March 2012
30 posts
The sound of the aurora on Saturn.
“We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.”
– Chuck Palahniuk, Diary (via libraryland)
“Don’t take yourself too seriously…
but take yourself seriously as death itself...”
– Bruce Springsteen, at SXSW (via newspeedwayboogie)
“I talk about the things people have always talked about in stories: pain, hate,...”
– HARLAN ELLISON
“When you see the loser-figure in a novel, what you are seeing is a complicated...”
– Elaine Blair, “Great American Losers” (via millionsmillions)
pullingmetowardsmyself:
Alton Ellis, “Dance...
Highly Irregular
lareviewofbooks:
LESLIE S. KLINGER
on the cult of Sherlock Holmes.
Illustration by Frederick Dorr Steele for “The Empty House” Colliers, October 1908
Michael Dirda On Conan Doyle: or, The Whole Art of Storytelling
Princeton University Press, October 2011. 224 pp.
On a recent short plane flight, I read Michael Dirda’s On Conan Doyle: Or, The Whole Art of Storytelling in one sitting. The...
Underpaid Genius: The Problem With Pinterest →
underpaidgenius:
I had a feeling that Pinterest was sort of Stepford Wives goes FFFound:
Pinterest is all pink, puppies and pretty ponies - Lisan Jutras via Macleans.ca
Remember how girls in high school would paper their lockers with pictures of heartthrobs, puppies in baskets, minidresses they wanted, red, fruity cocktails they’d like to get hammered on? Imagine looking in that locker,...
WatchA robot standup comic named Data.
