Posts under ‘Mentionable’
English bullblog
Today I set up a Tumblr for Annie called Annie Get Your Bone.
Something fishy in Modern Love
I really love “Just One Last Swirl Around the Bowl,” Dan Barry’s Modern Love essay about a dad caring for his daughter’s dying goldfish. It’s funny and heartbreaking and the kind of stuff I aspire to write. See for yourself:
Margaret Cho on not “going there”
This afternoon I was suddenly reminded of CHO Revolution, my favorite Margaret Cho special. Being told “Don’t go there” often confirms that you probably should.
Writing, at least, doesn’t usually involve soiling oneself in front of medical professionals and family members
Tonight I’m sitting at my desk and writing about something that has been stuck in my head (and written on my to-do list) for nearly a month. I need a literary laxative or something, because it’s not coming out smoothly.
Many people would coo and encourage me to take my time, to wait ’til the story’s ready to be told, or some such thing. But that’s not really how writing works most of the time. When you do it for money and some sense of self-actualization, I have to tell you that it’s more “labor” than “of love.”
For the love of dog
This Rebecca Traister story about her family’s three-legged pit bull is beautiful and heartbreaking.
If you have ever loved a dog, you should give it a read.
Here’s a preview:
I LEGO NY
I love Christoph Niemann’s LEGO renderings of NYC geography and everyday minutiae.
Feel free to bribe me, too, Cash4gold
On Friday, The Consumerist published a follow-up to a story about a blogger who tried Cash4gold of TV infomercial fame, found out that (surprise, surprise) the company rips people off, and blogged the experience. The blogger has since been offered $3,000 (not in gold, I imagine) by said sleazy enterprise to delete the post.
One President, thousands of words
My friend April sent me this link to some incredible inauguration photos. See some of the millions of people worldwide who were reveling in the moment.
Not a sad clown
My favorite of the New Yorker cartoons I have on my refrigerator:
