December 2011
24 posts
Favorite observation of the year
“Kate Middleton is not a person; she’s an absence of objectionable qualities” - Molly Young
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The Sentry by Téa Obreht →
“He went home with his shirt torn and his nose bloodied, the pissed-on pages of his schoolwork abandoned on the ground in the park. Mrs Senka was in the kitchen, fixing dinner. As she was wiping his face and knees clean, beside herself, half-scolding, he put his arms around her and rested his head on her shoulder and held the frayed end of her hair between his fingers. Behind her,...
I'm the biggest boss that you've seen thus far
Amelia Gray sayeth:
TODAY’S THOUGHT WHILE GOOGLE IMAGE SEARCHING PICTURES OF RICK ROSS
WORLD NEWS
“I made a decision, probably the most serious decision in my life: I am going to the presidential election,” Mr. Prohkorov said at a news conference.
Yeah, I made a decision, probably the most serious decision in my life: I am going to splurge on the $12 ice cream they sell at that nice market next to my apartment. Ten days late with rent? No big deal.
CHOICES.
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
What to say about the writing of Lydia Davis? Many good things have already been said and that is good and I am glad. In the novel Great House by Nicole Krauss, one of the narrators talks about reading a lot and how every so often a book comes along that blows a hole through you and then nothing is the same after that. That is how I feel about The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis.
Now enough from...
The ubiquitous kale
From the December 9 issue of The Week:
“Fast-food chain Chick-fil-A has ordered a Vermont silk-screen artist to stop printing T-shirts with the slogan ‘Eat More Kale,’ alleging it’s too similar to Chick-fil-A’s slogan, ‘Eat Mor Chikin.’ Artist Bo Muller-Moore, a locavore, says he ‘won’t back down,’ and his lawyer says, ‘I...
Michele Bachmann vs. the 8-Year-Old →
In the words of one of my friends: “And what do we have to say to her…how about BYE BYE”
