September 2010
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professional programming note
agrammar:
Hi there! I’ve been getting a whole bunch of questions about my new job, which was announced on Monday. So I guess I should explain what’s up with that. Here is the short-and-sweet version:
I’ve been invited to work as the pop critic for New York Magazine. This is pretty obviously amazing. It’s a great magazine with terrific writers and critics, and I’m ridiculously...
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Pavement performing Gold Soundz on Colbert
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thedailywhat:
So This Is Happening of the Day: College of New Jersey undergrads Matty Daley and Bobby Canciello are presently in the throes of an attempt to set a new world record for “Longest Continuous Kiss.”
To do so they will need to suck face for at least 32 hours 7 minutes and 15 seconds. They are currently entering hour #7.
What’s this all about? “The goal of the [“Our Lips Are Sealed”]...
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My new design mantras:
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as an additional note
agrammar:
Not to get all serious on you, but please, people and rebloggers of Tumblr, do not ever use a comedy list of crappy things about “writers” to tell your loved ones that they don’t understand you and have to put up with your crap. (Unless you’re under 25 or so, in which case sure, go ahead.*) Certain things might be part of Who You Are, but it’s also true — if unfashionable to point out...
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offended by rank OBJECTIFICATION of writers
agrammar:
There is this thing currently going around tumblr about why dating a writer is good. I think it’s nice that this thing is going around, because I like writers, and lots of us could use more dates. As a writer who has dated people, though — including other writers — I would like to offer some correctives to this list.
The items in bold are the alleged reasons to date a writer. I have...
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A UK company offers to press people's ashes into a... →
kateoplis:
And Vinyly is offering people the chance to press their ashes in a vinyl recording of their own voice, their favorite tunes or their last will and testament. Although minimalist audiophiles might want to opt for having no tunes or voiceover, resulting in simple pops and crackles.
Ohmygodyes!!! This is exactly the way I never knew I wanted to be preserved! Now the hard decision: who...
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If this book had been written by a woman (say, Jennifer Franzen), would it have...
– Meghan O’Rourke (via savingpaper)
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AV Club thread of the day...*
Comments regarding the Rivers Cuomo interview (yes, seriously).
*I may have to make this a daily post…or as close as I can get to it these days.
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It’s as if they drove a car into the ditch and then we had to put on our boots...
– President Obama, on Republicans (via apsies)
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I’m gonna leave this here…just a refresher.
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Stephen Colbert Rally - Restoring Truthiness →
Oh yeah!!!
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But I don’t see exactly why writers (male or female, regardless of their genre)...
– Jennifer Vanderbes: Unfortunately a lot of arguments are getting muddled together (via housingworksbookstore)
Yes, yes, a thousand times yes!