September 2011
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MCPHEE You write a lead. You sit down and think, Where do I want this piece to begin? What makes sense? It can’t be meretricious. It’s got to deliver on what you promise. It should shine like a flashlight down through the piece. So you write a beginning. Then you go back to your notes and start looking for an overall structure. It’s three times as easy if you’ve got that lead. Once I’ve...
Sep 22nd
MCPHEE He spoke so softly. I was awestruck: the guy’s the editor of The New Yorker and he’s this mysterious person. It was the most transforming event of my writing existence, meeting him, and you could take a hundred years to try to get to know him, and this was just the first day. But he was a really encouraging editor. Shawn always functioned as the editor of new writers, so he edited the...
Sep 22nd
“INTERVIEWER Why don’t you read aloud to yourself? MCPHEE I think because...”
– http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/5997/the-art-of-nonfiction-no-3-john-mcphee
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September 2009
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Elegant Field Guide To Leaf, Branch And Bud : NPR →
Need.
Sep 17th
How Did Economists Get It So Wrong? - NYTimes.com →
PK on the track
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“ADORED in the United States, ignored or mocked almost everywhere else, peanut...”
– The Minimalist - Exploring Peanut Butter’s Potential - NYTimes.com
Sep 6th
When Stuck for Dessert, Make Crepes - Bitten Blog... →
Fuck. Yes.
Sep 6th
The Prague Post - Tempo - Ten days that shook the... →
I’ll be checking this out. Oh yeah, I have my internets sorted out over here. More updates to come.
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August 2009
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"The future isn't big anymore. The future is... →
Aug 6th
“Did you know that the United States of America, the Land of the Free, puts a...”
– I smoke pot, and I like it - THE WEEK
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The Believer - Concerning the Spiritual in Indie... →
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July 2009
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Vol Libre, Incredible 1980 CGI Film. Via kottke.
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Senior City-zens: The World's 10 Oldest... →
Jul 23rd
Beat America by Aram Saroyan : The Poetry... →
What we learned from the beat poets.
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Fancy Fast Food →
Like putting lipstick on a pig, then eating it.
Jul 20th
NASA Releases Preview Partially Restored Apollo 11... →
40 years ago, a man walked on the moon. Restored footage.
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June 2009
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“I write this with Wi-Fi from the train station in Urbana. I’ll ride this...”
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Jun 19th
Oxford American :: Thomas Swick’s Hard Times →
The life of the writer.
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Top 10: The architecture of Star Wars (pt I) | The... →
Via Kottke.
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Exclusive Video - Extreme Kayaking - National... →
Sometimes you have to do 186-foot drops.
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May 2009
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“With a quirky contrariness as deeply etched in the national character as the...”
– Norway Thrives by Going Against the Tide - NYTimes.com
May 15th
“Don’t get married just because there’s a run on weddings. Happens to...”
– Deadspin - A Special Balls Deep Message To The Class Of 2009 - Drew Magary
May 15th
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“We’re here to celebrate the power of words,” President Obama said....”
– Obamas Host Speakers, Musicians for White House Poetry Jam - washingtonpost.com
May 13th
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Atlantic video on a long-form Harvard study on what happiness is. I think you should watch it.
May 12th
Address of the peers of england to pope Clement... →
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Germany Imagines Suburbs Without Cars -... →
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Dear Graduate →
May 7th
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Hobbits 'are a... →
Scientists have found more evidence that the Indonesian “Hobbit” skeletons belong to a new species of human - and not modern pygmies. Still no word on Ewoks.
May 7th
30 Rock's weird conservative streak. - By Jonah... →
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