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.
Wesley: Hey. Hey, Gunn. Is something weird going on? … Charles, you just peed on my shoes. Gunn: I'll be damned. That's weird.
'Life of the Party'
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.