November 2009
100 Notable Books of 2009 - The New York Times →
marco:
“Buying any e-book reader now is a gamble. Every model has access to a different catalog of books, some of which are restricted by copy-protection schemes. This leads to a classic early-adopter format dilemma: Say you’ve got 30 e-books on the Kindle you purchased two years ago. Now you’re in the market for a new reader, and you’re leaning toward the Nook because it lets you share books...
“Thanksgiving: A United States holiday commemorated by adults traveling back to...”
– Marco.org, on the holiday
A Hillbilly Thanksgiving Menu. By Mark Fisher
Wild turkey
Wild Turkey
Thanksgiving, '09
Doing the same thing as last year, except without our loyal furry navigator…
Heading to Shaker Heights, Ohio with my family, until Sunday.
Hopefully we’ll have better electrical luck than two years ago,
when the power went out. Have a great holiday everyone.
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“Jake [Gyllenhaal] is the kind of guy who can do a spot-on impression of someone...”
– Natalie Portman [Boston Globe]
“I felt the slightest misunderstanding with the stewardess would cause me to...”
– Hunter S. Thompson (via nowihaveablog)
“I believe all technology has a positive short-term effect and a negative...”
– Chuck Klosterman, in Eating the Dinosaur
“last time i checked, glambert and that fggt perez hilton don’t define the LGBT...”
– notthatkindagay
“12:43pm: I am determined to be at page 300 before lunch. The book has settled...”
– Reading Sarah Palin Live, with Rudolph Delson: Part Two | The Awl
Loving this running diary of reading a book, normally a very solitary activity. Great.
And this:
She also likes to remind her readers that all that Down syndrome amounts to is an extra chromosome; I agree with her; that is a good...
“Similarly so, as a memoirist, Palin believes her appeal lays in her common...”
– Reading Sarah Palin Live, with Rudolph Delson. | The Awl
Really enjoying Delson’s piece.
Writer Evan Ratliff Tried to Vanish: Here’s What... →
In Wired issue 17.09, Evan Ratliff wrote a story about how people disappear in the digital age. Then he went on the run himself, with Wired readers trying to track him down. His story in Wired issue 17.12, Gone, tells what happened. This blog shows the history of the hunt.
“But—and I’m sure others have their reasons—I live here because, quite...”
– FEK, doing right.
British Sunday Times Writer Who Thinks New York City Pretty Much Sucks: A Formal Response - New York - Gawker
Sunday Routine - Seth Meyers - Mostly, It’s About... →
Reassuring in a Celebrities - they’re just like us! way.
Last Chance - Big Bedroom on 30th Ave in Astoria →
nycmeetups:
My roommate is also leaving this month, and giving up his room at the Astoria apartment I’ve lived in for 3.5 years.
The room is huge and it’s part of the two living rooms, eat-in kitchen, 3BR on 30th Ave in Astoria (3 blocks from N/W, 15 min walk to the V,E,R on Steinway). There’s all kinds of food (chinese, mexican, italian, pizza, taco truck, japanese, indian, greek - in a two...
The Eulogy « HUNTER THOMPSON FILMS →
Wayne Ewing recounts a truly gonzo adventure with the Good Doctor.
