February 2009
12 posts
“Many times, the best way to make things happen is to get out of the way and let...”
– Lessons from Improv
“In an act I perceived as enduring faith in the financial system, he bought me a...”
– How to Trade Options by Nicole Pasulka of The Morning News
“While the consensus is that computers will antiquate the frenzied shouting and...”
– How to Trade Options by Nicole Pasulka of The Morning News
“John Updike described the discovery of a path from the Empire State Building to...”
– Recently a pair of New Yorker staffers set out to discover if Updike’s journey could still be made and brought back photographic evidence.
‘Updike’s urban bushwhack’ via kottke
“We need to level the playing field for workers and the unions that represent...”
– Obama via The Huffington Post
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kaze wo atsumete
“People always assume that if someone doesn’t know something, it’s...”
– Clive Thompson on How More Info Leads to Less Knowledge
Excerpts - A Sampler of John Updike’s Prose →
“Hemingway described literary New York as a bottle full of tapeworms trying to...”
– Updike tells The Paris Review about his decision to shun the New York spotlight.
