I finished On the Road last evening, a Tuesday in early October 2007. It had languished unread for several weeks as I dealt with the beginning of writing class and had an unexpected surge in social activity after Jim Thomas moved to the area. Yesterday with work a little slow I decided to […]
Wiley Wiggins done linked to me! Hey Wiley, if you ever read this, we really enjoyed your performances in Dazed and Confused and especially Waking Life.
And in a strange coincidence, I finally got around to viewing the be-linked item, “Invasion of the Thunderbolt Pagoda”, last night. It is very, very freaky, kind of queasifying […]
Ahhh, the bitter sting of rejection:
Dear John,
A quick note to say thanks but regrets on the crossword you sent me in March–IGUANA/ENFOLDS.
The grid contains quite a few obscurities and made-up entries, like CLEAVE AT, RSH, CONNEM, UES, AS CAKE, HILAND, OKED TO, BE AS COY, IMPARO, SMART MOB, TO SEE THE, AILETH, NAI, BAC, CELEXA, […]
The Times is rocking some pretty seriously intellectual-sounding vox populi today in an article on “the big melt” after “the big snowstorm.” Check out this elaborate literary construction:
“It’s like a strawberry daiquiri that’s been out for five minutes and the stuff has started to separate so the syrup’s on the bottom and ice is […]
From my lovely fiancee, a treasure trove for weirdos like me that really really like the ever-so-pithy-and-topical writings of the New Yorker: every issue, indexed by greg.org.
And for the truly obsessed, a book about the New Yorker’s mid-20th-century history: The World Through a Monocle: The New Yorker at Midcentury, by Mary F. Corey.