Putting the Blunt Back Into James Blunt

Putting the Blunt Back Into James Blunt

Weird Al, “You’re Pitiful”

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Two Words: Restraining Order

Two Words: Restraining Order

A man badgers a woman for $50 for dinner because she wouldn’t agree to go on a second date with him. Sociopathic behavior ensues (with…

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More Than Meets the Eye?

More Than Meets the Eye?

Michael Bay’s Transformers. No, really. (via Ghost in the Machine)

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Yet Another Meme

Yet Another Meme

Origin point, pulled from Gwenda. 1. Have you ever been searched by the cops? Yes. And I can only imagine how often I’d be searched…

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Roundup

Roundup

I came close, but I didn’t quite finish the next Segundo podcast last night. But I hope to unleash it either today or tomorrow for…

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24 False Starts

24 False Starts

Dan at Pamie.com tried this experiment out. List twenty-five opening sentences of blog entries started in the past two months (in my case, twenty-four over…

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Good God

Good God

Slate‘s new redesign hurts my eyes.

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Stanley Kubrick’s “Day of the Fight”

Stanley Kubrick’s “Day of the Fight”

His first film, now available for your online viewing pleasure. (via MeFi)

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RIP Jim Baen

RIP Jim Baen

Jim Baen, former editor of Galaxy and one of e-publishing’s early proponents, has died.

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Standup Manna

Standup Manna

Transcriptions of Woody Allen’s standup routines. (via Maud)

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In Defense of Being Clever

[EDITOR'S NOTE: Sara Gran has thankfully stepped into the comments to set the record straight on what she views as "honest" prose. I apparently misinterpeted...

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Roundup

Roundup

Marie Antoinette. Make it stop! (via Romancing the Tome) Happy birthday Babar! (via Bookninja) Chris Bolton has single-handedly convinced me to read Scott Smith’s The…

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Sleater-Kinney Breaks Up

Sleater-Kinney Breaks Up

Now I’m kicking myself for not seeing them when they played the Fillmore. At least there’s still Quasi.

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Spider-Man 3 Trailer

Spider-Man 3 Trailer

!!!

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A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books, Inc.

A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books, Inc.

This morning, Publishers Weekly reported that Books, Inc. would be taking over the space now being abandoned by A Clean, Well-Lighted Place for Books. This…

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Demographics Schmemographics

Demographics Schmemographics

What Microsoft adCenter has to say about you, the reading audience: 48% of you are male, 52% of you are female. Microsoft predicts that 24.60%…

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Something to Consider on the Fourth

Something to Consider on the Fourth

Thank you, Frank Deford.

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Did Bryan Singer Kill the Superman Franchise?

Did Bryan Singer Kill the Superman Franchise?

Roger Ebert: “This is a glum, lackluster movie in which even the big effects sequences seem dutiful instead of exhilarating. The newsroom of the Daily…

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Where Hours Drift Away

Where Hours Drift Away

Trailers of Historically Significant Films. (Damn you, Pete Anderson!)

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Save the New York Times Book Review

The time has come to take a stand. The New York Times Book Review is no longer a book review section that matters. It is…

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He’s Probably Thinking About Whether the New Chiffonier Will Work with the Bedroom Decor

He’s Probably Thinking About Whether the New Chiffonier Will Work with the Bedroom Decor

The Literary Saloon: “Tanenhaus’ approach is so antithetical to almost everything we believe in that we really find it hard to believe anybody could approach…

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The I’m Catching Up on News You’ve Probably Read Already Roundup

The I’m Catching Up on News You’ve Probably Read Already Roundup

Word on the street is that Harper Lee has written something for Oprah. This is the second essay that she’s written in 40 years, which…

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Bookish Journalism Summit

The extremely entertaining tale (along with the inevitable podcast) on how the below happened will follow shortly. (I even got to meet Rosie.) For now,…

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Gone Fishing

Gone Fishing

Various tasks currently occupy my attention. Will return on Tuesday. Visit fine folks on right, commit minor infractions, you know the drill.

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The Bat Segundo Show #47

Author: Hal Niedzviecki Condition of Mr. Segundo: Temporarily replaced, due to being incapable of being crass and making a generalization at the same time. Subjects…

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Privacy to Them, Antisocial Paranoia to Me

Privacy to Them, Antisocial Paranoia to Me

Scarves for Tech Addicts.

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An Open Letter to Publishers

An Open Letter to Publishers

1 out of 99 literary critics agree that I, Edward Champion, am one of the great underrated novelists working today. And while the one critic…

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Shatner Triptych

Shatner Triptych

Shatner meets Miss Piggy, Shatner serendades Lucas, and Shatner on $20,000 Pyramid.

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Musical Recommendation

Musical Recommendation

That Immortal Technique‘s an alright mothafucka.

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Better Than the Hungarian Phrasebook

Better Than the Hungarian Phrasebook

“Spare me my life!” (via Sarah)

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