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New Yorker Comment: The Binaries of Adam Gopnik
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The Binaries of Adam Gopnik. As Adam Gopnik tours the Internet with Never-Betters and Better-Nevers, one has to ask, Does the binary make the writer, or the writer make the binary? And as that last sentence shows, I've betrayed the em dash for her sister, en. My new girl pines for the spotlight less. A case of preferring Jan to Marcia, maybe, but once you get past the honey-coloured hair and deliciously long neck. Adam Gopnik pulls this Feb. 2011 Internet. Dismissal and a glib Nazi put-down. Who are pess...
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New Yorker Comment: Describing: Paulo Coelho
http://newyorkercomment.blogspot.com/2007/05/describing-paulo-coelho.html
Coelho is almost sixty. His name, bestowed upon a suite at the Hotel Ambasciatori in Rome and a hot-chocolate drink at Le Bristol hotel in Paris, is pronounced CO-el-you. He is solid and short, with the capable, roughened look of someone who makes his living out-of-doors, and he dresses in black cowboy boots, black jeans, and black T-shirts. 8212;Dana Goodyear, in " The Magus. May 7), a profile of the Brazilian novelist who has sold almost 100 million books. I have a new favorite Brazilian literary critic.
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Toast: One of Those Christmas Letters and Then Some
http://www.lindystoast.com/2011/01/-irredeemable-dullness-for-your-reading-pleasure-1.html
January 06, 2011. One of Those Christmas Letters and Then Some. So, Ive not been around these parts for some time. A few things have changed for me, in the kitchen and otherwise. Combined with my inherent inertia, they provide such explaination as I can offer for my absence. Money intended for holiday travel. Not me. . Posted at 05:01 PM. Posted by: Nancy February 03, 2011 at 11:50 AM. Posted by: Dr Alice. February 20, 2011 at 12:33 AM. Oh, I miss Toast so much. I really miss your writing, since its...
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Race-ing the environment | A Fistful of Science
https://fistfulofscience.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/race-ing-the-environment
A Fistful of Science. When violence fails, resort to words. Who is this JR Minkel? A fistful of critique. JR Minkel . blogs as only he can. Than John Pavlus - PZ Myers. Jared Diamond on the origin of class divisions. Jared Diamond on our species’ worst mistake. The industrialized equivalent of! We’re called climate hawks now — pass it on. The hardest math problem yet in my GRE review book. Why Steven Pinker gave up on anarchism. Alan Moore's misogynistic legacy. Are boys more aggressive than girls? Laquo...
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Jared Diamond on our species’ worst mistake | A Fistful of Science
https://fistfulofscience.wordpress.com/2010/10/23/jared-diamond-on-our-species-worst-mistake
A Fistful of Science. When violence fails, resort to words. Who is this JR Minkel? A fistful of critique. JR Minkel . blogs as only he can. Than John Pavlus - PZ Myers. Jared Diamond on the origin of class divisions. Jared Diamond on our species’ worst mistake. The industrialized equivalent of! We’re called climate hawks now — pass it on. The hardest math problem yet in my GRE review book. Why Steven Pinker gave up on anarchism. Alan Moore's misogynistic legacy. Are boys more aggressive than girls? Laquo...
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New Yorker Comment: Deep time
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Glaring and bescarfed Adam Gopnik sure sounds kinder than he looks. I caught half of his CBC Ideas lecture. Last night while driving into town. In it ( podcast. Due Feb. 5) Gopnik expounded a question he recently asked his kids: Do you prefer theatres, where you can sit? Or museums, where you can talk? Luckily, I obsessed over a Darwin piece. Of his from October; I could see where he was cribbing it in his lecture. He read my favorite part almost word for word. In Darwin's work, time moves at two speeds:...
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We’re called climate hawks now — pass it on | A Fistful of Science
https://fistfulofscience.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/were-called-climate-hawks-now-pass-it-on
A Fistful of Science. When violence fails, resort to words. Who is this JR Minkel? A fistful of critique. JR Minkel . blogs as only he can. Than John Pavlus - PZ Myers. Jared Diamond on the origin of class divisions. Jared Diamond on our species’ worst mistake. The industrialized equivalent of! We’re called climate hawks now — pass it on. The hardest math problem yet in my GRE review book. Why Steven Pinker gave up on anarchism. Alan Moore's misogynistic legacy. Are boys more aggressive than girls? Kung ...
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Jared Diamond on the origin of class divisions | A Fistful of Science
https://fistfulofscience.wordpress.com/2010/10/31/jared-diamond-on-the-origin-of-class-divisions
A Fistful of Science. When violence fails, resort to words. Who is this JR Minkel? A fistful of critique. JR Minkel . blogs as only he can. Than John Pavlus - PZ Myers. Jared Diamond on the origin of class divisions. Jared Diamond on our species’ worst mistake. The industrialized equivalent of! We’re called climate hawks now — pass it on. The hardest math problem yet in my GRE review book. Why Steven Pinker gave up on anarchism. Alan Moore's misogynistic legacy. Are boys more aggressive than girls? Laquo...
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AntiRust: Long Time No Blog: HELP!
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In Pursuit of a New American Industrialism. Laquo; More on Shrinking Cities: Is Pittsburgh Like Buffalo? Long Time No Blog: HELP! Yes I've been away for a while. But I am back. Sort of. More on all of that very soon. But for now:. How in the hell do you get to the Amtrak station in Pittsburgh? I am, going to NYC this weekend. Amtrak seemed like the best bet. But I am already frustrated beyond belief. I could drive and park. Where would I park? What is the closest garage lot? The down side of the airport ...