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January 18, 2012
Escapism for Moms: Three Chronicles of Fatherhood 5
by Polly Rosenwaike
I found myself cheering these elusive mothers: Let her work! Let her sleep! Let her leave town! Some of my fondest feelings toward my daughter, I must admit, rise up in me when I imagine her at home with her dad.
January 18, 2012
Stephen FryTube 0
by Nick Moran
Some kind soul has uploaded all of Stephen Fry’s QI (Quite Interesting) to YouTube. Enjoy.
January 18, 2012
You Can’t Watch (or Read) It All 0
by Nick Moran
In a piece reminiscent of Talk of the Nation’s “You Can’t Possibly Read It All, So Stop Trying” episode, A D Jameson tracks every film he’s watched over a fifteen year span, and then discusses the data for HTMLGiant. Choice line (which could easily apply to literature, too): “The more you watch from the present [...]
January 18, 2012
On The Road On The Screen 3
by Nick Moran
Francis Ford Coppola’s movie adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s On The Road may finally see the light of day. The film, directed by Walter Salles and starring the likes of Viggo Mortensen, Amy Adams, and Steve Buscemi, could hit French theaters as early as March 23rd.
January 18, 2012
A Rare Book Collector’s Guide to the College Library Book Sale 1
by Rebecca Rego Barry
Not that I was necessarily looking for an overlooked first edition, but I will declare up front that I did find one such diamond in the rough.
January 17, 2012
Get Educated on SOPA 6
by C. Max Magee
Tomorrow (January 18th), sites like Wikipedia and Reddit will go dark to protest SOPA. Anyone who’s been online over the past few weeks probably has a vague sense of why this proposed legislation is bad news for the internet as we know it, but Reddit has put up a blog post delving into the language [...]
