I’m going to be there next weekend for a couple of fantastic events.
On Friday night, the LA Press Club is hosting a panel that my friend Amy Alkon has put together with our mutual friend Susan Shapiro (whose hilarious new book I am running a contest around, remember? If you can figure out which […]
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It’s good to be home, if not for long. (The humidity of New York, unknown in beautiful Northern California, will dampen any sadness I have about leaving.)
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Or intolerance, I should say.
One thing I love about capitalism is that these people are free to shun Whole Foods and not spend their money there. Boycott away! I wonder if they realize that’s a right that they would deny everyone when it comes to their fantasy healthcare system.
Whole Foods is a store I […]
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My friend Nancy Rommelmann started gloating more than a year ago. Now our mutual friend Mickey Kaus catches up at Slate. Man, does he nail this one.
This quote from Markos Moulitsas is a pretty good example of the problem of the lunatic fringe of politics (which has been granted the sheen of legitimacy - Kos […]
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Uh, can I get a “w00t!”? All details are here.
Thanks once more to the Qik gang for being so rock solid, and to Qik users for being so open and generous with their feedback. What a day!
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An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.
Thank you, Samizdata.
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I still get chills watching these videos of his government interrogation. What a man. (Crank the volume - the sound is low.) A choice quote from another part of the questioning:
Because they could express themselves through words, they didn’t have to express themselves through violence…Part of the reason that hell holes like that are so […]
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I raced through this novel — the main character is hilarious. Great picture of New York City and its intense shrink culture. Very funny, but also very insightful about issues like addiction, marriage, female friendships, ambition, self-control, creativity.
That’s the assessment of one wonderful writer, Gretchen Rubin, of the new book from another favorite author of […]
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Want to know what the Twitter hype is all about? I can’t recommend a better, more fun, quick crash course than these slides put together by my esteemed colleague Minxuan Lee.
Min is one of the many people at Qik whose high standards, tenacity, good humor, and kindness continuously raise the bar and make me better […]
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And this baby girl loves the Beastie Boys:
Miss Isabella is being bred with the finest of cultural influences!
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Because everyone on every side of this infuriating “conversation” is being nasty, dehumanizing other human beings, and scaring the crap out of me.
A conversation with a voice of reason and sanity:
ME: I think I found the thing that’s going to make me give up Twitter.
HILLARY: What?
ME: The healthcare debate.
HILLARY: [LAUGHTER LAUGHTER LAUGHTER]
ME: I was […]
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This post from MG Siegler led to a conversation with my friend Michael Jennings, whose wisdom on all things tech I really miss since I moved away from London. (He’s wise about a lot more than that, with a depth of knowledge that is as scary as it is enlightening and useful. For more of […]
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Susan Shapiro, critically acclaimed memoirist and one of the most respected media personalities I’ve ever met, has just published her fiction debut, Speed Shrinking. It’s a funny, smart, fast-paced read. Surprise bonus: One of the (hysterical, I must say) characters is based on me.
Here’s the contest, with three ways to win:
1) The first […]
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Last month in New York, a friend and I stopped in at this bar after dinner. Let’s call it Bar X. We didn’t even buy drinks - just flopped down on one of the leather couches and half-watched I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! while checking our email on our iPhones. (Yes, we are […]
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