Slouching towards Broadway
The Year of Magical Thinking has jumped the shark: the New York Times reports that Joan Didion’s memoir is going to be a Broadway show. "I think that the book is not a narrative; it’s about a state of...
View ArticleMidnight movie: Picard, acapella
If only Wil Wheaton wasn’t on vacation and could tell us what this video (via Sarah) is all about; as it begins with "Mister Crusher," he was probably in on the joke — or um, video birthday note? get...
View ArticleHarlan fesses up feeling up
Harlan Ellison admits to grabbing breast, calls unsanctioned breastgrabbing "unconscionable," forgets to include an apology. Aw, man. He does say he’s waiting for a call back from grabee Connie Willis,...
View ArticleAmazon’s rough Easter
While most of the country was knee-deep in Easter baskets, I was home getting a blog post ready and reading twitter and planning a sortie to purchase Cadbury Creme Eggs before they disappeared from...
View ArticleWhere’s a linguist when you need one?
In response to the controversy over de-ranking of more than 57,000 books on its site, Amazon released an unusual statement today. The online bookseller’s initial response to critics crying #amazonfail...
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Nietzche in the morning
Shortly after getting up I checked my Twitter feed — a weakness, to be sure — and saw that Alain de Botton was Tweeting quotes about anger. Here’s one: Angry people call poverty on themselves and ruin...
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