December 2009
6 posts
a book that is popular on the internet
agrammar:
Before I say what I’m about to say, let me just note that I have not read Shoplifting from American Apparel, apart from maybe a four-page excerpt somewhere, which actually did not irritate me as much as I expected it to, and was interesting and readable and made me chuckle a few times, and generally made me feel better about the fact that a lot of people I see/know are interested in...
ontd_political: Barack Obama's Work in Progress →
This was what I noticed immediately when reading Dreams From My Father, too - the guy didn’t just write a book, he is a writer, he thinks like a writer (in the sense of the true writer’s paradigmatic déformation professionelle, where all experience derives its meaning through how it would be communicated post-facto). I figured it had to be a defect in a politician, to be honest, in...
The Young Lord Peter Consults Sherlock Holmes →
By D. L. Sayers (via Liz). Written for “A Tribute to Sherlock Holmes on the Occasion of his 100th Birthday”, a BBC radio programme broadcast on 8 January 1954.
HOLMES + WIMSEY + KURONEKO-CHAN
GUYS
GUYS SERIOUSLY
The Kids
tomewing:
Something I think it’s worth pointing out in a conversation about whether “My Girls” is good or not is that writing about having kids and the feelings you have for them seems to be an incredibly difficult thing for pop music to do well. And now I think about it “My Girls” is actually a relatively good shot at it - even as a parent I don’t really relate to it but it’s simple and...