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    Image of JennaW JennaW
    11/18/09

    In reply to Benoit Denizet-Lewis Health Report
    "Have you ever wondered if there was more to life, other than being really, really, ridiculously good looking?"
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    11/18/09

    In reply to Benoit Denizet-Lewis Health Report
    "Bad sushi" is code for Bai Ling.
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    Image of BettyCrocker BettyCrocker
    11/18/09

    In reply to Benoit Denizet-Lewis Health Report
    The name for this illness: Pivenitis.
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    11/02/09

    In reply to Brooklyn Writers: Hide
    Speaking of unbearable, "Chronic City" was a huge chore to read. Hard to believe nobody said, "John, could you maybe tart this up a little bit? Put in some likable characters, throw in a plot twist or two?" #jonathanlethem
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    11/02/09

    In reply to Brooklyn Writers: Hide
    This is historic, all right. Once the formerly great Hemingway allowed one intrepid reporter, Lillian Ross, into the domain of Him and Mary to observe them for two days. She did, for a portrait that ran in New Yorker in the spring of 1950. Papa and Mary read it, saw as how it was all right, and passed on it. Pals of the Hemingways thought it was a hit job, and said so, and the Hemingways joined in at the tail end of that march.

    See, the doddering old man who had to be reminded to take his glasses to be fixed, who uttered teeth-itching pedestrian comments, was simply not the wise and witty Literary Lion of Libya of his own self-portrait.

    I remember a sampling. He and Mary in a bar referred to a 'sea heel.' Lillian wondered what that meant. "The sea's bigger than the land," answered Mary. Oh, said Lillian. Ouch, said us. #jonathanlethem
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    11/02/09

    @Tremonius: HA! I totally love that classic Lillian Ross profile of Papa Hem.My favorite part is the Marlene Dietrich cameo appearance--she shows up drunk at Hemingway's hotel, eats some caviar and chugs some Champagne, affectionately brawls with the celebrated author, who affectionately calls her "the Kraut." Then they swap WWII stories.

    Good-effin' times! #jonathanlethem
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    11/02/09

    @snugbug: Lillian Ross actually defined film for me in her Picture about the making of Red Badge of Courage. The great auteur and his crew were so very pleased with their artistic integrity and creativity and such until the first sneak preview in which their stellar work was knocked flat in ratings cards by knobby-kneed schulbs from Bayonne. The artistes descended into backbiting, then, with arty parts praised before now dumped on by backstabbers as the cause of the catastrophe. A somewhat adulterated version was released to tepid reviews. #jonathanlethem
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    11/02/09

    In reply to Brooklyn Writers: Hide
    [coffee]
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    11/02/09

    In reply to Brooklyn Writers: Hide
    Y'know Hemingway's cats descendants are still roaming around his home in Key West. Makes you wonder what kind of wildlife will survive Lethem.
    [www.hemingwayhome.com] #jonathanlethem
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    11/02/09

    @moifauxmail: Little Gowanus mutant rats with two tails and tiny nerd glasses. #jonathanlethem
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    11/02/09

    In reply to Brooklyn Writers: Hide
    The writer whose workspace I'd most like to have seen was William S. Burroughs. I'd expect a lot of sharp instruments. #jonathanlethem
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    11/02/09

    @skahammer: Dorothy Parker's. Gin, knives, and tiny ladylike vats of acid. #jonathanlethem
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    11/02/09

    @BookishLookish: Her quote about her living quarters was, "All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends."

    However, at one point she shared an office with Benchley and described it as, " He and I had an office so tiny that an inch smaller and it would have been adultery."
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    10/31/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Biden was the most inscrutable choice, ever, for VP. Instead of "change" Obama brought out an old hack, who had trouble with both truth telling, even during the campaign, and with inserting his foot into his mouth. Oh, to know what kind of negotiation that was, to get him on the ticket---except, perhaps to allay terrified old white guys who feared a woman and a (half)black man on the ticket would bring on the apocalypse. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    apparently I am in the minority, but I love Joe Biden! I think he's like the lovable Steve Urkel of the White House. He comes in, says stupid stuff, knocks shit over, and is like "Did I do that?" Oh Joe. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Joe Biden is everything thats wrong and fucked up with congress. This dope won his seat in the Senate when he was 29 and has never had another job until being VP. He has learned about as much about how the country works from his perch in DC as Palin learned about Russia from staring at it. He is walking proof we need term limits.

    And he doesn't drink. I don't trust people who don't drink, unless they've already been alcoholics. #joebiden
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    Image of Motoko Kusanagi Motoko Kusanagi
    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Why is it that I feel compelled to defend Gawker's subject matter against the editors/writers at least once a day lately?

    Either this new crop of staff writers is utterly fucked, or the editorial direction has taken a nosedive, or both.

    Is there some negative correlation between the quality of stories and the quality of AJAX/CSS? #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    @Motoko Kusanagi: From where I'm standing, it would appear to be a positive correlation. It's a good day when I get tripped up by fewer than five unresponsive scripts, infinite waits for comments to load or what have you. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    @romulus: The site gets prettier, and the content gets lamer. Just callin it as I see it. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    @Motoko Kusanagi: Oh yeah, I didn't mean to quibble. I agree that the site gets fancier all the time, but features seem to break often. I should have added before that it could well be my OS and browser causing headaches most readers don't experience. And in all fairness, I haven't been reading long enough to judge contemporary content against the past. #joebiden
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    Image of meerkat meerkat
    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Not sure what point you're trying to make, Amrita... that you think Cheney's worldview makes some sense? That Cheney was initially popular, before everything he did brought his popularity rating to a low of 28%? I love it that Biden is willing to call a moron a moron. This is a ridiculous post. #joebiden
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    Image of sfBirdie sfBirdie
    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Oh, and if you're trying to poke fun at Vice Prez Biden for weeping during the debate when he spoke about his first wife and baby daughter who died, well then, that's just messed up. #joebiden
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    10/31/09

    @Conchie Birdie: One might argue that it was the worst kind of political hackdom for him to bring them up expressly to show his "empathy" side and try to squeeze a tear out of his plastic-surgeryized eye slots. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    I'm absolutely NOT a supporter of ANYTHING Dick says... but, Good Lawwd, Biden, Bin Laden will always BE a part of the issue. I'm sorry, I guess if you had the prez saying this I could understand... but, uh, Joe? Nope.

    That being said, why are we posting crap from Fox News anyway - I thought we weren't supposed to take this stuff seriously?
    #joebiden
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