Given an absence from writing for nonpretentious, I’d like to thank all of you for your readership and share with all of you a story of recent and ongoing events. As per my absence, following a semi-serious bout of depression over an ongoing health problem, I have become somewhat of a hermit. Don’t get...
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Archive for June, 2010
Past Tense: A Retrospective of Relationships and Reputations
[Cut] Sidewalk Slow Walkers
But come on. You've got to hurry up. Some of us are perpetually late for work.
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2 Sentence Review: Youth in Revolt
So, I finally got around to seeing Youth in Revolt, and I know you’re supposed to view a movie based on a book as an entirely separate medium, keeping in mind that the goal of the film is to capture the spirit of the book, rather than merely translate each and every minute facet into visual...
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World Cup Fan Quotes 06/15/2010
A Frequently updated column of awesomely ridiculous quotes from World Cup fans. Send your own to kiren@nonpretentious.com.
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World Cup Fan Quotes 06/14/2010
A Frequently updated column of awesomely ridiculous quotes from World Cup fans. Send your own to kiren@nonpretentious.com.
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2 Sentence Review: The Things They Carried
Nothing helps being delayed on the runway for 120 minutes like reading Tim O’Brien’s horrifically indepth and artfully crafted description of one of his squadmates in Vietnam drowning in a lake of human feces. Like Requiem for a Dream, its one of those painfully awesome stories that you like and respect, but will probably only want...
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World Cup Fan Quotes 06/13/2010
A Frequently updated column of awesomely ridiculous quotes from World Cup fans. Send your own to kiren@nonpretentious.com.
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2 Sentence Review: Invisible by Paul Auster
Invisible by Paul Auster One of America’s most introspective writers again tackles his favorite subject-a writer.This one has a touch of mystery and romance but as usual is dominated by those head scratching moments when you are not sure if the narrative has ended and pure fantasy has begun.
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World Cup Fan Quotes 06/12/2010
A Frequently updated column of awesomely ridiculous quotes from World Cup fans. Send your own to kiren@nonpretentious.com.
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World Cup Fan Quotes 06/11/2010
A Frequently updated column of awesomely ridiculous quotes from World Cup fans. Send your own to kiren@nonpretentious.com.
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