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Category Archives: Miscellania
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“If you want to make characters sound insane, you can do worse than infect their speech with adverbs.”
I love Christian Lorentzen’s writing, in general, and get excited to hear his thoughts on pretty much anything. I loved his recent piece, In Defense of Pretentiousness (“Those who remember me as an adolescent in small-town Massachusetts likely recall an … Continue reading
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La Marseillaise
And this too. One World Trade, in the spot where the Twin Towers used to be, last night. The colors of France.
Terrible Times
What a terrible and sad day yesterday. So angry. You can donate directly to the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church through a button on their homepage.
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“His” “Her”, etc.
My great friend Alexandra Billings weighs in beautifully on the Bruce/Caitlyn thing over at the Huffington Post. As we figure this out, all of us together, let’s try to keep in mind that the beautiful part of you is always … Continue reading
Finally.
I hope this news makes Jafar Panahi smile in vindication. Wherever he is. Disobeying his house arrest and making another illegal movie, hopefully. It’s about time, you neanderthals. If you haven’t seen Panahi’s film Offside (my review here), which features … Continue reading
Elvis On Ice
The Mississippi RiverKings hockey team originated in Memphis and every year they have an “Elvis Presley Night,” commemorated with different team jerseys. Last year, the jersey paid tribute to Elvis’ 1973 televised special from Hawaii Aloha from Hawaii. And this … Continue reading
