The Civil War in Four Minutes
"Perhaps blogworthy," writes John Marks. Indeed.
Wes Phillips
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A Dream Lay Dying
Bill Maxwell always wanted to teach journalism at a historically black college, but after only two years, he quit, disillusioned. Judging from the comments of many of my professor friends, his story wouldn't have been all that different at any land grant university, either.
Thank God!
I'm not alone. As <A HERF="http://www.bookslut.com/blog/archives/2007_05.php#011150"><I>Blog of a Bookslut</I></A>'s Jessa Crispen says, "Another book they'll have to put me in a Clockwork Orange chair to get me to read: <I>Falling Man</I> by Don DeLillo. Thank you, <I>Guardian</I>, for justifying my judgmental reaction."
All That Roadrunning
Alan In Victoria commented on a URL I posted about the Primedia Enthusiast <A HREF="http://blog.stereophile.com/wesphillips/052107badboy/">sale</A>: "I know Primedia through their two excellent car mags, <I>Automobile</I> and <I>Motor Trend</I>. Both have been recently spiffed up, especially the dramatically revitalised <I>Motor Trend</I>. I hope they are now in good hands..."
Ouch!
Obviously.
I Did Has a Cheezburger!
<I>Slate</I> writes about lolcats. ("Hard-hitting fluff," as Alan in Victoria says.) Follow the link on page 7 to Anil Dash's analysis of lolcat grammar.
Decorative Electronics
"This is simply a resistor that has pretty much no resistance: in effect a bit of wire in a tiny box. It might sound like an absurd component, but they're quite common in modern circuits, because they can be used to bridge the gap between adjacent tracks on a circuit board with a standard-size component. I'd like to apologise both for knowing that and for sharing it with you."
Why Aren't You Working?
As a work-at-home guy, I wonder about this all the time—especially when I visit Park Slope during the daytime. Doesn't anybody there have a job?
How Illegal Immigration Was Born
"The Chinese Exclusion Act and its subsequent extensions altered the legal definition of American citizenship far more than its original drafters could have foreseen."
How to Become a Writer
The long, though not particularly hard, way. Good lessons—presented realistically for a change.