February 2012
82 posts
Happy birthday, David Foster Wallace
unchartedbooks:
Today would have been David Foster Wallace’s 50th birthday. I don’t think Mr. Wallace would have had much interest in being mourned or dissected in our memories, so let’s have some fun on this occasion and remember him not as a genius cut down too soon, but as a genius who also happened to be a really funny dude.
Some Wallace end notes and miscellany after the jump.
Read...
“I will go so far as to say that the modern conservative faith is the direct...”
– What Bible is Santorum Reading? (via azspot)
I’ve been wondering when someone with a solid theology/biblical background is going to stand up and dispute these patently ridiculous claims and interpretations.
Basically what I’m waiting for is a loud and public version of what President...
Watch“Oh no, I think Bon Iver put himself to sleep.”
“On a few occasions, Willmore said he has ordered defendants to read “Les...”
– This is laragazzabreve style justice one would think.
BitTorrent inventor's new p2p tech could 'kill off... →
Jeremy Lin Hits Game-Winning Three-Pointer With... →
Yo, Is This Racist? →
“I still feel that there is too much music in the world. I’m not convinced that...”
– Experimental producer Matthew Herbert on the current state of music in our latest 5-10-15-20 interview. (via pitchfork)
“Jefferson once famously observed to Adams, “And the day will come when the...”
– Five founders who were skeptical of organized Christianity and couldn’t be elected today
Bradley Whitford to Guest Star on Parks &... →
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tktc:
laughterkey:
Though Schur hadn’t seen the finished episode yet, he said there were several small “West Wing” homages in it, and he told the director if there was room for a “West Wing”-style walk-and-talk with Amy Poehler and Bradley Whitford, he “wouldn’t complain.” But don’t look for a mini-“West Wing” reunion in Pawnee: Rob Lowe, who played Seaborn, did not share a scene...
