Almond’s baby blog properly heterosexual
Steve Almond, who believes book blogs are a Ponzi scheme, an incubator for dissembling fascism, and a sign of latent homosexuality, now blogs about his baby.
Steve Almond, who believes book blogs are a Ponzi scheme, an incubator for dissembling fascism, and a sign of latent homosexuality, now blogs about his baby.
“There’s a good reason why personal recommendations usually get bumped to the top of my reading queue: personal cowardice.”
The OED has asked the public to help trace the origins of “40 well-known words and phrases,” including “plonker.”
Take that, Little Green Footballs. Keith Ellison will be sworn in using Thomas Jefferson’s Koran. (Enter LGF at your own risk.)
Maximus Clarke, more commonly known in these parts as Mr. Maud, starts off the Pynchon Roundtable discussion. If you’re still making your way through the book, don’t worry: they’re discussing it in sections. So follow along at Metaxucafé, and maybe even heat things up by starting an argument in the comments. From Max’s dispatch: I had to work up some . . .