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Being an editor

“I Re-wrote Those Motherfuckers From Scratch”
Posted by Marc Bousquet on 01/05/10 at 03:26 PM
Bérubé How many submissions did you receive for The Institution of Literature?
Williams 385, not counting the nine essays you submitted, eight of which sucked, if you don’t mind my saying so.
Bérubé Not at all. I totally respect your opinion when it comes [...]

Posted 01 February 2010 † Nomad93 § ‡ Comments (0) °

Apophenia

Spontaneous perception of connections and meaningfulness in unrelated things.

Posted 05 November 2009 † Nomad93 § ‡ Comments (2) °

40

Not having enough as a kid and thankful for it … meeting Mkka in summer of 1990 … realizing what it is that Oedipa really found … 10am to 2am shifts in a theatre in Edinburgh … listening to “Ugra Karma” for the first time … H3O … Hakim Bey … Pullman and Wazzu … [...]

Posted 29 May 2009 † Nomad93 § ‡ Comments (10) ° Tagged:

With Obama election comes the return of the vampire

[From The San Diego Union-Tribune -- With Obama election comes the return of the vampire]

Posted 22 December 2008 † Nomad93 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Lankavatara Sutra

“Things are not as they appear. Nor are they otherwise.”

Posted 28 April 2008 † Nomad93 § verbal ‡ Comments (0) °

Gone

Arthur C. Clarke - 18 March 2008

Posted 19 March 2008 † Nomad93 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Identity crash

identity crash - Sudden and catastrophic collapse of an individual’s ability to keep all the threads of his or her online identity straight when the individual joins one too many social networks. I was ok keeping up with Facebook, Flickr, and Myspace, but after throwing lawlink, Last.fm, and Orkut into the mix, I had [...]

Posted 14 February 2008 † Nomad93 § online ‡ Comments (0) °