Sarah breaks the news that Barbara Seranella has passed away.
Author / Edward Champion
This Link is All Ed Park’s Fault
Home Land Security?
Laura Miller is okay in my book. After considerable accolades from the blogosphere, Miller’s reviewed Scarlett Thomas’s The End of Mr. Y in Salon.
Rich Little: The Living Symbol of Banal Comedy
New Yorker: “[Rich Little] promised to use mostly political material, though, along these lines: ‘They said we’re going to send jets to Israel this year, but what the hell would they do with a bunch of football players?’ Iraq jokes, however, are out. ‘I do have a funny line on that,’ he said, and he began to imitate the current President: ‘George W. Bush here. I tell you, I’m between I-raq and a hard place.'”
And Then There’s Passive-Aggressive Whitespace, Which Blames Others, is Terrified of Intimacy and Doesn’t Take Responsibility for Its Own Actions
A List Apart: “Whitespace is often used to create a balanced, harmonious layout. One that just ‘feels’ right. It can also take the reader on a journey through the design in the same way a photographer leaves ‘looking room’ in a portrait shot by positioning the subject off the center of the frame and having them looking into the remaining space. When whitespace is used to lead a reader from one element to another, it’s called ‘active whitespace.'”