I just love David Sedaris' work. I don't think I'd like him if I met him, but he is laceratingly honest and perceptive.

Tuesday, July 29, 2003

 

David Sedaris gives instruction on how to read Moby Dick.

It's what my brother, Paul, would call "all symbolical and shit," meaning that no one ever approached the author to say, "I could tell you probably had a lot of fun writing it." By the end of the first paragraph, I realize that in order to get through all 521 pages, I'll have to come up with an incentive, something that might help spur me on. Hugh and I are spending the week in Normandy. There are no shops or theaters nearby, so rather than reward myself with magazines and movies, I've decided I won't bathe, shave, or change my clothes until I'm finished with the book.

[Bookslut]

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Joe Firmage: "What we are trying to build here is the PBS of the Web." [Scripting News]

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The RIAA's Road to Perdition, and a Digital Copyright Primer. The way this is working is the RIAA - as a very well funded institution with lawyers out the ass... [Blogcritics]

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