April 2011
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Toilet Paper Roll Wars, ctd.
In pursuit of fairness, I showed A my blog post, for accuracy and clarity (and schadenfreude?). She asked, “WHERE CAN I COMMENT?” She could reply, I advised her, if she signed up for a Tumblr account. If she wanted to email me a comment, I offered, I would post it, in full, without editing or commentary.
Ladies and gents, A responds:
Over or under?
To be or not to be?
These are...
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March 2011
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“All day from his office window he could see into the neighboring tower, where...”
– Adam Haslett, Union Atlantic
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“They spoke for two hours that evening, sitting on the bench in the bay window,...”
– Adam Haslett, Union Atlantic
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Watchlexmd:
Forget Your Troubles, Come On Get Happy
I would try to say something insightful about how this is the very model of a modern TV musical number; its overt, but not derivative, elements from and echoes of both Cabaret and Moulin Rouge (maybe throw in some Clockwork Orange?), are a million times better than any Glee number (in concept, performance, audio, etc.), but I can’t. Because...
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“That is the unquenchable human urge to acquire knowledge, whether carnal,...”
– Most times you read Ben Brantley and you roll your eyes, read between the lines to figure out who he’s pals with offstage, and generally bemoan how much he overwrites to disguise the general blandness of the production or his (Broadway-ad-supported) opinion of it. But then, sometimes you read...
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“He is OBSESSED with the diversity of the crowd, going so far as to claim that...”
– My roommate has started a new blog: Fire Sam Sifton. I wholeheartedly support this endeavor. She requests that you click through and hit the “follow” button if you agree.
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“So participation in/with the arts declines overall, because the world...”
– Ugh.
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"CLASS IN AMERICA; Downwardly Mobile"
To the Editor:
Though I have not seen all the episodes of ”Roseanne,” I feel qualified to say that Walter Goodman’s statement ”Television is more democratic than life” [ ”Roseanne Is No Cousin to Archie Bunker,” Jan. 1 ] is self-delusion. Since Roseanne and her husband are basically apolitical, I fail to see how this show is in any way democratic. In...
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“New York City Opera must be the world’s leader in doing this kind of work....”
– George Steel, qtd. in Opera News. Fully support this mission. (via stephenrettger)
Mr. Steel and the New York City Opera are sure going gungho on their mission “to bring in new audiences and new excitement”. From my inbox an hour ago, promoting their upcoming opera The Elixir of Love:
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“Since late summer I’ve been playing a pickup [soccer] game with some friends...”
– Where do I sign up?
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Anagram Name Thing →
tmills:
SMALL HUMILITY CELL
Thanks.
SCAM OR RIM
SMARTER ACRIMONY
BARMY AS NECROTIC MAJOR
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“The belief in a heat death was based on an idea that I call the cooking rule....”
– Freeman Dyson; I know this is true because I’ve burned my mouth on a burrito I had microwaved too long.
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