February 2009
“And it got me thinking, I sort of wish the media (and writers) would stop...”
– they must need bears - people go and stay where they should not. they don’t do it like i would.
“This is Callmeishmael.org, a blog that Mr. Shea began in October. His goal was...”
– Urban Studies - A Songwriter Committed to ‘Moby-Dick,’ Chapter and Verse - NYTimes.com
“So 2009 will be a squalid year, a planetary hostage situation surpassing any...”
– Seed: 2009 Will Be a Year of Panic
January 2009
Loomings 2009: What Obama Might Have Learned from... →
This Friday on Letterman: Bill Hicks?! →
Better late than never, I suppose.
Black Dynamite! →
“In the interview book Cronenberg on Cronenberg, the director recalls the...”
– Some Came Running: Patrick McGoohan, 1928-2009
“At its heart, The Prisoner is about the ways in which society seeks to crush and...”
– Patrick McGoohan: Son of a Bitch | TV | A.V. Club
“In my recent conversations with theater artists, we often talk about the insane...”
– http://www.mikedaisey.com/2009/01/in-my-recent-conversations-with-theater.sht
The State of Books →
If readers want to pay for the old-school premium package, they can get their literature the old-fashioned way: carefully selected and edited, and presented in a bespoke, art-directed paper…
rentagreenbox.com →
“Fortunately for Western civilization, I’ve developed a new model. Allow me...”
– Scott Brown on Why Hollywood Needs a New Model for Storytelling
Obama's West Wing: Can reality match the liberal... →
Scary Looking Vertical Traction Kit For Neck Pain →
Is it bad that I think this looks fun.
Melvilleapalooza →
'Tanglewood Tale' Reimagines Herman... →
On writing The Other →
“Playing The Sims and watching a soap are nothing alike as activities, but they...”
– Ragdoll Metaphysics: Soap Opera & The Sims - Offworld
WANT:
For Auction: Moby Dick, Melville,... →
“Alternatively, we’re told that we don’t have to dwell on past abuses, because we...”
– Krugman - Forgive and Forget?
R.I.P. Patrick McGoohan →
Be seeing you.
The Recently Deflowered Girl, illustrated by... →
“The signal is measured to be six times brighter than the combined emission of...”
– SPACE.com — Mystery Roar from Faraway Space Detected
“Many of us have had problems with New Year’s resolutions over the years … we’ve...”
– Zen Habits New Year’s Challenge
“The latest Stephen Fry podcast, “Language,” is an outstanding rant...”
– Stephen Fry on the beauty of “incorrect” language and the stupid futility of linguistic pedantry - Boing Boing
abandonedplaces: Abandoned HBO Soundstage for "The... →
“Margaret Guroff discusses her new website: the first online, fully annotated...”
– December 29. 2008 | The Marc Steiner Show & the Center for Emerging Media
Neil DeGrasse Tyson: Death by Black Hole →
“The Last American Pirate is a hoax perpetrated by students in History 389 at...”
– The Last American Pirate
Newsarama.com: The Voices: Talking to Yuri... →
Facts not included in the article: Yuri wears very stylish hats and Tara is an awesome Rock Band drummer
Battlestar Book: Battlestarbook Tells The Tale Of... →
courtney:
Hot Chip and Peter Gabriel cover...
“The formula is very simple (Bittman is the Minimalist, after all): “Eat...”
– “Food Matters,” Mark Bittman | Salon Books
The stars and stripes forever? Futurist and author... →
Closing the 'Collapse Gap': the USSR was better... →
“It’s time we upgraded our work ethic for the age we’re living in,...”
– InternetNews Commentary (via Lifehacker)