Thomas Pynchon and Grand Theft Auto. (Via Bookninja.)

http://nerdworld.blogs.time.com/2009/10/09/gta-iv-inherent-vice-city/?xid=rss-topstories

http://www.bookninja.com/?p=6196

“In a feature about Under The Volcano author Malcolm Lowry, included in Criterion’s fine Under The Volcano DVD, the narrator casually mentions that Lowry’s ‘incredibly tiny penis made him a figure of fun during bathtime’ at his British boarding school.”  (Via Rake’s Progress.)

http://www.avclub.com/articles/undomesticated-case-file-148-human-nature,34083/

http://www.rakesprogress.com/rakes_progress/2009/10/who-ever-told-you-that-you-could-work-with-men.html

Daniela Edburg.  NEED IMAGE PESCADOR

http://www.danielaedburg.net/

Poor gun handling = ass kicking.  (And a pretty funny – albeit sometimes unintentionally so – breakdown by Ignatius Piazza.)

http://www.ignatius-piazza-front-sight.com/2009/07/26/an-unlikely-hero/

On Hank Williams’ phrasing.

http://maudnewton.com/blog/?p=9568

Reading American torture.

http://blogs.nybooks.com/post/213902294/reading-american-torture

“Long before he became president, there were signs in Barack Obama of a tendency to promise things easily and compromise often.

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v31/n20/brom01_.html

• Thomas Pynchon and Grand Theft Auto. (Via Bookninja.)
• “In a feature about Under The Volcano author Malcolm Lowry, included in Criterion’s fine Under The Volcano DVD, the narrator casually mentions that Lowry’s ‘incredibly tiny penis made him a figure of fun during bathtime’ at his British boarding school.”  (Via Rake’s Progress.)
• Daniela Edburg.
• Poor gun handling = ass kicking.  (And a pretty funny – albeit sometimes unintentionally so – breakdown by Ignatius Piazza.)
• On Hank Williams’ phrasing.
• Reading American torture.
• “Long before he became president, there were signs in Barack Obama of a tendency to promise things easily and compromise often.”