- “I’ve never actually read the books that I’ve blurbed.” – Nick Tosches in Bookforum
- That terrific Kenneth Tynan piece on Johnny Carson that Tingle was looking for.
- Want to bone up on philosophy, but can’t quite find the time? Try Squashed Philosophers.
- The CS Monitor gives capsule reviews of the NBCC fiction finalists, in case you didn’t get to any of them.
- O, Brother, Where Art Thou? Oh Right, Everywhere: Discarded titles for George Orwell’s 1984 at McSweeney’s (via Kottke).
- David Sedaris’ recommended reading list