May 2012
10 posts
6 tags
“Things to worry about:
Worry about courage
Worry about Cleanliness
Worry...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald’s list of things to worry, not worry, and think about . (via explore-blog)
Clearly, I worry too much about insects and not enough about horsemanship!
Sorry, can't talk right now
I get my news from two sources: the New York Times and NPR and both are reporting that since we have the interweb on our phones, we don’t talk to each other any more.
I have found this to be mostly true. I only have one friend that I really talk to on the phone. Plus, I sometimes talk to my parents. Otherwise, calls are short “I’ll see you soon” or “I’m busy....
“We don’t need eight glasses of water a day to stay hydrated. “What...”
– Stand Up, Walk Around, Even Just For ‘20 Minutes’ : NPR
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April 2012
1 post
March 2012
3 posts
Peyton's Place →
tetw:
by John Jeremiah Sullivan
When John Jeremiah Sullivan and his wife leveraged everything they had to buy a big brick neo-Colonial in Wilmington, North Carolina (the Hollywood of the South!), their realtor made an irresistible proposal: By allowing a popular teen TV show to film at the house a few days a month, they could pretty much get the mortgage covered. What came next was a journey...
Books reign supreme!
The thing about The Hunger Games is this: it was a relatively low budget movie ($80 million), with a relatively low marketing spend ($45 million) that made $155 million at the box office. Some may wonder why (and it isn’t because it is a good movie): the answer is THE BOOK. Lionsgate didn’t need to market the hell out of this movie in traditional ways because we already all love that...
Write a little every day
I have this New Yorker Cartoon on the bulletin board above my desk. I look at it about twelve times a day and it always makes me smile.
That’s why when I saw this website called 750Words.com, I thought it was brilliant. It takes the idea of morning pages private and digital. And it has a word counter that tells you how much you’ve done as you go. I’m all about instant...
October 2011
1 post
True Love: Gadget-style
A few weeks ago, I was in Upstate New York for the weekend and was advised to go for my morning run on the Rip Van Winkle Bridge. Which seemed like a lovely option. So, I got in my car, followed my iPhone instructions and took off on a planned 4 laps across the bridge. I was appreciating the view and thinking about what a lovely place I found myself in, was planning for the panel I was about to...
August 2011
1 post
July 2011
11 posts
I buy a Sunday Times For The First Time in Ages
And what do I find, but a multi-pronged assault on books!
Bill Keller wonders why anyone writes them.
James Gleick calls them “fetish objects”
And Miranda July, who is a writer (and a filmmaker) I like quite a bit, is called “twee.”
I’m going to buy a mass market copy of Game of Thrones to protest (I’ve been looking for an excuse and apparently, this is...
Are eReaders ruining our social interactions AND...
Two things I’ve read lately have given me pause. The first was this blog on the NYTimes website very descriptively titled “How eReaders Destroyed My Love Life” which is about how the author used to strike up conversations with literate men about their reading choices and now because of the SCOURGE of eReaders, has no idea what they are reading, so can’t talk to them.
And...
Fun with Transmedia
This is what I recommend you do:
1. Get a subscription to Rdio. (I recommend this regardless of whether you follow the next few tips.)
2. Get a copy of LIFE by Keith Richards. Start reading.
3. Stop whenever he mentions an artist or a song or a style and listen to said mention. For example:
4. When you get to the Exile on Mainstreet section, stop and watch this documentary:
...
June 2011
4 posts
February 2011
1 post
January 2011
4 posts
NPR Fresh Air: Public Radio Themed Valentine's Day... →
publicradiointernational:
nprfreshair:
I have absolutely no artistic skills whatsoever, but I think it’d be really hilarious to make some public radio-themed old school Valentine’s Day cards. I’ve come up with these slogans but I’m sure there are better ones:
Valentine…you’re like a breath of Fresh Air
If I told you how much I loved you, I’d violate Rule 47 CFR Part 73 of the FCC Radio...
#1 Books The Week I was Born
War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk and Mommie Dearest by Christina Crawford.
For some reason, that seems to explain a lot….find yours!
December 2010
1 post
July 2010
1 post
February 2010
1 post
For the Love of Alf
I have a strange love of Alf caused by a limited amount of TV watching in my youth but an exceptionally LARGE amount of viewing of Alf. So, this is comforting to me. See more.
December 2009
4 posts
If you're bored...
You should check out this twitter stream of excerpts from London Review of Books Personal ads.
Choice excerpts:
“PMS-suffering F seeks M to 35 prone to inadvertently saying the wrong thing (which is everything) at the wrong time (which is always).”
“My bruised heart can offer no bon mots in this jacquerie of whimsy – but I can belch the theme tune to The Bill. M, 41. Box no....
This interview with Jason Reitman really made me... →
What I Wish I had Time to do in New York →
Big Butts: In Again
I knew I just had to wait long enough. Thanks for the update, Stanley Crouch!
November 2009
2 posts
McSweeneys Does the Sunday Paper
And one-ups it. Am considering ordering one…
October 2009
16 posts
As if Lauren Graham getting a new show wasn't...
Amy Sherman-Palladino (writer of the Gilmore Girls, one of the best shows EVER made) is creating a new show for HBO about “three adult sisters who are writers and have a rocky relationship with their literary lioness mother.” If only Kelly Bishop would play the mom….
An interview with Dan Chaon from Bookslut →
America's Smartest Cities—From First to Worst -... →
#1 is Raleigh-Durham.