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“…born of nameless nightmare parents”
“My father was consumed by my mother as soon as he had fertilized her and she, in her turn, was eaten by myself at my birth. That is my first…
Dressing the Yellow Chicken
Most of these images are lantern slides, and all were found at the flickr page of the Oregon State University Archives:
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #16
AVATAR ★★★★★ (3 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Avatar.
Notable SF, This Week: 12/28-01/03
This week in San Francisco, experience music the old fashioned way at Shellac Shack and the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra’s free home show. Also plans for New Year’s Eve and…
The January Monthly Rumpus
The Rumpus proudly presents: Welcome Back January 11 at The Makeout Room, 3225 22nd Street, 7pm. Get Advance Tickets! Click Here! Featuring authors Michelle Tea, D. A. Powell, Elissa Bassist,…
Notable New York, This Week 12/28/09-1/03/10
This week in New York The Poetry Project holds its 36th Annual New Year’s Day Marathon Benefit Reading, Ludacris and Sandra Bernhard perform, 92Y hosts a New Year’s Hustle Bash,…
Kyle Kinane’s I’m Dead and It’s All My Fault #17
I’m a volunteer fireman, Doug. I just show up where I can when I can, you know? Well, I assume the training is voluntary as well. I’m not gonna waste…
Morning Coffee
Welcome Back. Check out this sweet door. NY Times brings you the most commonly stolen books. In utero animals, kinda gross, kinda adorable! New Scientist looks back at a year…
Malcolm Gladwell, James Wood, and Christine Smallwood Get Evangelical
At a recent n+1 panel discussion, Malcolm Gladwell, James Wood, and Christine Smallwood discussed God as trade, unmetaphysical writers, and intellectualism versus how religion makes you feel.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Murder
“According to the U.S. Dept. of Transportation, 99.9 percent of hitchhikers are murderers…” (via DocPop.org)