From the monthly archives:
I’m not even going to bother with a lengthy preamble for these links. They’re so good, they need no qualification. Plus I just ate, and I am way groggy. I can’t quote any of this post, for reasons that will be apparent when you’ve clicked through and read it. Suffice to say, it’s very funny [...]
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Last Monday night I saw the band Wilco in concert at the Wiltern. Despite having a domestic beer dumped all over me by the psychotic guy dancing next to me, I had a great time. No American band is as consistently evolving and challenging as Wilco (they can put that on their next CD jacket [...]
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If you are a blog that I usually have listed on my sidebar, you may have noticed that you are no longer listed there. This is not because of a new “non-sidebar” policy on the part of the Vroman’s regime, but rather some mysterious issue with upgrading to the new WordPress. It should be resolved [...]
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Everybody’s office Oscar pool organizer was thrown into a panic yesterday when it was reported that the Academy Awards will feature ten films as nominees for Best Picture rather than five. All those movies? How will they fit ? We might have to run a double-sided ballot next year. Think of the toner wasted! This [...]
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Does the internet take summer hours? I would argue it does. I’ve been sitting here for the better part of an hour trying to come up with something to write about. I blame the internet for this (What? You thought I’d take responsibility?). Anyway, I know people think these link posts are cop outs and, [...]
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There’s a peach on my desk. It’s just sitting there, all pink and fuzzy and sweet. It smells lovely and feels just as nice when I rub it on my lips. It’s so ripe, so full of nectar and potential… Whoa, where did that come from? On to the links: Please read this essay about [...]
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Today is June 16, which, I’m sure you know, is the day that James Joyce’s Ulysses occurs (June 16, 1904). Despite its length, Ulysses adheres to the advice I frequently received from writing instructors: “Get to the party late and leave early.” This was a way of saying tell the story in the least amount [...]
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The Millions has posted another update to its mathematical analyses of past award-winners. On Twitter, Millions founder Max Magee asked “Is this a list of the best books of the last 15 years?” As I’ve said before, this list is as good a gauge of the general critical reception as you’re likely to find. And [...]
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Last week brought news that famously reclusive author J.D. Salinger would emerge to sue author J.D. California over an alleged sequel to Salinger’s teenage angst classic The Catcher in the Rye. While it’s debatable whether such a lawsuit would be successful (California now claims his book is not technically a sequel), there’s no debate that [...]
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Mother Nature wasn’t messing around this year. Have you seen it outside? Gloomy as all get up. But you know what? I kind of like it. It sort of feels like I’m living somewhere romantic and literary. Like Newark. Here are just a few of the great links to cheer up your gloomy Wednesday afternoon: [...]
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