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2008

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November 61
October 83
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February 50
January 33

2007

December 32
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January
“…and deep in the high that does nothing but fall...”
— ee cummings, if everything...
Dec 1st
Seen in my parents’ gracious Baltimore neighbourhood,...
Dec 1st

Grandpa is also good at solving...

GE: You're great. How are we going to find you a boyfriend? If I were a kid, I'd be your boyfriend.
JHE: Thanks! But that would be illegal.
GE: Ah, true. [Pause] Have you tried Australia?
Nov 30th
Thanksgivelstein: a sample
Nov 30th

On artificial bakery flavor

So, I’m staying in a motorway hotel (motel, no doubt) in the northern Chicago suburbs where...
Nov 29th

On animal behaviour

Maisie the dog was a jumper and a bolter, so it was always necessary to pause before entering the...
Nov 27th

On why I don't live in New York

New York is great. It is marvelous and funny and astonishing, and every time I come here I walk up...
Nov 24th

On the flight to New York

I managed to get my needles past security, so I was knitting at a rapid clip. What are you making?...
Nov 22nd

On becoming a vegetarian

I decided to become a vegetarian last month, after watching The Cove. The film’s message about...
Nov 21st
“Women can’t rise far enough to suit me,” he...”
— Martin Amis says new novel...
Nov 20th

On being a dog person

Not kidding: today there was an Airedale terrier in the place I went for lunch (Mrs....
Nov 18th
noraleah: My twerpy little sister and her twerpy little...
Nov 18th

On a thing that I find a little weird...

The convention of putting your A-level and GCSE grades - ALL of them - on your CV. In the US, this...
Nov 16th

On the purposes of books

JHE: I'm terrified of moving, because I have so many books. Four years' worth of books.
A: And I suppose many of them are ones you've accumulated are from reviewing, aren't they? So not actually books that you want...
JHE: Exactly. Not only am I not going to read them again, they don't look impressive on my shelf...
A: ...which are really the only two purposes of books.
Nov 16th

On Take Care of Yourself

I saw Take Care of Yourself today at the Whitechapel Gallery. I expected to find it interesting, in...
Nov 14th
I am very grouchy today.
Nov 13th
Warch Watch
I have been listening to Bon Iver this afternoon, and this song reminded me of the three times in my...
Nov 12th
Women's rights, hung out to dry | Jean Hannah...
Nov 11th
“We all love a nice cup of tea but in the cut and thrust of...”
—  If you only do one thing this...
Nov 9th

My top 10 books of 2009

Inspired by Publisher’s Weekly, who have just published their list of the top 10 books of...
Nov 5th
“Back when I got into journalism, the idea that a fistfight...”
— Washington Post editor Henry...
Nov 3rd
“And what was the big story concerning women during the last...”
—  Good luck, Liz Truss | Tanya...
Nov 3rd
“Dear Jeanie, I’m a total Blogelstein fan as you...”
— Thanks, Mumelstein! (duly...
Nov 1st