The archival quote of the day comes from Gore Vidal talking about “young writers today” in a Paris Review interview from 1974:
They appear to rely on improvisation to get them to the end of journeys that tend to be circular.
Month: April 2008
Get duped on April 1st?
Seems “the experience can stir self-reflection like few others!”
Yo! Got an idea?
$400 yo-yo’s! Some big boys like some expensive toys!
Dinner You Can Drink
Which true blood Punjabi would drink Tandoori Chicken? And if there is any such true-blood Punjabi, I have a further question: would he eat rum and coke?
(Image from Meat Water. Link via email from Gautam John.)
I Swear I Didn’t Realize…
… that this post was posted at 3am. WTF?
Dementia? Not me!
It turns out that coffee is good for you because it “may cut the risk of dementia by blocking the damage cholesterol can inflict on the body.” Joy. I can rationalize my addiction now.
(Link via Instapundit.)
It’s 3AM Again
Just a few days after offering Barack Obama a vice-presidential nomination despite running second to him, Hillary Clinton has now come out with another 3am campaign ad against… John McCain. She is still, by the way, in second place for the Democratic nomination. I suppose this is an attempt to demonstrate than only she can take on McCain in the general elections, but supporters of Obama must be rather taken aback by her, um, audacity. Here’s her ad:
And below the fold, John McCain’s reply:
The Irony of Government
The Times of India reports that the Central Information Commission, which is supposed to make sure that public authorities provide information about themselves to the public, lacks basic information about itself.
I know bureaucracies everywhere are the same, but isn’t it a pity that Kafka and Borges weren’t born in India? Such fun they would have had.
Cricket lessons
New York is the only public school system in the US to offer competitive cricket. After today, the Indian team could do with some lessons.