How to Sell
How to Sell by Clancy Martin
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
A deft crackling combination of Bret Easton Ellis meets JD Salinger, this coming of age story, set in the diamond/jewelry selling business of Texas, sucked me in and spit me out. While still full of the cliches of drugs, dirty business, and even a hooker with a heart of gold, the writing was fresh and insidery and fast paced. The protagonist is sympathetic enough to care about but distanced enough to shock you regularly. You’ll want to know what happens to the many love triangles and the ponzi-style of selling that they can’t possibly sustain, when combined makes for an enjoyable read.
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And it turns out to be relatively autobiographical. Here’s an interview with Stop Smiling.
David Lynch: Obsessed: Coffee
David Lynch, who used to drink 20 cups of instant coffee a day, has his own coffee blend and is using HuffPo to pimp it. Sadly it’s working.
A Bicycle Decomposing on a New York Sidewalk
365 days on a NYC street, one picture taken each day. As Gawker notes:
The funny thing is that the bike stays in the same spot unmolested for about 230 days. No one even took the basket, which wasn’t locked up. But as soon as the basket went, the rest of the bike quickly followed. After standing strong for 230 days, in 40 days it was completely removed from its spot. It’s sort like the Broken Windows Theory. If a bike looks like its owner will be back any minute, everyone leaves it alone. As soon as it looks abandoned, the thieves come for it very quickly. What did we learn? Keep your bike looking nice, and don’t worry so much about your damn basket.
Brooklyn, Anchor place bet on Giants-Niners game
brewyork:
The battle between the Giants and the 49ers this Sunday won’t just be waged on the football field. It’ll also be waged in two breweries on opposite sides of the country. Brooklyn Brewery and San Francisco’s Anchor Brewing have placed a friendly bet on the NFC Championship game, and it comes with more than just bragging rights.
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It’s like my parents fighting.
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chiaraatik:
Mr. Bates: Sort of a jerk, no?
Blasphemy! Mistah Bates is a Beatrix Potter character come to life.
What! Watching Downton Abbey this week has been a crashcourse in Being a Man taught by Bates. He’s my only constant in the show- everyone else has been FAR more unlikeable.
(via flavorpill)
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asie:
Shit New Yorkers Say
“All I’ve eaten today is a bagel!”
“You have to go to Brooklyn, it’s the law!”
(Haven’t seen many of these, but enjoyed this one of course.)
(Source: interweber)
