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Some Writerly Advice for March.
This morning, I wrote to a professor, and included a few lines at the end about the March-time Malaise that seems to spring up every year. Her response, with its accompanying wisdom: MALAISE MAY BE some terrible wisdom. I gardened, … Continue reading
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Facebook Group: The Transspeciated Canine Society.
Zooey “Zoetrope” Rouss – Canine, Bovine, Simian, Friend. FACEBOOK GROUP: The Transspeciated Canine Society CATEGORY: Common Interest – Pets & Animals DESCRIPTION: Prof. Shannan E. Rouss, BA, MFA (Founder, Director; Chief Lepidopterist) and Prof. Martin J. Marks, BA, MA, MFA; (Co-Director; … Continue reading
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A Series of Pranks.
Hoteling This one requires a bit of planning, and a very messy friend. You’re at your messy friend’s apartment. Somewhere towards the end of the night, you notice that he’s so messy, he hasn’t made his bed. Taking special care … Continue reading
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What He Saw Several Days Ago.
THOUGH I’M NOT ONE who spends a lot of time surfing (or, judging from my output of late, writing for) the interweb, I’ve been fairly obsessed with Richard Haines’ illustrated style blog What I Saw Today for quite a while. … Continue reading
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Facebook Status Etiquette// Art Basel: Miami.
“[The] ‘how busy I am’ [New York Fashion Week] Facebook status update—perhaps the only thing more annoying than the ‘how fabulous it is’ Art Basel Miami update.” —Martin Marks, “Under the Big Top.” For those of you attending … Continue reading
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The Road To Aspen, A Gallery.
From the Lincoln Tunnel to the Mountains of Colorado, a gallery, featuring: Vast expanses of open road, Bear-Tornadoes: the worst tornadoes of them all, Lots of moo-cows, Entire fields filled with sunflowers, The back of the “Welcome to Oklahoma!” sign, and, … Continue reading
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The Road to Aspen.
Two girls, one boy, and a Mercedes SUV with its engine light on. As we rapidly approach the anniversary of a jaunt across this great nation of ours, I thought I’d share the e-mail I sent out three summers ago marking … Continue reading
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Apologia Electronica.
Dear Great Book Half Readers, We apologize for the shortage of posts, though not without a brief albeit somewhat unsatisfactory explanation. For the past several weeks, we’ve been in the process of packing up the Fictionarium on Union Square West, … Continue reading
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Self Engine Optimization
A technophile, interwebucated friend just informed me that in order for this blog to gain a slight modicum of search engine recognition, I should write a post containing a lot of those blue, underlined thingies (hyperlinks, I believe they’re called), … Continue reading
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Tyger! Tyger! burning bright (Sent via Blackberry by AT&T).
My parents are currently on a side excursion to Bandhavgarh National Park in Jabalpour, India, so that my father may photograph the elusive white tiger in its natural habitat. As per usual, my mother brought along her Blackberry. Below, please … Continue reading
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Live Twitting the Class of ’99 Reunion.
Replicating the Elgin Marbles with Alums. On the weekend of 17-19 April, 2009, theClass of 1999 gathered at various local residences and at the Ft. Lauderdale Pier 66 Hyatt to celebrate their 10 year reunion. Some of them … Continue reading
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Great Books, Half Read.
Welcome to Great Books, Half Read. May I say, from the get-go, that I’m embarking upon this enterprise half-heartedly. It sort of reminds me of when parents ask their children, “If all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you … Continue reading
