Category Archives: Books Publishing and Writing

Vocabulary Building Word of the Day

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Here’s something I did not know.  The word “gunsel” has two meanings. In its most common slang usage, it refers to a criminal carrying a gun.  But in earlier convict slang, the word had a quite different meaning: … Continue reading →

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“I Was Looking for a Street”

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: As the quote I posted a few days ago implied, I just read the first volume of crime writer Charles Willeford’s memoirs. It might be one of the best things I’ve ever read. The book covers the … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Thinking, when you first try it, is very difficult. I had never tried to think before, seriously, I mean, and I didn’t quite know how to go about the process. Most people, under ordinary circumstances, living with … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: “A few miles from here a frost-stiffened wood waits and keeps watch above a mere; the overhanging bank is a maze of tree-roots mirrored in its surface. At night there, something uncanny happens: the water burns. And … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Sometimes at pagan shrines they vowed offerings to idols, swore oaths that the killer of souls might come to their aid and save the people. That was their way, their heathenish hope; deep in their hearts they remembered … Continue reading →

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Linkage

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Given the play it receives in the media and on Facebook, it might surprise you to know that, according to Gallup, around 4% of Americans think gun control is the most important issue facing the country. Related. … Continue reading →

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The Sweet Revenge of Kim Dotcom

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Epaminondas

epiminondas writes: We all know how Hollywood and the big publishing houses control the copyright laws and their enforcement.  What we didn’t know about was the blowback from that domination… http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/04/17/inside-mega-the-second-coming-of-kim-dotcom/

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“In the Bedroom”

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: I hated this very literary 2001 vigilante picture, directed by Todd Field from a story by Andre Dubus. It’s immaculate and meticulous; full of grief, bleakness and quiet; and bristling with mythic overtones and unexpressed (but broadly … Continue reading →

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A New Counterculture?

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: I’ve been arguing for a while (with friends and on Facebook) what John Derbyshire is implicitly semi-arguing in his provocative new piece at Taki’s Magazine — that the alt-Right is today’s counterculture. In the way it quarrels … Continue reading →

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Malick Studies

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I see Terrence Malick’s latest emanation is upon us. Call me crazy, but I tend to be less than enthusiastic about Malick’s movies; they often strike me as weird combos of dum-dum ideas and imperious stylization of the kind you might find … Continue reading →

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