making words…knowledge means everything to you. Even your animalism, you...http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/178524247http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/178524247Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:19:55 -0500Bringing ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ to the Big Screen : This nice little profile about the making...http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/178157392http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/178157392Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:33:03 -0500BBC NEWS | Fake Dutch 'moon rock' revealed: WTF, UShttp://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/176690606http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/176690606Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:11:27 -0500<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kp89koDZDG1qzn8e9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Wando, South Korea</p>http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/176092225http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/176092225Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:19:36 -0500<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kp897jPko11qzn8e9o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>One of the other American teachers recently e-mailed me a few photos from the trip. These are two of his, the first at the top of a mountain on the island of Wando, South Korea. The second is at the green tea farm at Boseong. I was glancing over some of these pictures a lot this evening and thinking about how quickly settings can change.</p>http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/176087833http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/176087833Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:11:00 -0500I’m listening to Daft Punk and trying to get all my motivation in order for a job application...http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/176083790http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/176083790Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:04:00 -0500Depression's Evolutionary Roots: Scientific American: There is another possibility: that, in most...http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/175302743http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/175302743Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:57:09 -0500“For want of any special sense of guidance in these matters, we imagine that the people we...http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/172609814http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/172609814Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:39:00 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/170858778/tumblr_kowp1qPkgI1qzn8e9&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>Camera Obscura—“Let’s Get Out of This Country”</p>http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/170858778http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/170858778Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:22:38 -0500I’ve been back from South Korea for less than a week, and already I’ve got this intense...http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/170857221http://johnhendel.tumblr.com/post/170857221Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:20:32 -0500