The Kindest Rejection of All
Just when stories of decapitations, corporate executive malfeasance, doping tennis dads, stolen prosthetic limbs, and firebombed homeless men make you think there is no hope for mankind, something always pops up to restore a bit of mankind’s dignity. Maybe it’s chicken soup for the soul kind of item. A stranger rescues a cat or…
continue readingIf TS Eliot Lived in a Frat House
I found this item from the wonderful Bookninja who noticed it on the informative Bookslut. Before that, it was probably on Booknanny, Bookdentist, and Bookprude. Maybe Bookforestranger. It’s a hilarious item… The Closest Jay Comes to a Love Song by Lauren Frey gives us an idea of what Prufrock would have said had he worn Abercrombie…
continue readingInked EIC Now a Television Star
I mentioned a little while ago that I had done some work for the tattoo and culture magazine Inked. It’s a great publication and the current issue features Scott Weiland, former playmate Brande Roderick, actor Danny Trejo, and Tera Patrick and Evan Seinfeld as a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde. Last night on TLC’s Miami Ink television…
continue readingOn Revision
From Carolyn See’s Making a Literary Life: “Revision is when you first get to recognize the distance between what you wanted to write, what you thought you were writing, and what you actually did write. That recognition often makes you want to throw up.”
continue readingIs Nicholson Baker Getting a Cut?
I’ve noticed a couple of films recently that involve someone being able to mess with the passage of time. Adam Sandler’s new movie, Click, is the story of Michael Newman, a busy architect who discovers a universal remote that allows him to alter real time the way you fast-forward, pause, or rewind a videotape. In the trailer,…
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