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smARTy pants: Blake Wright

hainesmorgan wrote 1 day ago: I am completely smitten with graphic designer, Blake Wright. A sense of humor is so sexy. … more →

Tags: Artist, Blake Wright, Drawings, Funny, Graphic Designer, Illustration

David Foster Wallace--Infinite Jest (1996) [Week 3]2 comments

Paul wrote 1 week ago: SOUNDTRACK: MORRISSEY-Years of Refusal (2009). I’ve been a fan of The Smiths for years.  And … more →

Tags: 109 The Largest Whole Prime on the FM Band, Allstonians, Big Books, Books about writers, boredom, Boston, MA, Canadian Content, consumerism, Corporate skewering

Periodical: The Believer

Paul wrote 1 week ago: A few years ago I was visiting my friend Roman.  He asked me if I read The Believer.  I told him I h … more →

Tags: 18th Century, 19th Century, Amy Sedaris, Anachronisms, Art, books about music, Books about writers, Bret Easton Ellis, BritLit

Nobody likes a smart aleck

kefuoe wrote 1 week ago: The 900 block of Common was making me feel extra grumpy this morning on my walk into work.  The side … more →

Tags: Construction, Pedestrian rights

Periodical: Mother Jones1 comment

Paul wrote 2 weeks ago: Back oh, fifteen years ago, I subscribed to Mother Jones.  I also subscribed to an unvaried assortme … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, consumerism, Corporate skewering, drugs, essays, military, Mother Jones, Political Humor

Horribilarious

kefuoe wrote 3 weeks ago: I’ve tried in the past to work newly coined terms into the general vernacular, alas without su … more →

Tags: neologism

David Foster Wallace--Infinite Jest (1996) [Week 1]

Paul wrote 3 weeks ago: SOUNDTRACK: HÜSKER DÜ-Land Speed Record (1982). Mentioning Hüsker Dü during the Replacements reviews … more →

Tags: Big Books, Funny ha ha, David Foster Wallace, Boston, MA, Unreliable narrator, funny strange, Canadian Content, Dystopia, Funky Web Sites

So Trivial2 comments

kateschmate wrote 3 weeks ago: Well… since the “Ace Bandage” boots didn’t go over so well yesterday, I … more →

Tags: pals, trivia night

not so smarty, pants

six wrote 3 weeks ago: “I don’t know how to tell you this” is really just “you’re not going t … more →

Tags: Editorial

Kurt Vonnegut--God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater; or, Pearls Before Swine (1965)2 comments

Paul wrote 1 month ago: SOUNDTRACK: THE REPLACEMENTS-Pleased to Meet Me (1987). My friend Al introduced me to the Replacemen … more →

Tags: Corporate skewering, Drinking, Funny ha ha, Kurt Vonnegut, Marriage trouble, Minnesota, Political Humor, Replacements, Surf Punks

untitled theory #84 comments

six wrote 1 month ago: It’s all about the angles: three, exactly. First, there’s dead level. Straight as the h … more →

Tags: Editorial, Angles, Theory

Funniest Picture I've Ever Taken

Christine wrote 1 month ago: Brian Hunt … more →

Tags: Funny, Pictures], "Brian Hunt"

Kurt Vonnegut--Cat's Cradle (1963)

Paul wrote 1 month ago: SOUNDTRACK: THE DECEMBERISTS-The Hazards of Love (2009). I first played this disc a few times withou … more →

Tags: Books about writers, Concept Albums, consumerism, Corporate skewering, death, end of the world, Funny ha ha, funny strange, God(s)

Periodical: Harper's

Paul wrote 1 month ago: I first heard about this magazine from my friend Ailish’s then-boyfriend, Dave (this was somet … more →

Tags: Funny ha ha, David Foster Wallace, funny strange, essays, Phish, Corporate skewering, consumerism, Harper's, Religion

Shalom Auslander--Beware of God (2005)

Paul wrote 1 month ago: SOUNDTRACK: BELLE AND SEBASTIAN-BBC Sessions & Live in Belfast 2001 (2008). Virtually every revi … more →

Tags: Short Books, Funny ha ha, david sedaris, Shalom Auslander, Marriage trouble, Short Story, Supernatural, simon rich, Religion

killing the cat3 comments

six wrote 1 month ago: I’m not sure when it turned into a game for her. I was breathing hard with my eyes closed and … more →

Tags: Editorial, Curiosity, endurance

Roy Blount Jr.--Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof: Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips and Secret Parts, Tinctures, Tonics and Essences; With Examples of Their Usage Foul and Savory

Paul wrote 1 month ago: SOUNDTRACK: WRSU 89.7 FM. Coming straight out of Rutgers University in New Brunswick (my grad schoo … more →

Tags: Digression, Funny ha ha, Primus, Funky Web Sites, Books about writers, Set in New Jersey!, Poetry, Corporate skewering, consumerism

Sew very addicted!3 comments

mysmartypants wrote 2 months ago: I am so very excited! And so very addicted….to sewing that is! Everywhere I look their is anot … more →

Tags: Material, work at home mum, WAHM

Laurence Sterne--The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1769)

Paul wrote 2 months ago: SOUNDTRACK: PEARL JAM-Binaural (2000). Binaural bursts forth with the rampaging “Breakerfall … more →

Tags: Digression, Funny ha ha, Unreliable narrator, funny strange, Laurence Sterne, Meta, Funky Web Sites, Pearl Jam, Pregnancy


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