December 2011
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My Top 5 Books of 2011
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
From the Publisher:
At Westish College, a small school on the shore of Lake Michigan, baseball star Henry Skrimshander seems destined for big league stardom. But when a routine throw goes disastrously off course, the fates of five people are upended.
Nancy says:
If you’re going to spend 500+ pages with some fictional characters, you’d ...
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“People hate these shows, but their hatred smacks of denial. It’s all...”
– Have I told you how much I am enjoying Pulphead by John Jeremiah Sullivan?
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“Noah Kravitz tweeted for Phonedog as @Phonedog_Noah, but later changed his...”
– BBC News - Man sued for keeping company Twitter followers
No me gusta.
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“Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee said the numbers likely reflect the...”
– Rhode Island has fastest population decline in US - BusinessWeek
I’m sorry, Rhode Island. I didn’t mean to kick you when you were down.
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“In keeping with tradition, the Brooklyn Shack’s custom Concretes ($6.50...”
– Brooklyn Shake Shack Now Open, With Three Brooklyn-Only Concretes: Gothamist
That settles it. Brooklyn 4 Life.
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Questiontime
imremembering:
What ’80s/’90s toys did you want and not get?
My answer: Snoopy Sno Cone Machine. When I was about 20 years old, I saw one on sale in a Wal-Mart for $14.99. That blew my mind a little. Then, I realized that the Snoopy Sno Cone machine was not some extravagant luxury my parents couldn’t afford, but rather they instinctively knew this was a piece of crap that would never...
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Isn't it, though?
My brother’s response to my email outlining logistics for Christmas 2012:
“You need to relax. You make it sound like Rhode Island is a post-apocolyptic wasteland.”
Little bit? I mean, what do you call a place with no sidewalks, no take-out delivery options and a Legislative battle over a Christmas tree?
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“I finished “Finishing the Hat: Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics (1954-1981)...”
– John Ross Bowie dot com: IT’S MY THING ABOUT SONDHEIM
This is, without a doubt, the most well-written review of a box set of Sondheim lyrics written by a comedian and four-star General in the Twitter Army. And, he made a Spotify playlist!
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Watchwilwheaton:
(via Nerdist)
I don’t even have the words to describe how adorable this is.
N.B. Wil Wheaton walks around with a D12 in his pocket.
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“9. The Person With The Imperfect Grasp Of Obscurity. “These are all...”
– The 20 Unhappiest People You Meet In The Comments Sections Of Year-End Lists : Monkey See : NPR
Have we ever talked about the fact that Linda Holmes does a great job running NPR’s Pop Culture blog?
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“The best book I read last year — and by “best” I really just mean the book that...”
– A Year in Reading: Jonathan Safran Foer, from The Millions (via wwnorton)
Uh-oh.
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Watchvh1:
BestWeekEver’s Michelle Collins visits the Gizmodo Gallery and gets trapped in a crane machine. Panic/LOLs ensue.
Here’s a true story. In 2004, when I first started blogging, I loved Michelle Collins’s first blog. I can’t remember what it was called, something like “And I am Not Lying” or “I am Not Making This Up.” One night, I was shopping in...
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"Before my heart overflowed"
merlin:
Never tell John Roderick, but nobody is a bigger Long Winters fan than I am.
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IMPORTANT: Merlin Mann feels about the Long Winters song “Carparts,” the same way that I feel about the Long Winters song “Hindsight.”
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“Knitting Behind Bars, Retiree Teaches Male Inmates How to Knit By Rusty...”
– Knitting Behind Bars, Retiree Teaches Male Inmates How to Knit
This is what I should be doing with my life.
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“The bodies of most of the models H&M features on its website are...”
– H&M Puts Real Model Heads On Fake Bodies
