The Slate media pundit on the upcoming Atlantic Monthly piece by Howell Raines: There’s enough self-love in Raines’ autobiography to earn it a place in the autoerotica section. By the time Raines stops romancing himself in the public mirror, conjures…
Hire Tequila Mockingbird
Seems her most recent employer no longer needs her. Great chance for somebody to snag the writingest blogger I know.
Chafed over chaff
Somebody pointed out today that my signature quote from Adlai Stevenson paraphrases a similar quote by a writer and entrepreneur named Elbert Hubbard, who died with his wife aboard the Lusitania after the Germans torpedoed it in 1915. From Bartleby.com:…
Tasty blogroll
I’m still on vacation this week so today you get a list of cool links to check out; the scintillating commentary will have to wait till later. Editorsweblog: More Californians read the New Yorker than New Yorkers do. Nicole Stockdale…
Finally rode the cablecars
Evidence is here. I’ve been thinking that sooner or later I should take a chance on those noisy old things, so Melissa and I made a day of it Tuesday. Another good workout for my Canon PowerShot A70 digicam.
Those fabrications
I’m still trying to figure out what to think of the raft of fabrication scandals we keep having. I wonder how many reporters have made up quotes or invented sources. The temptation must be powerful. Think of it, you’re 20…