February 2012
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Feb 24th
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Feb 23rd
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Feb 22nd
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Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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Feb 14th
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“You want to be smart? Don’t read The Bible, don’t read The One...”
– Harlan Ellison
Feb 2nd
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January 2012
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Jan 27th
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“All writing is difficult. The most you can hope for is a day when it goes...”
– Philip Pullman [Vintage Books & Anchor Books]
Jan 21st
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Jan 21st
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Jan 21st
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Jan 21st
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Jan 20th
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Jan 19th
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Ethan Kaye of TOPLESS ROBOT: "10 Kickass Things... →
What a cool list!
Jan 19th
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Jan 18th
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“And the enlightenment [Epicurus] offered did not require sustained scientific...”
– Stephen Greenblatt in his new book of nonfiction, The Swerve
Jan 17th
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Jan 16th
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Jan 13th
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Jan 12th
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ListenThis is Bruce Springsteen speaking on the night of...
Jan 10th
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Jan 9th
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Jan 9th
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Jan 7th
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“A rule of thumb with humor; if you worry that you might be going too far, you...”
– again, Hitchens’ Letters to a Young Contrarian. I could and will quote this all day.
Jan 7th
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“It especially annoys me when racists are accused of...”
– again, Hitchens’ Letters to a Young Contrarian
Jan 6th
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Jan 5th
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Jan 5th
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“It’s always as well to remember, when considering...”
– Christopher Hitchens in Letters to a Young Contrarian
Jan 5th
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Jan 1st
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Jan 1st
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December 2011
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WatchWatch
eBook trailers are my new favorite thing. [EDIT: This used to link to a Michael Chabon book trailer.  I have no idea why the embed codes or tubes or whatever changed their makeup, but that’s not what this video is anymore.]
Dec 30th
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Dec 28th
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Dec 25th
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Dec 20th
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Dec 19th
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New in ESPN the Magazine (Volume 14, Issue 23)...
Not a biggie, but I grabbed a quote from Justin Tuck about pressure he feels to buy big holiday gifts for loved ones.  Page twenty-eight. Bonus! He re-tweeted me: “@Jake_Zucker: @JustinTuckNYG91 Thanks for taking time out of your day to speak with me. Really appreciate it. Good luck.”no prob — Justin Tuck (@JustinTuckNYG91) October 19, 2011
Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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“The cruel truth is that perhaps men don’t, after all, belong with babies....”
– the narrator of the short story “Days with Cecilia,” by my former professor Anthony Giardina.  [Note: I don’t necessarily believe this is true.  (Neither does Giardina, I assume.)]
Dec 16th
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Dec 16th
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“I learned that money can be a lot of things. It can be something that is...”
– Louis CK on what he learned from his mega-successful digital release. Buy it. It’s five dollars. And please don’t steal it. Read more here.
Dec 14th
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Dec 14th
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mrsrhettbutler asked: Dude. The picture you posted of the guy with the thing on his neck? How am I supposed to get that out of my brain?
Dec 14th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 7th
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Dec 4th