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Everything that can’t be categorized but is still wonderful!
“devastatingly poignant with a dash of humor”
Rumpus Book Club member Mandy Boles, a.k.a. The Well-Read Wife, shares her review of October book club selection The Middlesteins. (She even calls our Book Club awesome. What a charmer.)
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
So I guess today’s the day. Slate has your inspirational pictures of women voting through the ages, if that’s your thing. This just in: math is the worst! This just…
“Terrible things happening to orphans over and over again”
That turned out to be a very fortunate pitch for Lemony Snicket. The Chronicle reports on Daniel Handler, San Francisco native and future contributor to Letters for Kids. Topics discussed include: a…
Ted Wilson for President. Tomorrow.
Our own Ted Wilson is running for President. Have you considered voting for him tomorrow? Facts: 1. Instead of using drones to accidentally murder innocent people, Ted will use them…
Polling Preparation
One commenter shared a few great suggestions in response to today’s Week in Greed. Maura says: 1. To find your polling place, you can text “FIND” to 228466. It will ask for…
Report from the HMS Bounty
“The risks have become legend, and the language for intense emotions—whether love or loss—are borrowed from the extremes of life at sea.” The Paris Review Daily posts the story of…
Notable San Francisco 11/5-11-10
This week in San Francisco! Monday 11/5: Quiet Lightning is a monthly curated magazine featuring blind submissions by writers throughout the Bay Area. Tonight’s readings come from the November issue,…
Improve your prose with Math
Alright fiction writers, put down your pens for a moment and let’s talk math. If you recoil when hearing the “M-word” or brace your index fingers into a cross at…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
I’m sure we’re all going to be preoccupied for the next two days, so let’s take a moment to talk about shark sex. The golden age of space (can be…
Joke or Treat
Artist Jon Cotner celebrated Halloween by collecting jokes from his neighbors in Brooklyn. Check out his slideshow at The Hairpin.