Jim Carrey as a genius, the "representative jester of our time." "Carrey’s dream sequence of movies is a prophecy, a warning that this clanking ego-apparatus in which each of us walks around, this fissured, monumental self, half Job and half Bertie Wooster, cannot be sustained. Out of his own seemingly bottomless disquiet, Carrey writhes and reaches into the bottomless disquiet of his audience."

"Sometimes though, to keep a form one wants, everything else has to go."

On art which extends the present, and tickling yourself. This is what I love so much about music.

A great profile of the author, who wrote "No Country for Old Men". "At its root, McCarthy's fiction arises from the tragedy of all wild creatures, of whatever is begotten, born, and dies, the tragedy of autonomous life in a world increasingly circumscribed by a rage for order and captivity. More than merely human. It is the tragedy of warm blood itself, of blood and time."

A fantastic blog on Japanese language, literature, and culture. I revel in this. (And this is what a blog should be — written only so often, and every post is high-quality. Comments are few and long and educated and of very high quality themselves.)

"Animals are banned from the moon. House cats now kill more people than heart disease."

"White surf and a storm of sunlight, you running ahead and a smile Back-flung---but then, how go on? For what would it mean?"

Because I always want to find this ridiculous quote and keep forgetting where it is and who said it.

What my friends are doing lately. "i punched my friend in the face and she got a nosebleed. we were drunk. i did shrooms and went to a rave. i taught max to braze. i learned to hop freights. i helped run an alleycat race."

"If I was in a band I would write a slow song with an 808, reverb, and a female vocalist, and call that song 'Zach Braff’s Eyes Reflected in My Nano.'"

The University of Hawaii's alternative arts online magazine.

Creatively-captioned NES screenshots. "The problem with me and video games is that I want them to love me as much as I love them and they can't, so I have to fill in the blanks myself."

Interview with author Sumie Kawakami about sexless marriages and the falling birth rate in Japan. Covers a lot of interesting ground, if lightly.

"391 was first published by the poet and artist francis picabia in 1917 and was a bridge between the zürich dadaists, french surrealists, marcel duchamp and others."

"This track is like being raised on velvet pillows and then, on your 18th birthday, having a crazy albino mannequin begin to rub sandpaper on your face."

Of honey-holes and dwarf strippers. "I remember his defined clavicle, and the powerful smell of his cheap perfume, joined with the mouth-texture of ultrapasteurized rice pudding and the tongue-burr of remnant tinfoil attached to the plastic cup."

"The above tag cloud shows the popularity, frequency, and trends in the usages of words within speeches, official documents, declarations, and letters written by the Presidents of the US between 1776 - 2007."

"The recent launch of the MacBook Air has made me think a lot about my perfect computer, which the Air is not." Musings on the perfect machine.

"If you need to know what french kissing is like, and how to do it, I would recommend thinking of the kiss as a sleep and your tongue as the dream. It's not right away, and it doesn't last the whole time." Contented sigh.

"Sean Booth of the British duo Autechre talks about just about everything but how he and partner Rob Brown make music."

Best albums, album covers, old albums, Eureka! albums, and more from one of the best music news and reviews sites out there. You'll find recommendations here that you won't anywhere else; it's exciting.

"I always find it important to taste milk using high-quality stemware -- this is milk deserving of something better than a Flintstones plastic tumbler."

"I simply can’t describe the feeling of listening to forty-five minutes of nature-inspired ambient music when you know what is coming in the final thirty seconds."

Explanation and perspective on the looming screenwriters' strike from John August, a screenwriter.

"In the late 19th century you cut her name into the cornfields, hoping someone would invent the airplane."

Stylus is shutting down, unfortunately. Here's their own excellent guide to the best of the site. Great weekend reading.

"Having volunteered for Iraq, Mark Daily was killed in January by an I.E.D. Dismayed to learn that his pro-war articles helped persuade Daily to enlist, the author measures his words against a family's grief and a young man's sacrifice."

On programming well. Devote time to it, rewrite it completely, work without distraction. Echoes of "Getting Real."

A very interesting and multi-talented guy.

On writing good copy, especially headlines.