2011
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On Perfect Immigrants and Imperfect Stories
Over at The Atlantic, Julianne Hing writes about some tragic immigration stories, from the Border Patrol officer who was charged with giving shelter to an undocumented immigrant (his father) to a kid from Oregon who didn’t even know he was…
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Science Saturday
The Secret Service has done a study on US assassinations, and there’s some really interesting findings available. Here’s yet another way a hacker can use your public information against you. How is it that the Eiffel Tower is still standing?…
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Saturday Morning Links
My coffee pot died earlier this week, so I raided the emergency change jar in order to buy another one. Don’t judge me. Do you have a Kindle and want to know how to break the DRM on your books?…
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While Away the Hours: Book Club Round-Up
You can read notes from our book club discussion of Pacazo, Roy Kesey‘s new novel that reminded one reader of The Sound and the Fury, “with an unreliable narrator whose narrative goes back and forth in time.” If you’re in…
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Horn! Reviews:
HORN! REVIEWS: Deus Ex Machina Kevin Thomas reviews December Rumpus Book Club pick Deus Ex Machina in another fantastic Rumpus Comic.
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DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #62: We Are Here to Build the House
Forget the man. Forget the money. It’s your own sweet self with whom you must rendezvous.
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Mary Pacifico Curtis: The Last Book I Loved, Tender at the Bone
The title of this book, Tender at the Bone, is quite brilliant. As the chef’s description of a roast that is perfectly cooked, it gets to the junction of a memoir told by an author who is renowned for her expertise…
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Erin Rose’s Tech Links
It’s Friday . . . let’s have some frivolity. Hug your closest factory, ’cause it’s real hard to make a toaster from scratch.. Modern kids make it clear how obsolete the technology of my youth has become. Yes, Willy Wonka…
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Washington D.C. Real Estate Advice
At the end of a CNBC post about how U.S. home values have fallen 26% since the 2006 peak, surpassing the drop experienced from 1928 through 1933, there is a link to the Zillow page for 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, in…
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Dear Ruins of Our Future Selves
Wetzsteon’s formal style mixed with her populist vernacular is unmistakable and unforgettable.