July 2009
31 posts
“When life gives me writer’s block, I make it a writer’s blockade.”
– Josh Donoghue
Jonathan Ames' New Stuff
A TV show, HBO’s Bored to Death:
It stars Jason Schwarzman as a struggling Brooklyn writer—named Jonathan Ames—with a drinking problem who pretends to be a private detective in the vein of his heroes from Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett novels.
A new book, The Double Life is Twice as Good:
She was far from a virgin but it was a soothing experience. She stroked my hair and cooed to...
An impromptu Flickr contest →
I woke up today with no idea that my pal Neven Mrgan and I would conceive of, hold, and award winners in a Flickr photo contest. BUT THAT’S JUST WHAT WE DID.
Check out Neven’s summary of the contest and the winners.
The Five Apocryphal Letters of the English...
Mufta
Oboeë
Super-L
Seven (Non-Numerical)
Helper Letter
After Handey
It would be really sad if your actual nose was shaped like a clown nose. Sad enough to make you cry. People would see you and think, “the tears of a clown.” But they would be wrong.
“Meth face guy on the train looks so sad. I wonder what he’s thinking...”
– Sarah Lane
David Simon and Bill Moyers Talk About "The Wire"... →
Not sure how I missed this before.
(via The Rumpus)
Ohio's Less Famous Sexual Practices
The Akron Eye-Opener The Butler County Hope Chest Wednesday in Bowling Green The Rocky River Rocky River The Sandusky Pant-Wagon
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Suggested Poems for Specific Occasions
Childbirth Announcement Robert Frost: “The Road Not Taken”
Graduation, High School Robert Frost: “The Road Not Taken”
Graduation, College Robert Frost: “The Road Not Taken”
Wedding Some shit by Kahlil Gibran
Funeral Robert Frost: “The Road Not Taken”
I.Y.L.N.S.
Pronouned “EYE-lins,” I.Y.L.N.S. is a failsafe mnemonic device I use to remember my passwords:
It’s Your Last Name, Silly!
If you found this tip useful, let me know!
“WARNING: HUGE SPOILER. On that tiny, tiny Civic.”
– Remiel
Dial Tone →
According to Scouting NY, there are four phone booths left in Manhattan. They’ve got photos of all four and a nice brief essay:
[I]t’s surreal to look out at the world around you with something you don’t usually get on a busy Manhattan avenue: personal space.
David Rees, Numbers Expert, on "Pick Fours" →
You think you know numbers? David Rees knows how to pick numbers, dummies:
I picked a 71 to round it off on the strength of how badass 71 looks; I remember a few years ago “Number Pickers Digest” listed it as one of the top-twenty toughest-looking numbers under 100. You never mess with “Fat 71.”
Go read this ASAP before he realizes he could charge $1,000’s for this advice.
Lessons from a Rough Weekend
Never say “Damn, girl!” to Madeleine Albright.
Air quotes mean something totally different in Malaysia.
They’re never going to let me ride on Air Force Two again.
American GBV
Like JasPer, I’ve also been kicking it with Guided By Voices this America Day. For me, their lawn-chair-and-cold-Bud brand of patriotism is best captured here:
Children in the sprinkler Junkies on the corner The smell of fried foods And pure hot tar Man, you needn’t travel far To feel completely alive On strawberry Philadelphia Drive On a hazy day in 19 something and 5
from...
“Remember when you were in college, and you had a friend who spent junior year in...”
– Dave Holmes