December 2009
24 posts
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ListenOkkervil River - Lost Coastlines Great song on an...
Dec 23rd
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“Some nights, abed, Will put his ear to the wall to listen, and if his folks...”
– Ray Bradbury from Something Wicked this Way Comes
Dec 23rd
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Dec 22nd
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“Like all boys, they never walked anywhere, but named a goal and lit for it,...”
– Ray Bradbury from Something Wicked this Way Comes There are so many great passages in this book that it’s ridiculous.  I’m going to try and post some of my favorites.  Some of them are going to be a bit lengthy…
Dec 22nd
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Dec 21st
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“I was in Orlando once — this was a long time ago, almost 20 years ago now,...”
– Joe Posnanski (as usual) Just go ahead and read the whole thing.  A rambling, fantastic response to Up in the Air.
Dec 21st
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“That’s what religion is, K-Fed. Just a bunch of made up rules to...”
– Tracy Jordan
Dec 19th
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ListenElbow - Grounds for Divorce I’m pretty sure...
Dec 19th
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Dec 17th
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Jo Noah (snap!)
Me: Jo Noah
Me: 11 PTS, 20(!) REB (including 14(!!!!!!) OREB), 6 BLK
Me: Who is this guy?
Lunchbox: I'll tell you who he is. The best WNBA player in history!
Dec 16th
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ListenThe Get Up Kids - I’m a Loner Dottie, a...
Dec 16th
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ListenPretty sweet. fred-wilson: Bittersweet Dirt Off...
Dec 15th
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In the Hands of a Master
Maybe it’s been too long since I read anything good, but I am nineteen pages into Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked this Way Comes and that’s exactly how I feel. It’s probably been at least ten years since I’ve read Fahrenheit 451.  If the prose there is half as good as what’s in this prologue and these first three chapters, I’m adding it to my wishlist...
Dec 14th
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“The alcohol in China is made of rice. It’s strong. You know it’s...”
– Yao Ming Great stuff from him in Esquire.
Dec 12th
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ListenDeVotchKa - The Clockwise Witness I have no idea...
Dec 10th
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“Equally absurd, the NFL — the league organization, not the individual...”
– TMQ (Gregg Easterbrook)
Dec 10th
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ListenSomeone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Think I...
Dec 9th
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“Now as his top military adviser ran through a slide show of options, Mr. Obama...”
– Excellent article in the New York Times on the work put in by Obama and staff on coming up with a plan for Afghanistan.
Dec 6th
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Dec 6th
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“Professional golf is an odd game because you don’t play against others, but you...”
– Joe Posnanski I’ve never played professional golf, or amateur golf.  I can pull a 5-under on your typical Wild West mini golf course.  But this seems to me a pretty great description of highly competitive golf.
Dec 5th
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Dec 4th
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“Dear Madam: I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of...”
– Abraham Lincoln…WHOOPS.  NOT Abraham Lincoln.  Some guy named John Hay. You will of course know that this quote is read in Saving Private Ryan.  The prose is insanely excellent.  Unfortunately, everything that goes on here is not as it seems.  From IMDb: Abraham Lincoln’s letter to...
Dec 4th
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Dec 1st
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ListenBelle & Sebastian - Piazza, New York Catcher ...
Dec 1st