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On Do You Know Why We Tell Ourselves Stories?

"Everyone is always selling somebody out. It's only writers who think that they do it in a unique or noteworthy way."

You must be thinking of Neil Gaiman, shilling for Blackberry to his Twitter followers. Oh, wait, he's calling it "patronage." That makes it taste better.

Posted on March 18, 2013 at 1:07 pm 0

On Let's Make the Sequester the SEA QUESTER!

Suppose your spouse came to you.

"Honey, we need to cut our budget by 2 percent."

And you respond:

"We'll have to sell the house, burn our clothes and return the car to the dealership."

That's how Obama's responding to the sequester. And you're acting just like the politicians, Ken, playing their games.

Posted on March 5, 2013 at 11:47 am 0

On I Want To Know What's Wrong With Being An Internet Troll

I'm more interested in knowing if Henry Blodgett really exists. Didn't The Onion run a bunch of columns by him?

Posted on January 30, 2013 at 10:59 am 1

On The Cordial Enmity Of Joan Didion And Pauline Kael

Pity they didn't kick it up a notch, since they definitely had that East Coast/West Coast vibe going (I know, but I identify Kael with New York more than California). Besides, many writers can become known for their off-page antics than what they wrote. Just ask Truman Capote.

Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:19 am 0