If a Gun Wants Anything, It Wants to be Shot
I’ve got 99 problems; some back up quarterback in San Francisco isn’t one of them. Stand up and shut up.
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Why Muse/A Pays Its Writers
But I’m just going to set this modest opinion here. I think more money should be changing hands at the fair.
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Cocktail, Revisited
So now we come, at last, to the spiritual heart of the Cocktail soundtrack: The Beach Boys’ “Kokomo.”
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Why Fergie had no Choice but to Massacre our National Anthem
What Did I Really Think? Wow. Wow, this was so bad I almost have no words. Except, because...
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Anna Sandy Joins Muse/A
Anna recently married British nobleman Jacoby Elrod of Smyrna.
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12 Predictions for the Year 2157
The impoverished will share robo-bodies in kibbutzim. They will be the final inhabitants of the Earthzone.
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How Lok’d Out Are You on “Regulators”?
Warren’s wealth consists of which of the following:
1. An employer-sponsored 401k.
2. A first pressing 7″ of the Super Bowl Shuffle signed by William “the Refrigerator” Perry.
3. His rings, Rolex.
4. Equity from his primary residence.
Square Dancing, A Mather of Life & Death
‘Tis the season to swing one’s partner round and round. And yet everywhere we see dance floors...
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Ranking the English Translations of Giorgio Agamben
And it doesn’t get more relevant than detailing how problematic instances of the ‘exception’ led to the rise of the Third Reich.
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Best and Worst Things I Read in 2017
Vance’s very, very poorly written book on Appalachia would have been a better book if I’d lit on fire the second it arrived.
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Master of the Segway
What is it really, this puzzling device, the segway? You lean forward and it moves forward. But...
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Frankenfurtive: Rape Culture’s Everyday Acts
My mom and I attended church for a handful of years during my childhood. The best way I can think...
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The Body Still Isn’t A Temple: On Pregnancy and the Cult of Purity
It took me about two months of throwing up almost every day before I asked for a prescription for...
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Litblog Roundup
This roundup begins with a roundup, followed by another roundup, making it a roundup of roundups and offering the opportunity to say "roundup" many times, in a sentence about roundups. There are also some tips for finding more reading time in your life.
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The Beautiful Shirts of Jay Gatsby and Lance Armstrong
“To be honest, Oprah” he said robotically, “we sued so many people.” It is perhaps this inability to confront a reality outside of cycling that makes Armstrong the ideal cyclist.
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Watermelon on a Sunny Day
Nothing but no-names and repeats.
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First We Take Brian Williams
Here’s what Brian Williams said when he cut in on The Rachel Maddow Show to break the news of...
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Secret Famous Haiku Desk Part II: The Aftermath
As briefly as I am able: My sister’s boyfriend bought a desk used from a Four Seasons in...
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Litblog Roundup
This edition of the litblog roundup offers up an entire buffet of food for thought, sourced from corners of the literary internet far and wide. Bon appétit !
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Litblog Roundup
Any questions? Yeah, plenty! This edition of the litblog roundup is written in the form of mostly twitter-worthy questions. Each one contains a link to something that’s been making the rounds lately across the literary internet. This way you get even more links, in less time. Enjoy!
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