February 2010
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January 2010
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WatchJon Hamm as Scott Brown in a flapper dress = teh funny
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“WATCHING STEVE JOBS unveil the Apple iPad, what came to mind was something that...”
– John Naughton, “Apple + iPad + Huxley = Orwellian nightmare”
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RIP JD Salinger →
I freely admit that I was one of the millions of teens who read The Catcher in the Rye and found a spiritual and ideological comrade in Holden Caulfield.
The New Yorker has posted Salinger’s stories from the magazine’s archives.
Now to see what happens with all of Salinger’s never-seen writings.
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“Nobody ever looks for you when you disappear except on television. In real life...”
– Stephen Elliott
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Insert cliche involving blast and past
Manuscript just came across my desk — it’s a revision of a textbook I used to teach from in my academic days.
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Tacky
It’s taken me (redacted) no. of years, but I accept that my taste runs towards the…tacky. This is especially true when it comes to home decor. So I’ve been looking for a fabulous lamp in the manner of one from a beloved postcard (sent many moons ago by none other than our gal Seedy Sadie):
I’ve found this one Etsy:
I think it’s a keeper!
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And this is why I was not in a sorority →
Because yours truly is all about the frumpy and the gross, plastic shizz.
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Deep thought of the day
I’ve lived longer in Boston (8 years this August!) than anywhere else in the world. Spooky.
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A couple of other books I'm looking forward
Currently waiting for me at the BPL:
Normal People Don’t Live Like This, Dylan Landis
Where the God of Love Hangs Out, Amy Bloom
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“MTV needs a new tribe to study. Lucky for them, there’s a group of feisty...”
– Jessica Grose’s modest proposal
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Bad week for Borders
First the retail goliath is called out for Farenheit 451-esque shenanigans (by Perez Hilton, of all people); now they might be getting sued for not paying publishers. No wonder the Borders Cafe barista was so snotty this morning.
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“Well, last night is the point. Sure, Martha Coakley still took Boston, we knew...”
– Richard Lawson asks, “What’s the Matter with Massachusetts?”
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Some books I'm looking forward to
The Surrendered, Change-rae Lee. While Lee’s last (and most commercially successful) book Aloft was a little cheesy, his first book, Native Speaker, is one of the most beautifully written books I’ve ever read. The haunting, sometimes agonizing A Gesture Life is also one of my favorites.
A Visit from the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan. Another writer whose last work fell somewhat flat,...
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I love a good Dostoyevsky reference. →
File under DUH. →
I’ve been trying to get my sister to ditch her hotmail address for years. And she wonders why she keeps getting viruses/hacked inbox.
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Some children's books that look waaay cooler than... →
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“Karate is the Dane Cook of martial arts.”
– Archer
NYU library to acquire the papers of Kathleen... →
This is rad. I’ve sad it before, but I can only hope to someday become an important enough personage in the world of letters and/or lolcats to have my own papers housed in a grand academic library.
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“You have been told that real life is not like college and you have been...”
– Meryl Streep (via nancysun)
“I think my parents are going to also finally be able to say, ‘Right on!...”
– Sarah Palin to Fox News
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WatchLaser cats. I want one.