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If there were a late-night comedy show completely run by comedy writers, without...
– Conan writer Todd Levin on how jokes die, for GOOD Magazine “Just Like That but Funny” (via lonelysandwich)
If I went with 90% of the stuff I first come up with when writing something for my copywriting gig, I’d like to think it would come pretty close to this.
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The Paris Review: Dorothy Parker, The Art of...
paperbackgirl:
INTERVIEWER
What, then, would you say is the source of most of your work?
PARKER
Need of money, dear.
INTERVIEWER
And besides that?
PARKER
It’s easier to write about those you hate—just as it’s easier to criticize a bad play or a bad book.
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August 2011
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July 2011
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Screen Name: What Happens to Me When I Listen to... →
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Lester Young, “Almost Like Being In Love” - It’s 1:47 pm on a Wednesday in mid-July and I just fell into the pool after drinking a bottle of gin. I watch from the bottom as my lungs fill with water and the sunglasses I was wearing slowly float toward the surface.
Stan Getz,…
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June 2011
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Malki-in-progress !: An Open Letter to Amazon.com →
davidmalki:
Re: Termination of Amazon Associates program for California residents
Dear Amazon,
Today you announced that you will be terminating Associates accounts (your affiliate marketing program) for all California residents. The reason is that California has passed a new law requiring sales tax to…
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May 2011
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