Monthly Archives: August 2007
Teeth-bleaching, check. Laser resurfacing, check. Sentences, check.
_______: So. . .[name withheld publisher] just asked to see a headshot of me while they consider my manuscript. Is that. . .? Me: Yeah, actually. I have a friend whose Italian and French publishers asked to see a body … Continue reading
85 Scoutmasters a year x 60 years = 5100 Scoutmasters
CBS reports that in the last 60 years of the Boy Scouts, 5100 Scoutmasters have been removed for sexual abuse and pedophilia scandals. Via Rawstory: The attorney told CBS his analysis showed troop leaders were being tossed out for suspected … Continue reading
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aff is a br’s best friend
From Urban Dictionary: 1. aff: a term used by brazilians in online games, most often in Tibia, whenever they encounter some slight misfortune, and sometimes for no reason at all. Aff is a br’s best friend. br1: mi frnd pk … Continue reading
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brotherment
In the contract, the “brothers” pledged to live together sharing “un pain, un vin, et une bourse,” (that’s French for one bread, one wine and one purse). The “one purse” referred to the idea that all of the couple’s goods … Continue reading
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tender umbrella
When the sun shines we’ll shine together. Via Hype Machine and partyben. Grazie a Thiago.
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National Highway and Transportation Safety Administration forbids agency employees from making ‘on the record’ comments to anyone.
“My God,” said Joan Claybrook, who was N.H.T.S.A. administrator from 1977 to 1981 and is now president of Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy group. Given that N.H.T.S.A. is the leading source of automotive safety information in the United States, its … Continue reading
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A moment with Sigrid Nunez at Bread Loaf
Me: I don’t like the rhetoric of most creative writing classes. For example, antagonist. When was it ever the case that there was just one person against you? Sigrid Nunez: God bless you if that’s your only problem.
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If you read more, you’d have the answers to these questions
I debated bringing this up, but in the interest of self-interest, I’m a little annoyed that the Northeast ranked lowest in the nation for readers in the AP-IPSOS poll. Here I am in a town thronged with bookstores, amid towns … Continue reading
and then we really met
Setting: The Barn, Bread Loaf campus of Middlebury College, a series of wicker lounge chairs along the wall. Me: So, where are you here from? Christopher Castellani: Boston. [Pause] This is going to sound weird, but I think I know … Continue reading
Best blog comment of the week (ever?) at the NYT blogs
From the comment section under today’s story about the refusal of CNBC and MSNBC to run Freedom Watch’s ads linking Iraq to 9-11. Ari [Fleischer]and the Republicans are vultures, corporate vultures who raped 9-11 into an international oil heist they … Continue reading →
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