January 2012
19 posts
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“If all else fails, I drink half a bottle of rum and play a Handel oratorio on...”
– David Ogilvy, on writing.
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The Ice Fishing Sessions (Opening Sequence: Draft)
Exterior, day.
Strong winds blow a dry snow across the desolate landscape of a frozen lake. Two or three lonely ice houses dot the far-off horizon.
In the center of the screen, through flying snow and ice that obscure most of the landscape, what appears to be a figure moving slowly toward the camera comes gradually into focus.
ENTER: A heavily bearded man (or woman) riding a double-decker...
The Ice Fishing Sessions →
This is a project that must somehow come to fruition.
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“There were potential benefits, and risks, with not having a corporeal coach.”
– New York Times writer Jere Longman, wryly paraphrasing running coach Terrence Mahon. Mahon is commenting on elite marathoner Ryan Hall’s training approach, which is guided only by God.
The most annoying part of the New York Times’ new “The One-Page Magazine” feature in their Sunday magazine is not how difficult it is to reference said generically named page. It is the section’s pandering reductiveness (and not in a cute way), exemplified by the use of bylines (18 of them on a single page) for 21-word items.
Goodbye forever.
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“The quieter sections of the ‘Waterworld’ soundtrack have this...”
– Profile of author Christopher Paolini, The New York Times Sunday Magazine
December 2011
12 posts
“He looks like Zorro on doughnuts.”
– Noel Gallagher on Jack White.
I think it’s fair.
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2011: Some things that I liked! →
Cross-linking is so fucking taboo.
Every single person in this coffee shop is listening to Poliça separately, on their own headphones.
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“The stupider one is, the closer one is to reality.”
– Idiotic quote, Fyodor Dostoyevsky; The Brothers Karamazov
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“In a rare photo finish at the top of the Billboard charts, Michael Bublé’s...”
– The New York Times
November 2011
15 posts
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Yo, Is This Hotdish? →
It’s completely unfair that tumblr won’t let you reblog an ask answer (WTF kind of sentence is that?).
Nonetheless, I recommend you get all of your hotdish-related questions answered ASAP.
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Little Brown Miscellanea: Alec Soth portrait... →
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Stacey, South Plains, Texas
Earlier this year we released a book entitled Conductors of the Moving World by Brad Zellar. Brad’s book raised $10,000 for Japanese earthquake and tsunami relief. Since then, Brad has suffered a number of setbacks. After multiple unexplained dizzy spells,…
The current bid is $3500. The current reward is immortality. (I’m not even...
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The Hidden Gems of Saint Paul, Minnesota →
This is a continuation of last night’s post, in which I attempt to name some of the best places in Saint Paul.
“I once bought some Don Ho tumblers there that loop through the absurd and swoop right back toward the divine. I think the place might also sell used mattresses? Which is unsanitary at best and illegal at worst. To look at the clothes section is to look at row upon row of...
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The Best Places to Go in Saint Paul →
I have begun compiling a list of the best places to go in Saint Paul. This list, and the evidence presented in support of it, are inarguable.
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Cool Designer Collabs Prompt Adults To Wear... →
The plot thickens.
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“Ms. Calderone is one in a clan of lithe-framed women buying Gap Kids wares for...”
– The New York Times drops a bomb as potentially incendiary as limo traffic jams for pre-schoolers.
October 2011
9 posts
