December 2011
22 posts
“In the bathroom were posters seeking roommates for group houses, including this...”
– Any takers?
“I can recall a lunch in 1991, when I was editing The New York Observer, and he...”
– Graydon Carter will publish one last Hitchens byline in the next issue of Vanity Fair. The Atlantic has two of his unpublished works lined up for the March and April issues.
This just in from Vanity Fair spokeswoman:
It is with tremendous sadness that Vanity Fair announces the death of our contributing editor and dear friend Christopher Hitchens. Christopher died today from pneumonia, a complication of esophageal cancer, at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. “There will never be another like Christopher. A man of ferocious intellect, who was as vibrant on...
I mean, talk about reporting... →
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"The murderers think they’re better than the... →
"There's no longer what was once so clearly a... →
Watch“Swedish pop star Robyn appeared on Saturday Night Live on Saturday, to remind us that we should not forget that her ‘Dancing On My Own’ is one of the, say, five best songs made by anyone in the past five years.”
Truth.
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“The ruling on whether she was a journalist in the eyes of the law turned out to...”
– This is what I suspected was the case when I heard about this.
"It's going to take repeated messages and training... →
Obsessed:
Teddy Wayne: Come to New York! We have many restaurants, discotheques, nightclubs.
Claire Anrie: can you accommodate me?
Teddy Wayne: Of course!
Claire Anrie: do you think is proper fro you to do that
Teddy Wayne: Why not? We have known each other only a short time, but I feel I already know you well in some ways.
Claire Anrie: – am so much in love with you – am cool ...
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The problem with late-night writing/reporting is that it doesn’t make you more tired, even if you really are already super tired—it just gets you all charged up and guarantees that your mind will be racing while you’re laying (lying?) awake in bed at 2 a.m., 2:30, 2:45, waiting for the Sandman to sprinkle some emergency Lunesta so you can finally fall a-fucking-sleep!