April 2008
6 posts
Blurbology
I’m just about done reading Tom McCarthy’s Tintin and the Secret of Literature, which I picked up because I love Tintin, but whose back cover bears one of the most disconcertingly pleasant Gawker endorsements (in this case, for his novel Remainder) that I’ve ever read:Tom McCarthy is shockingly talented… Remainder is one of those novels that you finish and turn immediately...
Apr 29th
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“I never was a captive of others’ ideas about me. I’ve been like that...”
– Philip Glass
Apr 22nd
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“China will close itself off from the rest of the world, which, don’t forget, it...”
– Jacques Rogge
Apr 10th
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Apr 4th
WatchWatch
cannot… turn… away…
Apr 3rd
Karen: I dreamt you had a lexus
Karen: and I was trying to parallel park it
Karen: it was a nightmare!
Karen: and this guy was sitting on a wall watching me
Karen: and he was like "You don't know what you're doing. if you want me to park it for you, just raise your hand."
Karen: but I knew he was a cylon!
Karen: so I was like no way
Apr 2nd