December 2011
Counting Crows ~ A Long December
I’ve had a couple library patrons ask me for the first season of “Games of Thrones”. There aren’t multiple games, people. If you lose the one, well, that’s pretty much it for you.
“In poetry — as in calling ballgames — it’s voice that makes the speaker...”
– Dana Jennings, in the NY Times Book Review.
Library patron just complained that her reserve on a new, Amish-themed romance novel was taking to long to be filled. I was about to joke that I thought the Amish liked a slower, more relaxed pace to life, but she didn’t look likely to be amused.
“The city had withdrawn into itself
And left at last the country to the...”
– Robert Frost, Christmas Trees
Emmy the Great & Tim Wheeler ~ Home For the...
“When I was a senior in college, I was living with four guys, none of whom...”
– Jane Smiley, in the Los Angeles Review of Books.
“To put this as crisply as I can, the study of the classics is the study of what...”
– Mary Beard, “Do the Classics Have a Future?”, in the New York Review of Books.
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Sondre Lerche ~ Countdown (Beyonce cover)
“This is the landscape’s hidden hinge
where all things start and peter out:
the...”
– Helen Mort, from Grasmere Oak
“However—and this is where the media has intentionally distorted what I have said...”
– Newt Gingrich’s letter to Virginia, regarding the existence of Santa Claus and claims that he said otherwise. (From McSweeney’s).
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Took a half-day at work since I have some time to use up before the end of the year. Wrapping my sister’s birthday gift for tonight. Shhh, no one tell her - it’s a Kindle.
“So far, most of the eulogies of Christopher have come from men, and there’s a...”
– Katha Pollitt, Regarding Christopher.
“Because the regime is captive to its own lies, it must falsify everything. It...”
– Vaclav Havel, The Power of the Powerless. (via Stuart Carlton)
NYU Professor Claims School Fired Him for Giving... →
jennyjennybobenny:
unamiaja:
go to class and earn your grades, james franco.
James Franco continues to make a fool out of everyone.
“And what d’you think, I wanna be terrible at school? You think I like it? I wish I was smart, you know I wish it all came easy for me, but it doesn’t. You know, when I was in sixth grade, they told us when we got to junior high, we’d be either in...
lifeserial replied to your photo: The “holiday gift” for library staff this year was…
What’s that typewriter thing in the background? ;-)
I use only the best art to decorate my workspace!
A Speculative List of Jay Z's 99 Problems →
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35. Still unable to get through Joyce’s Ulysses; currently on his fourth attempt; contributes to an insecurity that holds he’s “not good enough” and “not intellectual.”
36. Three-week long stalemate with Beyonce regarding a particular baby name.
This is perfect.
(via Meg)
Thoughtcatalog is the new McSweeney’s you guyz.
Fantastic.
#8: “Zipper on...
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A brief summary of what's been in my dashboard so...
Hitchens was great!
Hitchens was terrible!
Kittens are great!
Hitchens!
Kittens!
Hitchens!
Hitchens!
Kittens!
Kittens!
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“Speaking of knives, here’s an annoying thing. Every time Paul is challenged to a...”
– HTMLGIANT, Books + Beer: Dune and Budweiser
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“If I knew where the good songs came from, I’d go there more often.”
– Leonard Cohen
“To many a mom, you can’t go much lower than a Twinkie. The famous snack...”
– Bonbons for Breakfast? (Via NPR)
I can’t even imagine the parts of your soul you must have to amputate to be a “vice president of nutrition” at Kellogg. “…she says Honey Smacks are not marketed to kids and are seldom eaten by them.” The fucking cereal’s...
“Pretty much every movement in the history of movements has a moment where women...”
– Squashed: But what’s really important is …
The Lucksmiths ~ Even Stevens
My favorite song...
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I just set up an Airplay speaker in my apartment and it may just be my best purchasing decision ever.
“I feel like everything I don’t do as a writer is what is required to write a...”
– Karen Russell, author of Swamplandia!
