Archive for July, 2010

The funny thing about dreams is that it's only when we wake up that we realize something was actually strange.
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Open Letter From Dan Gilber to Cavs Fans/Adobe, Conde Nast Scrambled/Paul the Octopus Retires, Spain Beckons/15 Inspiring Home Offices/Authors: Where Do I Sign?/Star Wars Semiotics
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What happens when you find a possum in your garbage? Would you bring him a tray of trash-flavored cupcakes? Hell no, you do what any sane and rational person would do and try to connect a shovel with some important part of his skull.
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At the Free Library of Philadelphia, David Mitchell told audience members that he is proud of his books in reverse order of publication – e.g., The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet (2010), then Black Swan Green (2007), then Cloud Altas (2004) – except Ghostwritten (2001), his first novel, would probably come before his second...
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In Memoriam
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Crap. I told you so.
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For anyone who is skeptical about the second installment in any series, Catching Fire, the second book in the Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, gives you reason to believe that some stories are best told in parts. Catching Fire satiates readers who crave a second-helping of the sadistic Hunger Games, set in the...
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A Conversation with Brian Baldi/Matthew Good Blog/Guest Blogging on Pop Candy/Mapping Out a Dream Season of SNL/I Teach the Simpsons to College Students/Cover v. Original Verdict: Friday Night, Saturday Morning/Interview with David Mitchell/Symbols and Images for Sex, Love and Romance/Improbable Island/The Best Video Game Voice Actors/If 'The Expendables' Were Women/iPhone App Helps You Gauge...
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I'm just someone who knows for a fact that there are cats out there who maybe don't deserve to be swaddled in a blanket and carried out of a flaming townhouse by an American hero.
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It’s an ordinary Tuesday in the second week of June, and that means the kids aren’t doing shit.  And it means I – the sub – am not doing much to change that. It’s the first time all year it’s not pitch black during 1st hour.  Instead of being at the mercy of a...
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