May 2012
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May 2nd
April 2012
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“At certain points, reading the work can even be said to resemble the act of...”
– Norman Mailer, reviewing Tom Wolfe’s 742-page A Man in Full
Apr 17th
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“A man without a mustache is like a woman with a mustache.”
– Anton Chekhov, in his Notebook
Apr 8th
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Apr 7th
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Apr 7th
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“If you are an American, you must allow all ideas to circulate freely in your...”
– Kurt Vonnegut, in a letter to a man who burned his books.
Apr 2nd
March 2012
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Mar 31st
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“I’ve given in to the logic of events, marriage, children, death....”
– Yasmina Reza, ‘Art’
Mar 30th
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Sgt. Robert Bales' victims' names
Why do we know a shitload about an accused murderer but almost nothing about his victims? The dead: Mohamed Dawood son of  Abdullah Khudaydad son of Mohamed Juma Nazar Mohamed  Payendo Robeena Shatarina daughter of Sultan Mohamed Zahra daughter of Abdul Hamid Nazia daughter of Dost Mohamed Masooma daughter of Mohamed Wazir  Farida daughter of Mohamed Wazir Palwasha daughter of Mohamed Wazir...
Mar 20th
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Mar 19th
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Mar 12th
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February 2012
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Feb 24th
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January 2012
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“If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he entitled to happiness?”
– Stanislaw Lec
Jan 24th
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“Every fact of science was once damned. Every invention was considered...”
– Robert Anton Wilson
Jan 12th
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WatchWatch
I’ll always remember that ordinary day my life changed forever, the day I met Verbal Ace, the Beat-Boxer from Outer Space.
Jan 9th
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“Yes, I’m willing to continue to have Muslim children slaughtered by covert...”
– Glenn Greenwald, laying out an honest line of reasoning for prospective Obama voters
Jan 2nd
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December 2011
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Dec 30th
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Dec 20th
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Dec 16th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 7th
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Dec 2nd
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November 2011
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“At some point, doesn’t a country’s ongoing willingness year after year to...”
– Glenn Greenwald
Nov 26th
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Nov 25th
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Nov 22nd
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Nov 18th
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Nov 18th
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Nov 13th
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Nov 2nd
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“OH WOW. OH WOW. OH WOW.”
– Steve Jobs’ last words
Nov 1st
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October 2011
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Oct 22nd
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September 2011
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“I hope your cups are full. I hope your vintage is untouched. In such a porcelain...”
– Emily Dickinson
Sep 26th
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Sep 20th
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Sep 18th
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Sep 17th
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Sep 12th
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Sep 12th
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August 2011
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“To call a story a true story is an insult to both art and truth.”
– Vladimir Nabokov
Aug 4th
July 2011
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“You know, I hate your plays. Shakespeare was a bad writer, and I consider your...”
– Tolstoy, on his deathbed, to Chekhov
Jul 19th
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IN EVENT OF MOON DISASTER (July 18, 1969)
To: H.R. Haldemann From: Bill Safire Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace. These brave men, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, know that there is no hope for their recovery. But they also know that there is hope for mankind in their sacrifice. These two men are laying down their lives in mankind’s most noble goal:...
Jul 19th
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Jul 19th
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Thomas Jefferson's Horses
Allycrocker Gustavus Cacullin The General Crab Everallyn Alfred Caractacus Elthelinda Silvertail Orra Moor Peggy Waffington Zanga Odin Polly Peachum Silveret Assaragoa Raleigh Tarquin Brimmer Remus & Romulus (carriage horses) Matchless Fitzpartner Wildair Castor Diomede Bremo Wellington Tecumseh Peacemaker The Eagle
Jul 18th
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“But it’s a hot load of bullshit that he didn’t get a nomination, and...”
– Amy Poehler, on Nick Offerman’s lack of Emmy nomination
Jul 14th
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Jul 10th
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“You had me at ‘Meat Tornado.’”
Jul 9th
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Jul 5th
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Jul 3rd
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June 2011
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Jun 29th
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Jun 18th
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