June 2012
3 posts
May 2012
1 post
April 2012
10 posts
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“I suspect that Susan’s skin was like the river, chilled by gusts of uncertainty,...”
– Wallace Stegner could write a sentence.
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“I am in a canvas that Edward Hopper never felt bummed out enough to paint.”
– David Rakoff, Half Empty
March 2012
12 posts
World's oldest mammal found, with harpoon lance... →
I hope it was Queequeg’s harpoon.
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“Every 2 minutes today we snap as many photos as... →
“I feel like my queue in life — books, videos, movies, experiences — is just...”
– John Dickerson on our enemy, the queue.
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February 2012
5 posts
Breaking Bad paper dolls →
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January 2012
6 posts
“I was looking at the book in the context of the stories that we like to tell...”
– Jeanette Winterson, talking! Maybe I should reread Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit.
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“It’s the liberating feeling—the physical and psychological sensation—that is...”
– David Byrne, Bicycle Diaries, nailing the joy of urban biking
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December 2011
16 posts
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“We care a lot more about IPAs than IPOs.”
– Dogfish Head founder Sam Calagione on turning down offers from venture capitalists, private-equity firms and one giant brewer.
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“Oh, man! admire and model thyself after the whale! Do thou, too, remain warm...”
– Ishmael
Harper Simon — Wishes and Stars
The anti-Facebook...
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Bacon-jalapeño cheese ball →
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