December 2010
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bbook: “Let us toast to animal pleasures, to escapism, to rain on the roof and instant coffee, to unemployment insurance and library cards, to absinthe and good-hearted landlords, to music and warm bodies and contraceptives and to the good life, whatever it is and wherever it happens to be.” —Hunter S. Thompson
Dec 28th
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The Fifteen Greatest Mustaches in Coen Brothers... →
Dec 23rd
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10 Alternative Christmas Tales →
Dec 23rd
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Dec 23rd
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Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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Dec 20th
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Encounter a lot of people crying in public. Watch an NYU student cry in Think Coffee, a business woman in midtown sob into her cellphone, an old man whimper on a stoop in Greenpoint. At first, it will feel very jarring but, like everything else, it will become normal. Have your first public cry in front of a Bank of America. Cry so hard and don’t care if people are watching you. You pay good...
Dec 20th
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I made it
After a very terrible few weeks, I am finally back in Ohio for the holidays. The script I had been struggling to finish is finally complete, my freelance deadlines have been met (by the skin of my teeth), and I can look forward to two weeks of having essentially no obligations. Essentially. I will be working, but it will be for a fun personal project I’ve had up my sleeve for the past year....
Dec 20th
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“Just keep swimming, just keep swimming…”
– Dory, Finding Nemo
Dec 16th
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5 Must-Read Small Press Titles From 2010 →
(via: flavorwire)
Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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Man Officially Cured of HIV →
I thought this was somehow fake, but I looked into it further and it is very, very real.  Not to mention a very, very big step in the right direction.   Once again, science baffles my brain…
Dec 15th
Dec 15th
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"Black List" 2010: The Top Ten Best Unproduced... →
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Dec 14th
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Dec 11th
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Dec 11th
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Dec 10th
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“Strange children should look at each other and say, “Let’s play.”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender is the Night
Dec 8th
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“Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it’s less good than the...”
– Elizabeth Edwards
Dec 7th
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How To 'Thrive': Dan Buettner's Secrets Of... →
(via:npr) This was so interesting - I’d love to read the book…
Dec 5th
Dec 5th
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Dec 5th
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10 Actors Turned Literary Authors →
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Dec 3rd
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“I’ve got two daughters who will have to make their way in this skinny-obsessed...”
– J. K. Rowling God I love this woman. (via laceandlattes) (via everythingharrypotter) (via harrypotterhouses) (via kimscrackers) (via pinkeezy) (via libraryland)
Dec 3rd
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Dec 3rd
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Dec 3rd
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“I want - I want - I want - was all that she could think about - but just what...”
–  Carson McCullers, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 
Dec 3rd
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Dec 2nd
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Three Books To Rekindle Your Sense Of Wonder →
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Dec 2nd
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Dec 1st
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Dec 1st
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Dec 1st
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“I never loved nobody fully Always one foot on the ground And by protecting my...”
– Regina Spektor
Dec 1st