JD Salinger blows my mind pt. 542 |
Rereading Nine Stories, because I am home with my books for the week. Somehow this passage of description has escaped my idolatrous gaze... until now. From "Just before the War with the Eskimos":"Tilt...
Posted by Dan on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 03:41:00 PST |
Book Recommendation |
Wow, everybody needs to read Sputnik Sweetheart by my new contemporary fiction mancrush, Haruki Murakami, and they need to read it as soon as possible. I can't really do it justice by describing it--t...
Posted by Dan on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:32:00 PST |
Exciting car conclusion. |
So: it turns out I ended up with neither of the other cars. I was set on the Aurora as of today, but the Chevy dealer still wouldn't, uh, deal. So we went over to Ford, where we Know Somebody, and got...
Posted by Dan on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 04:14:00 PST |
RE: the looking at of you, kid |
How had I not seen Casablanca before just now? I do not know. But if someone asked me to name a movie better than Casablanca, I would have a lot of trouble naming a movie better than Casablanca.
Posted by Dan on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:11:00 PST |
Non-Hypothetical Car Question |
So, I didn't want it to end up like this, but my mom has always been terrified of the car I drive and now that it has 140,000 miles and a gawky front-end she has more or less removed it as an option f...
Posted by Dan on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:31:00 PST |
I hate to de-add the Helen Kane song... |
But the Smoking Popes added a rough mix of my favorite of their new songs, so "Welcome to Janesville" it is. Everyone who enjoys music should go listen to their other new songs, too, and then "Destina...
Posted by Dan on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:30:00 PST |
Deer vs. Car |
Hey, guess what animal hit my car!I was going 45 on a Deer Highway--you know the kind, trees on both sides, two thin lanes, no shoulders--and, unsurprisingly, a deer decided to get in the way. Not jus...
Posted by Dan on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 04:46:00 PST |
Hold Steady Video |
If you did not go to Columbia to see the Hold Steady blow a Blue Note's worth of minds, you missed this:
and this
and some of this
Awesome. PS The new Woody Allen book came ...
Posted by Dan on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 06:57:00 PST |
Smoking! Popes! |
"Adena" just came on iTunes, and--wait a minute, it's just about to end.I can heaaar myself saaay, A-deeeen-aaaa...Awesome. Awesome. Anyway, and I suddenly realized I'm gonna see the Smoking Popes in ...
Posted by Dan on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 10:25:00 PST |
Knocked Up tonight, anybody? |
Are you like me? Is your bulletin space monopolized by idiots reposting chain letters so their crush will totally kiss them tomorrow? In case you are, I am reposting this bulletin, which is not a chai...
Posted by Dan on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 04:00:00 PST |
