August 14th, 2009 / 2:25 pm
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Matthew Simmons
August 14th, 2009 / 2:25 pm
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August 14th, 2009 / 2:25 pm
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- David Backer—
The one premise I can offer to justify my “whining” is this: In Jones’s book, and a lot of writing I’ve been reading online, there is a lack of engagement with extant-real systems of human organization: economies, households, cultures, societies,... - Matthew Simmons—
See? Now I love you. - Richard - Zine-Scene—
I thought Shelley was really nice when I saw here. She stayed around after the reading and talked with a bunch of people and seemed really laid back… It might have been because she was hosted by the University of Alabama faculty, who are really laid back too. - mimi—
Or maybe someone slipped some MSG into my dipping sauce. - mimi—
Yeah, the Fashion Severe connection is weird; is this borderline ‘exploitation’? Korine is BFFs with Chloe’ Sevigny, is he not? Did you ever see Zoolander? Remember the ‘Derelict’ (pronounced ‘de-re-LEEKT”) collection? - mimi—
I do see individuals (it’s almost always a lone person, not a ‘kid’, and ‘homeless-looking’ , sorry, this is terrible, I feel bad) drinking from a cough syrup bottle on a street corner and acting crazy. I think there are mental health issues. I don’t... - jesusangelgarcia—
Yes II. - jesusangelgarcia—
With the connect to Adam Robinson, I was wondering if this was shot in B-mo. And yeah, how is it that this film appears on the Proenza site? Am I missing something? I clicked around and everything I saw was Fashion Severe. So strange. Needless to say, I’m inspired.
- David Backer—
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I hope you bit into it to make sure it was real gold.
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Congratulations!
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congrats, matthew! you probably should have thrown a drink on a guy anyway, though.
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If he were a worthy death match judge, he would’ve demanded satisfaction and challenged you to duel or a spelling contest right then and there. That coward.
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that was awesome, something really beautiful and honest about throwing beer at a hater
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Oh, Howard Junker.
So, I used to be a regular listener to a radio show called The Connection with Christopher Lydon. When At Home in the World came out, Joyce Maynard was on promoting the book.
If you don’t know the At Home in the World backstory, a version of it is here. Maynard’s version here.
But, yes. The Connection. They took some calls. A couple supportive. A couple not.
And then this call came in. A guy. Simple name, I think, like Joe. They argued respectfully. He thought she was wrong to be airing this private affair publicly, especially because the affair was with a notoriously private man. She thought the man had taken advantage of her youth.
I know I’m wrong about this. I know it’s silly. But I swear there was, in the way the two of them spoke, some sort of subtext. A familiarity.
Like maybe it was actually Salinger and she knew it was Salinger and he knew that she knew and there they were discussing this publicly, but also involved in a private conversation.
It wasn’t. I’m sure it wasn’t. At the time, though, it occurred to me that it could’ve been. But I like stories. Don’t trust me.
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Hey Blake and Gene,
Now that I am bringing in prestigious literary awards for HTML Giant, I think I would like to talk about getting a raise.
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August 14th, 2009 / 4:17 pmCatherine Lacey—
double his salary!
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August 14th, 2009 / 7:28 pmKen Baumann—
I smell a spot bonus.
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As predicted: http://seattle.readinglocal.com/archives/1106
Something smells fishy.
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all hail the simmons!! congrats, dude!!
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