On The Secret Location of New England's Most Perfect Pancakes
I live a few miles down the road from The Bookmill! I have driven through Ashfield but have never stopped. Maybe I'll go up there this weekend. It's so gorgeous here right now it's ridiculous.
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On 'The Secret History': I Know What You Did Last Reading Period
P.S. I once described The Magicians as a combination of The Secret History and Harry Potter, so fellow TSH fans may like that book too.
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On 'The Secret History': I Know What You Did Last Reading Period
Oh my God, Secret History. I wish I could go back in time and read it again for the first time.
I read it in the fall of the first year of my PhD program in English, which is in New England. I moved here from California, just like Richard. (Incidentally, he only thing that bothered me about this book were Tartt's descriptions of California. I got the sense she had never actually been there.) I read it in two days. One of my cohort also loves this book, and was a Classics major. I'll have to ask him if it made him into one.
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On The Less-Gross, Super-Tasty Tater Tot Casserole
@antarcticastartshere To be fair, that's only 1/2 a stick.
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On The Less-Gross, Super-Tasty Tater Tot Casserole
@Matt I can't think about it because I'm already on the way to the store for tater tots and chili makings.
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On The Only Murdering Murder Guide You'll Ever Need, You Murderer
This reminds me of the best Metafilter comment ever. "First, be smart from the very beginning:" http://ask.metafilter.com/7921/If-you-killed-somebody-how-would-you-dispose-of-the-body-without-getting-caught#155715
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On The Architect, The "It” Girl And The Toy Pistol That Wasn't
There are some great pictures of Evelyn Nesbit, including one of her aged 29, at my favorite website, Shorpy.com: http://www.shorpy.com/search/node/evelyn+nesbit
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On Today You Can Buy Queen Mary I's Secret Trump Card
Yeah, that's modern English. It's just pre-regularized spelling, and written in secretary hand so it looks different.
The first line is "Mary the quene," obviously, then it reads "Trusty and welbeloved we grete yo[ur] well and..." And the rest is cut off.
You've got to get this stuff right or else people will fixate on your mistake and not notice how great the rest of your article is!