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i may drop by, i may not
there will be good food and drink
the great outdoors, walks in all weathers with any luck
so much wonderful reading
adventures, found wherever they might sprout
until july then
Bobby Fischer, 1962
Cartoon of the day. Don’t forget to enter this week’s caption contest: http://nyr.kr/r46had
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Duane Michals
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Sofa for Small Spaces, available at Bonbon: Compact Living Solutions
10 Great Articles About Psychology -
tetw:
A Tetw reading list
The Naked Face by Malcolm Gladwell - The window to your soul may be easier to unlock than you ever thought possible.
How Not to Talk to Your Kids by Po Bronson - Could telling kids that they’re smart be stopping achieving their full potential?
Want to Remember Everything you’ll Ever Learn? by Gary Wolf - Meet the inventor of a program that could revolutionise learning.
The Possibilian by Burkhard Bilger - How the subtlest shift in perception can create whole a new way of seeing the world.
The Science of Success by David Dobbs - The double-edged sword of extraordinary mental potential.
Caring for Your Introvert by Jonathan Rauch - Are you getting the best out of the introverts in your life?
Mind vs. Machine by Brian Christian - An intrepid reporter takes on the latest in artificial intelligence in a battle for humanity.
Why Men Lie by Vince Passaro - Essential reading for anyone who has to deal with men on a day-to-day basis.
Adventures in My Bed by Bucky McMahon - A journey through the emotionally charged world of the lucid dreamer.
TV Makes You Smarter by Steven Johnson - How increasingly sophisticated TV programming may be driving up our IQs.
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Monochromatic Deck of Cards from Gent Supply Co.
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As chosen by Meghan Daum
5 timeless essays selected by LA Times columnist, essayist and author of 3 excellent books, Meghan Daum:
The End of Gay Culture, by Andrew Sullivan, The New Republic, 2005 - Does assimilation mean the death of dsitinctive gay culture?
The Devil Long Island, by Ron Rosenbaum, The New York Times Magazine, 1993 - Between NYC and the upscale weekend retreats of the hamptons lies an island full of dark secrets.
And a few you’ll need to break out your credit card to read:
The Junket by Mike Albo, an Amazon Kindle single, 2011 - “A gimlet-eyed account of the back-biting media scene, a glimpse into the inner workings of the fashion crowd, and a candid portrait of what it takes to survive as a writer in today’s chattering and watchful New York City.”
I Shit My Pants in the South of France, by Jonathan Ames - This one pretty much does what it says on the tin.
My Heroin Christmas, by Terry Castle - An author explores her addiction to honesty in literature over a Christmas spent absorbed in the autobiography of jazz legend Art Pepper.
how odd, to be so disturbed by one image in thousands…
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Santiago Rusiñol i Prats, Erik Satie, 1890
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