February 2012
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January 2012
13 posts
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“Every life is many days, day after day. We walk through ourselves, meeting...”
– James Joyce, Ulysses.
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“The pessimism of the creative person is not decadence but a mighty passion for...”
– Isaac Bashevis Singer, in his speech of December 8th, 1978, accepting the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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xx-machine asked: metaphor fail?
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I now have in my possession fine copies of Mr. Midshipman Hornblower and Lieutenant Hornblower, as well as the first three books of Glen Cook’s fabled (and impossible to find offline) Black Company series, so you may assume that my “paying attention to the Internet” meter is at zero or below. You may reach me through Twitter, or any one of the nefarious other social media demons...
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“Furthermore (and this is perhaps the essential point of my reflections), time,...”
– Jorge Luis Borges, “Averroës’ Search,” from The Aleph.
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When you become ancient, as I am, teenage Tumblr, it will be the rare day that you are up a whole night drinkin until nine in the morning, and when you finally fall into bed, you will realize that the best part of it all is the near-sexual fervor with which you embrace your blankets and leap into a hopefully-dreamless sleep.
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“Shapiro finally called time on the Q&A session and asked a final question of...”
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Capital: Talking about addiction, recovery, and writing with David Carr, Mary Karr, Alan Kaufman, and Elizabeth Wurtzel by Miranda Popkey
(via barthel)
I have to confess, my respect for Mary Karr just dropped a few points. Infinite Jest is only 950 or so pages, plus 100 pages of footnotes....
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Can’t stop the rock and roll.
fancyismymiddlename-deactivated asked: I actually legitimately like them, nay, love them, in fact I still have the copy of Deluxe I bought with my allowance in 1994, but I couldn't help myself. I just found that photo and nearly died. High five for your excellent taste, my good man.
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How is it possible that the same guy who won the Nobel Peace Prize is ordering overseas drone strikes on countries we’re not at war with in order to assassinate US citizens without benefit of hearing or trial? How is anyone able to justify a vote for this bastard? I’m serious. If anyone can justify this, please do explain it to me.
