There comes a point when reading Edward Lear when your realize that it just doesn't make any sense, and isn't going to. It's much more thoroughgoing than mere silliness. I think the most startling thing about him may be his sheer perserverence. Reading a hundred pages of it at a go is something of an experience. His utter disregard for conventional literary values like sense, meaning, purpose or conventional jokes, it starts off charming, but turns unsettling as you work your way down into it.
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07:58:10 PM,
Friday 10 October 2008
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On the other hand, my old employer has lost 50% of it's stock value since I left. So apparently I was contributing more than I knew.
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11:08:05 AM,
Friday 10 October 2008
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09:40:20 PM, Tuesday 7 October 2008
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09:39:56 PM, Tuesday 7 October 2008
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09:39:31 PM, Tuesday 7 October 2008
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10:41:39 PM, Sunday 5 October 2008
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Send lawyers, guns and money: Kid Rock's All Summer Long, with it's annexation of Werewolf of London's guitar line (bip bim, bip bim, bip bip bim bim) for a leaden bit of rural nostalgia ("We didn't have the internet"), is the point where I turn against mashups. This must be how Queen fans felt about Vanilla Ice.
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08:48:43 AM,
Sunday 5 October 2008
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Replacement parts for the blender cost less than a new blender! Yay! (This was Braun, which is apperently not as evil as Cuisinart)
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11:43:21 AM,
Tuesday 30 September 2008
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My Bloody Valentine is on tour! And working on the follow-up to Loveless they started 12 years ago!
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09:18:48 PM,
Sunday 28 September 2008
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Why I can't work up any anxiety about the general election. Since that was written, Bush's approval rating has fallen another 10% and the investment banks have gone splat.
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07:53:45 AM,
Sunday 28 September 2008
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Reihan Salam tackles the financial crisis. Richard Posner is totally Grand Vizier material. Also, unrelatedly, Austan Goolsbee and Dahlia Lithwick were, together, runners-up for National Debate Team of the Year when they were at Yale.
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08:37:22 PM,
Saturday 27 September 2008
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