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New not-new DFW
New not-new DFW
An excerpt from David Foster Wallace’s The Pale King has been published by McNally Editions as Something To Do with Paying Attention. The excerpt, a section of the novel (§22), is indeed about paying attention, as is The Pale King itself. Someone who’s paying attention might notice that McNally’s new paperback is more expensive than the paperback edition of The Pale King itself.
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New not-new DFW
Klarna’s a —
Klarna’s a —
“Now you can pay for all of your joy-sparking moments with Klarna.”
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Klarna’s a —
Dog and cat trouble
Dog and cat trouble
Our dog ran out of the house in the middle of the night. I ran out to find it.
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Dog and cat trouble
Steve Reich’s Different Trains
Steve Reich’s Different Trains
In an episode of Song Exploder, Steve Reich talks about the first movement of his 1988 composition Different Trains.
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Steve Reich’s Different Trains
Chock full and Jackie Robinson
Chock full and Jackie Robinson
Chock full o’Nuts is marking the seventy-fifth anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball with commemorative cans and a donation from profits to the Jackie Robinson Foundation.
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Chock full and Jackie Robinson
Thomas’ dots
Thomas’ dots
I like to read the box at breakfast, or the carton, or the plastic bag. Thus I noticed a typographical oddity on the bag holding a loaf of Thomas’ Cinnamon Swirl Bread.
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Thomas’ dots
Heather Cox Richardson’s latest
Heather Cox Richardson’s latest
The March 30 installment of Heather Cox Richardson’s Letters from an American is an especially helpful one, about CBS, Mick Mulvaney, facts, democracy, and authoritarianism.
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Heather Cox Richardson’s latest
Miller and Meadowses
Miller and Meadowses
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Representative Mary Miller (IL-15) “is benefiting from a $74,054.74 independent expenditure by the Right Women political action committee.” The group’s founder: Debra Meadows. Among its leaders: her husband Mark.
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Miller and Meadowses
Library of Congress pencil pics
Library of Congress pencil pics
It’s National Pencil Day and that the Library of Congress Instagram account has an appropriate array of photographs.
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Library of Congress pencil pics
The world and the corner
The world and the corner
“Good evening. This is Ted Baxter, with news from around the world and around the corner.“ Or would it be better the other way around: “Good evening. This is Ted Baxter, with news from around the corner and around the world.“
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The world and the corner
Advice about news
Advice about news
Advice in The Washington Post: “How to stay up-to-date on terrible news without burning out.”
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Advice about news