Monthly Archives: July 2009
a cock and bull story
Hello, Shirley Henderson. I vaguely wanted to see 24 Hour Party People. Also 9 Songs, which you were not in, but Michael Winterbottom directed. WTF’s a cock and bull story?
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something for nothing, judge some books by their covers
A therapist once told me, or someone told me a therapist told them, that the reason therapy had to cost so much is so the patient would appreciate its value. Which is a very Ayn Rand, absolute idea of value, … Continue reading
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then you and some other people came to the end
Then We Came to the End was touching, and fairly accurate to my working-in-offices experience. Particularly this, towards the beginning: We thanked each other. It was customary after every exchange. Our thanks were never disingenuous or ironic. We said thanks … Continue reading
Blog gets dressed up
Check out the new header, courtesy of Al. In return for which he got Finnegans Wake (all this time I thought that was possessive), The Waves, and A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again. I asked him to justify … Continue reading
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Battle of the Losers
My goal is to read everything I own, which seems neurotic until I consider that books are the only objects I would feel that way about: I wouldn’t acquire clothes and not wear them or food and not eat it. … Continue reading
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