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Kurt Andersen says that it's probably too late for Kaavya Viswanathan to claim "the similarities were part of a deliberate postmodern intertextual take on 'real' genre novels." Umm hmmm.
Through the courtesy of Fred's two feet—and the Kaavya Viswanathan kerfluffle. Or something.
My wife insisted that I post this, "the best exam answer ever." Not that it did the guy any good.
Damn. Today it's 5:45pm and I'm just getting started. At least I'm not alone; Elizabeth is still here, worrying about page numbers and layouts so that JA can worry about other things.
"But you're on it," he says. "I don't have to worry, right?"
"That's right, sir," she says.
He sighs: "Okay."
It's nice to have some company.
It's also nice when the morning commute is gentle. This morning, leaving from the other side of the Hudson River, I walked the one colorful block down to the F train and found there was a seat waiting just for me, a seat reserved…
My friend Jeff gave me a copy of the new CD remaster of this David Byrne/Brian Eno disc—and it's great. Now Byrne and Eno, "in keeping with the original spirit of the album," offer listeners access to the original multitrack recordings and a chance to remix them through a Creative Commons license. They also offer a chance for the remixes to be posted in a daily Top 20, as chosen by the site moderators.
This is seriously cool.