December 2010
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“I picked this book up out in Portland, Oregon. Out there for a conference, this...”
– from an amazon review of City Life by Witold Rybczynski
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cool clip from ‘06. the talent is just...
http://nehrujackets.tumblr.com/post/2106156546/what... →
“We will also be putting out a press release later with even more details and...”
– from “How Tweet It Is!” a post about the Library of Congress having access to every public tweet since Twitter’s inception. via the Library of Congress’s blog.
WatchThe Dream of the 90s is Alive in Portland.
from Andrew Sullivan
“Where young people go to retire”
I’m on vacation visiting family in Portland, so it was quite serendipitous to come across the trailer for the upcoming series “Portlandia” while waiting in the airport:
h/t CRo
The Lion's Share - Aesop
The Lion went once a-hunting along with the Fox, the Jackal, and the Wolf. They hunted and they hunted ‘til at last they surprised a Stag, and soon took its life. Then came the question how the spoil should be divided. “Quarter me this Stag,” roared the Lion; so the other animals skinned it and cut it into four parts. Then the Lion took his stand in front of the carcass and...
WatchKim Ann Foxman (from Hercules and Love Affair) talking about what she’s buying at Amoeba Records. <3
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“You are seeking our views on a leaked cable allegedly containing information...”
– Shell Oil to The Guardian, re: cables describing the relationship between Shell & the Nigerian government. (from)
(part of the “Meaning Full Spam” series)
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INTERVIEWER
Was Run River your first novel? It seems so finished for a first that I thought you might have shelved earlier ones.
DIDION
I’ve put away nonfiction things, but I’ve never put away a novel. I might throw out forty pages and write forty new ones, but it’s all part of the same novel. I wrote the first half ofRun River at night over a period of years. I was working...
