A Special Way of Being Afraid

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In 1995, my junior year of college, I was reading The New Yorker over lunch one day — undoubtedly an individual-size pizza in ...

It's been so long that Blogger now uses a template for posts that is completely foreign to me. We'll see how this goes. There migh...

Whit Stillman's new movie, his first in a while, "Damsels in Distress," is out now. I might see it and report back sometime. ...

Over drinks the other night, I was telling a friend that I didn’t know what it said about me that some of my favorite songs as a 12- and 13-...

I haven't seen The Muppets yet. At this rate, it seems that I will eventually see it on or from Netflix, which is what I say about almo...

Not distant planets. Frying pans . (Via Spot )

Where were we? 25. "It defeats its own purpose." Raging Bull (1980) Boxing offers archetypal plots that filmmakers can’t resist....

My friend T. has issued a challenge to his "friends and allies" to join him in blogging at least once a day for the next 30 days....

Tonight I had occasion to reminisce with a friend about watching (separately) Later with Bob Costas , a show that ran from 1988 to 1994. (It...

Just stopping by this wasteland to share an exchange on Slate that made me laugh. This is between two commenters — I abbreviate their handl...

Via BuzzFeed, which says: "These hidden camera shots from Nightmares Fear Factory in Niagara Falls, Canada, tell me three things: 1. Br...

View of Lower Manhattan from Exchange Place, New Jersey, by Camilo Jose Vergara. PBS and Slate have more of Vergara's photos of the Twin...

My friend Brad sent me this e-mail today, which I found highly entertaining, so I thought I would share: If you went to the state fair and g...

I don't think Dirk Nowitzki had anything left to prove. If the Heat had come back and won this series, what could you possibly say other...

Following on my somewhat recent post about Ayn Rand and Atlas Shrugged , here's a clip of William F. Buckley talking to Charlie Rose in...

[This post was started this afternoon, during the fourth quarter of the game, and finished late tonight.] Well, the big story going into thi...

I promised three posts today, so if i don't get up at least this second, I'll have trouble sleeping. (That's not true. I'll ...

A friend texted me the other day, and I’m paraphrasing: “I wonder if the Hold Steady would suck without their lyrics.” I haven’t spoken to h...

I'm essentially breaking the streak tonight. Though given how I post things after midnight, you might not be able to tell. If I post som...

I'm so deliriously tired right now that I can't even pretend I'm concerned that this revitalized blogging experiment has recentl...

My good friend who blogs at A New Career in a New Town has been reading some uninspiring books lately. I can't say the same. Geoff Dyer...