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Random books from
my library

Dec
31st

Wed

DJ Earworm - United State of Pop 2008 (Viva La Pop) (via djearworm)

Dec
23rd

Tue

All the tenants I interview aren't good enough

Dec
20th

Sat

Missing Identity

“This website is trying to help more than 70 child survivors of Holocaust find information about their past.”

Dec
17th

Wed

The 12 Gays of Christmas (via TMagino)

Nov
28th

Fri

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (via scottcim). Well done. :D

Nov
20th

Thu

“The positive thing about the Canadian corner of the literary debate is that we seem to have an easier time talking about class in this country. We’re not saturated in its influence the way Britain is, and we’re not as in denial about it as the United States.”

— Lynn Coady in The Danforth Review

Kvetch! Let it out, baby.

Let me Google that for you

Nov
19th

Wed

“As for academic criticism, it tends to be unreliable for different reasons, usually because it is written out of whatever school of thought happens to be in fashion at the time and because it tends to stress things like symbolism and theme that have little to do with how books are written.”

— Nino Ricci

Oct
24th

Fri

Which character has the worst name in fiction? | Books | guardian.co.uk

Oct
20th

Mon

Fifty People One Question

Oct
13th

Mon

The Walrus » Incinerator Incident by Michael Winter

I first read about this “incident” in Quill & Quire when it was (somewhat briefly) mentioned in a profile of Michael Winter. It horrified me then; it horrifies me still.

Oct
6th

Mon

Hard-working Families/Arts Cuts Kid (via glcgarratt)

Oct
2nd

Thu

Etcetera and Otherwise (via Clusterflick)
Warning: language, cartoon violence. So… NSFW? I don’t know. I’m laughing too much.

Sep
28th

Sun

Wario Land - Shake It

This is very cool.