Category: reading
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Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me
Because I needed things from the hardware store, I went to the hardware store. And then the bookshop. Why? I had no need of things from the bookshop. What I needed was a litre of exterior paint in the shade of Moonglow, & a couple of those sponges that are also sanding paper. (They’re washable,…
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Bury my heart … er… with the rest of me
Andre Norton wanted to be cremated with her first & last books. http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/books/03/17/obit.norton.ap/index.html How weird & delightfully creepy. When I go, I’d like to be buried with four of my closest friends. You guys don’t mind, right? Also, Norton was 93 & they had to rush her last book off the press so she could…
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In case you haven’t seen this already
“Journalist Hunter S. Thompson did not take his life “in a moment of haste or anger or despondency” and probably planned his suicide well in advance because of his declining health, the family’s spokesman said Wednesday. Douglas Brinkley, a historian and author who has edited some of Thompson’s work, said the founder of “gonzo” journalism…
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The best thing to do with good advice is pass it on — & fast, like a hot potato
One of my favourite places to hang out online (apart from, naturally, here) is McSweeney’s, & I strongly urge you to visit them today, where you will find a very useful & relevant piece entitled: In Regard to Surviving in a World With James Caan (http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2005/1/17kirkbride.html — I would put the link neatly into the…