February 2012
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“Favorite “Simpsons” Episode: There’s one where Lisa becomes...”
– Guest Lists: Sharon Van Etten | Features | Pitchfork
Ahem hem (pushes glasses up nose) those are actually two separate episodes—”Lisa the Vegetarian” and “Lisa the Tree Hugger”—which I only know because “Lisa the Vegetarian,” from season seven, is one of MY...
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“I know that there are amazing and talented editors at these magazines who would...”
– Their So-Called Journalism, or What I Saw at the Women’s Mags (via thisisareallybadidea, via maura)
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“What effect does it have on a writer to be constantly confronted with facts that...”
– Salon | In defense of fact checking (via michelledean)
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Gmailing with my husband, a study in priorities
Joe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Vostok
Joe: Earth is amazing!
Me: LL COOL J IS HOSTING THE GRAMMYS THIS SUNDAY NIGHT
Me: DO YOU THINK HE WILL SING DEEPEST BLUEST
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I was looking for a post some other Os Mutantes...
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“Every single person, it seems like, is dancing. There are clusters of pals in...”
– Grantland | Dropping the Bass: A Night With Skrillex
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“Ms. Bennett, when asked what statement Tumblr was making by bringing her and Mr....”
– NYTimes.com | Tumblr Hires Writers to Cover Itself
It seems to me that a more effective way of “celebrat[ing] creativity and innovation” among one’s users would be making it easier for those users to find one another, not via “curation” but by, say, a search function...
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“After arriving in Stockholm to receive her Nobel, reporters at the airport asked...”
– Boston.com | Poland’s 1996 Nobel poet Szymborska dies at 88
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“Sliced white bread as we know it today is the product of early twentieth-century...”
– The Believer | Atomic Bread Baking at Home
This is not just an article about the history of white bread in America; it is an excerpt from a whole entire book about the history of white bread in America. America!
January 2012
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“By fifteen, I was composing orchestral scores which went unperformed for the...”
– Sarah Vowell, speaker to/of my soul
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The home stretch! Also, apologies.
unbest:
Here at Unbest, we really hate it when people are all like “LOL hey readers, if any of you still exist, LOL because I am a terrible blogger! If this blog was a kid DFACS would be all on my ass, TEE HEE!!!1” Just, like, blog when you want, don’t fuss about it! But then we became Those People—even worse, Those People Who Ask You To Send In Things, Sometimes Involving The Baring Of Your...
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Watchmaura:
Donating to the Best Music Writing series is the functional equivalent of pre-ordering the 2012 edition of the book—which will collect 2011’s best pieces of criticism, reportage, and other media on music from publications of all types and from all corners of the globe. Why not do so today?
This is such a good point! If you think you might want to buy the book when it’s out, go...
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“6a. If you can’t kill your darlings, anesthetize/copy & paste them in a...”
– The Rumpus | FUNNY WOMEN #73: How To Write Like A Funny Woman
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My favorite episodes of This American Life,...
And by “sometimes” I guess that shakes out to maybe just twice in the last few months? Once was Dave just now and I kind of brain-dumped on Twitter, then realized perhaps it would be helpful and /or benevolent to collect them all in one place. (I always assume everyone listens to the show already but obviously this isn’t true, but either anyway it’s basically just one of my...
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“25. Chattanooga, Tenn. A city stages a comeback fueled by artists and retailers....”
– New York Times | The 45 Places to Go in 2012
Hey hey hometown! Right between Vienna and Dakhla, Morocco, where it belongs, I guess.
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“The real difference between Jim [Henson] and me was his power as a team player,”...”
– Paris Review | Lamb Chop in Search of a Martini
This tribute to Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop is so great, although I am baffled by its failure to address “The Song That Never Ends.”
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“Some college students manage to persuade the town’s big businessman, A. J....”
– The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969) - Plot Summary
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“The outbreak of World War I expanded the demand for condoms, but they remained...”
– The Daily | The History Page: Protection racket
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Things the first season of Breaking Bad, which Joe...
Coughing fits (now associated with undiagnosed/untreated lung cancer and also red phosphorus poisoning or whatever)
Wallabees (now associated with standing otherwise naked in your underoos in the middle of a dessert wielding a gun you don’t want to shoot wondering what has become of your life)
Granny-square afghans (now associated with terribly repressed Family Meetings)
Brian, one of...
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“Parents always ask, ‘Who would like to marry my kid? They’re so weird,’ ” she...”
– New York Times | Navigating Love and Autism
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“An article on Monday about Jack Robison and Kirsten Lindsmith, two college...”
– From the department of New York Times corrections, December 30th, 2011. Even better, a self described “adolescent with Asperger’s” pointed the mistake out, initially, in the comments. (via elisabethdonnelly)
I love this correction and I also love the original story.
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