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Please To Help Me Name My Thing: A blog that reviews "Teenage Paranormal Romance" Books/Shows/Movies, particularly focused on their (broken) depiction of relationships and gender roles, should be:
View ArticleI love the way you say "diegesis"
In 1Q84, as in many of his other books, Haruki Murakami frequently tells us what music his characters are listening to, providing a de facto soundtrack to the novel. What other authors suggest or...
View ArticleNYC Bronto Sighting
There is a dinosaur painted on the wall of one of the buildings at 3rd Avenue and 13th Street in New York City. Who painted this? I called Gothic Cabinet Craft and they have no idea, and my Google-Fu...
View ArticleSenkaku/Diaoyu
Please help me understand, or point me to resources that will help me understand, what is going on in the Japan/China Senkaku/Diaoyu dust up: analysis of root causes, ideas about the broader...
View ArticleLiving Like A King
I'm looking for information on the structure of life for members of the British Royal Family, particularly the lives of heirs to the throne: protocols, responsibilities, duties, etc. Do they have...
View ArticleMemento Vita
In the past few weeks, MetaFilter has introduced me to Beate Sirota Gordon and Aaron Swartz, each of whom made the world a better place to live. I'm so happy to know of them and their work, but sad...
View ArticleTake me to your ivory tower.
I like novels that take place in boarding schools (or in colleges that feel like boarding schools). I've been to Brakebills, Ault, Hampden, Devon, the Concent of Saunt Edhar (totally counts), the...
View ArticleWhy the arts matter.
I would like to read all of the best things about why the arts -- and in particular literature -- Matter(s). Online resources are great, but I'm also willing to go dead tree if there's longer, more...
View ArticleDisabling certain lockscreen widgets on a Samsung Galaxy S3
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 running Android 4.3 (mmm jelly beans). I frequently use my phone to listen to podcasts via Doggcatcher or audiobooks via Audible. Since the update to 4.3, when audio is...
View ArticleWhat (Poem) Am I Thinking Of
So vague. Sorry. Sometime between 1996-2000, I read a poem that I think was Wordsworth (although I may be way off), the upshot of which was that the narrator was in some sort of splendid, gorgeous,...
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