March 2012
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“There is a lot to be said for No as a General Principle.”
– Flann O’Brien’s The Third Policeman
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Kevin Guilfoile on self-publishing →
With the Tournament of Books down to the semifinals (Lightning Rods and 1Q84 still in the running! Teju Cole with back-to-back upsets!), the commentators got into a discussion of Big Publishing™ and I happened to like this bit.
Although it feels all indie and DIY in theory, to go the self-publishing route at this moment is to spurn the Big Six (as well as the hundreds of wonderful independent...
The David Lee Roth Scream Box →
This is the pinnacle of human invention and achievement.
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Anonymous asked: what does har har har mean?
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Uwe Boll's next film will finally explain the 2008... →
Having used some of his previous films to explore controversial moments in history such as the conflict in Darfur, 9/11, and the unsung role of fat vampires in the Holocaust, director Uwe Boll will next turn a brave, squinty eye on the 2008 financial crisis, which has thus far only featured in dramatizations that obscure its true ramifications with lots of talking and facts. Not so in Boll’s The...
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The Nonprofit 1 Percent →
Although he runs a nonprofit, Morse is comfortably in the 1 percent that Occupy Wall Street has made everyone so much more aware of. In fact, if you use The New York Times’ “What Percent Are You?” interactive tool, you’ll see that Morse was in the top 1 percent not just nationally, but also in the higher-earning New York metropolitan region, even before his big raise in 2009. In the nonprofit...
