February 2012
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You want to be smart? Don’t read The Bible, don’t read The One...
– Harlan Ellison
January 2012
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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]
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Ethan Kaye of TOPLESS ROBOT: "10 Kickass Things... →
What a cool list!
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And the enlightenment [Epicurus] offered did not require sustained scientific...
– Stephen Greenblatt in his new book of nonfiction, The Swerve
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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.
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It especially annoys me when racists are accused of...
– again, Hitchens’ Letters to a Young Contrarian
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It’s always as well to remember, when considering...
– Christopher Hitchens in Letters to a Young Contrarian
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December 2011
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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.]
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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
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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.)]
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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.
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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?
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