March 2012
13 posts
really good books I've read lately
Nadine Gordimer, The Pickup
Mark Tungate, Branded Beauty
A.B. Yehoshua, A Woman in Jerusalem
Paula McLain, The Paris Wife
Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad
Guy Delisle, Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea
Thomas Wolfe, Look Homeward, Angel
“Dear Marketing Lady,
Yeah, I’ve heard that.
Well actually, I’ve just seen...”
– An Open Letter to the Marketing Lady in My Office Who Asked Me What My Major Was in College, and When I Said English, Responded With, “You’ll Never Get Anywhere With That.”
I had several of these women in the office where I temped in college. They also liked to remind me that I needed to hurry up...
Things I Used to Not Get About New York
- Why everybody carries such big bags
- Why they say “on line” instead of “in line”
- Why everyone is such an asshole about going to Bed-Stuy
- Why the Delancey Street stop is actually called Essex Street
- Why there’s a cat in that bodega
- What’s up with the G train
“I am sick of people mixing up compliment/complement and affect/effect. Also, last week on JDate (don’t judge), I saw a woman who said she was looking for a man who complimented her in every way, and I thought, well, that seems pretty needy to me, but at least she’s being honest.”
- Things disgruntled grammar snobs/copy editors email to each other
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