October 2010
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My Dog Welcomes Me Home
A Dramatic Re-enactment:
“Oh, Mirabella! I missed you so much.”
[I missed you too. Let me put your face in my mouth and we’ll celebrate!]
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Keith Richards' Terms of Endearment for Terry...
austinkleon:
I did it lying down, darling.
I don’t know about you, honey, but I do most of this stuff lying down.
Darling, I don’t know. I dreamt it.
I love them both, honey. Don’t ask me to cut the babies in half.
I mean, it’s only rock n’ roll, honey.
I didnt never knew what they called it, honey.
I mean, boo, we all bump into death at one time or another, honey.
Good try, honey.
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“In our culture we have not addressed these issues because, probably, we did not...”
– Scrutiny for Puerto Rico Over Animal Treatment - NYTimes.com
This is an old NYT article, but it mentions both the beach where my dog was found and the rescue organization that saved her.
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Leaving The Little Beast
Today I dropped my dog off at my best friend’s house so that KJ could watch the dog while I’m out of town on a business trip. I dropped Mirabella off at 7:30am. I made it to exactly 10:30am before I cracked and emailed KJ to see how my little beast did this morning.
I think it’s time for me to just let go, buy the dog some tiny dresses and a savings bond, and fully embrace...
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crap at my parents house: We are pleased to... →
crapatmyparentshouse:
That Crap At My Parents’ House is being turned into a book! YUP! We’re super duper excited and very lucky that Abrams Books (who have been huge fans since the begining) will be publishing a book dedicated to all the Crap that our parents’ have.
I want to thank everyone who has…
And … here comes the latest Tumblr blog book deal. Is anyone buying these...
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Watchnickkroll:
I love John Mulaney. I love his new segment on SNL called “I Love it”.
Jonh Mulaney’s albume “The Top Part” was one of the funniest comedy albums I purchased this year. I love it.
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“All the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self...”
– Nick Hornby (via ceilliesimkiss)
This is not a helpful thing for me to read as I head into my three month #bookdiet.
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Amazon's New Sale-Stealing Book Scanner Is Great... →
housingworksbookstore:
Allow me to welcome you … to the Bookstore of Tomorrow.
Clerk: Hi, what can I do for you today?
Customer: I need that new Fresh book.
(Ten minutes later, after the clerk has determined that the customer was in fact looking for Bill O’Reilly’s 2008 outing, A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity.)
Clerk: All right, here you go!
Customer: Thanks. (pulls out iPhone, takes...
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“Dear Friend, Family Member, Loved One, and/or Business Associate:
Thank you...”
– “E-Mail Auto-Response” : The New Yorker
Meet my new GChat auto-reply. Thanks, Martin Marks.
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“I’m pumped to announce to my fans a project I’ve been working on for some time....”
– Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi, announcing her book deal (via libraryland)
Jesus wept.
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Changing Journalism, Changing Reuters →
soupsoup:
David Schlesinger, EIC of Reuters News
The rules of today’s journalistic world are these:
Knowing the story is not enough.
Telling the story is only the beginning.
The conversation about the story is as important as the story itself.
The more you try to be paternalistic and authoritative, the less people will believe you.
The more you cede control to your audience, the more...
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“Yesterday the 20 nominees for the National Book Award were announced. 13 of them...”
– Whoa! | HTMLGIANT
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