I keep wanting to write an open letter.
DEAR NPR AND NEW YORK TIMES ESSAYISTS:
Unless you are Daniel Pinkwater or Baillie White, you are not nearly as interesting as you think you are. Please shut up.
Now, I can hold a note for a long time...actually I can hold a note forever. But eventually that's just noise. It's the change we're listening for. The note coming after, and the one after that. That's what makes it music.
Host ,'Why We Fight'
Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Betsy HP - Jul 18, 2005 6:48:53 pm PDT #983 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Jessica - Jul 18, 2005 6:49:10 pm PDT #984 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think I've hated every single "Modern Love" column ever published. I always end up reading them because they're linked on Metafilter and discussed freaking EVERYWHERE (and I'm sure that's why the Times continues to run the damn thing), but oh do I loathe that column. I've never read one single thing in there I didn't instantly regret knowing about the author.
Betsy HP - Jul 18, 2005 6:51:07 pm PDT #985 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
t sits next to Jessica
DebetEsse - Jul 18, 2005 6:51:14 pm PDT #986 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I should go through that site with a copy of American Gods. I won't, though.
There are noises coming from one of my vents. It is rather disturbing.
I have no thoughts on the Nanny stuff.
Kat - Jul 18, 2005 6:52:06 pm PDT #987 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Jessica, was that where this column was?
There are some NPR and NYT people I love to hear or read. I thought the I Believe piece, for example, from today was though provoking. And frankly David Sedaris is way more interesting than Pinkwater to me.
But yes, the confessional writing, especially wherein it takes a jab at confessional writing? played out.
Betsy HP - Jul 18, 2005 6:53:53 pm PDT #988 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
I in particular loathe the "Here is my smug little upper-middle-class life, but it's a universal experience! Really! I have just experienced something PROFOUND about love/death/parenthood! Really UNIQUE AND PROFOUND! Where's my Cosmo?" genre.
Cass - Jul 18, 2005 6:57:51 pm PDT #989 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Plus avocados, that I think are making the inside of my mouth itchy. Darn you, avocados!!This is obviously the day when Benedryl is, like 42, The Answer.
Jesse, sounds like a food allergy. Well, it sounds like *my* food allergy specifically. But I love them so I always carry Benedryl.
I am hella allergic to flea bites and have really strange dreams too. Shame I can't get to b.org during the day, it was totally my kind of day to add to the discussion. Oh! Mythology too. Natter was obviously way better than work today.
Rio - Jul 18, 2005 7:04:03 pm PDT #990 of 10002
Are you ready to be strong?
The nanny's uppity tone on her blog reminds me so much of the most insufferable writer I have ever worked with that I am predisposed to hate on her.
I liked two Modern Loves: one by a guy who remarried after his wife died of cancer, and one about attending a reception for a wedding that never happened, because the bride, she ran away.
Pinkwater gets on my nerves. Love Sedaris, though he hasn't done an NPR commentary in a while.
Betsy HP - Jul 18, 2005 7:05:37 pm PDT #991 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Sedaris gets on my nerves.
My brother has a theory that you are either a Keillor person or a Glass person, and that it is not possible to like both.
DavidS - Jul 18, 2005 7:05:53 pm PDT #992 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I liked two Modern Loves: one by a guy who remarried after his wife died of cancer, and one about attending a reception for a wedding that never happened, because the bride, she ran away.
My favorite modern love is about the cutest girl who discovered bling because her Saget was so thoughtful.