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Posted on June 23, 2010 by MarkMay 18, 2016
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From an interview with Clay Shirkey in Publisher’s Weekly: I think someone will make the imprint that bypasses the traditional distribution networks. Right now the big bottleneck is the head buyer at Barnes & Noble. That’s the seawall holding back … Continue reading →

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Updike, an Archive

Posted on June 22, 2010 by MarkMay 18, 2016
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A wow recent article by Sam Tanenhaus in the New York Times about “an enormous archive fashioned as meticulously as one of his lathe-turned sentences,” that John Updike left to Harvard. It won’t be cataloged and open to scholars for … Continue reading →

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Fourth, it obviously doesn’t work

Posted on June 22, 2010 by MarkMay 18, 2016
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This is a joke, right? England coach manger Fabio Capello has told his team “no sex” during the World Cup? First, what is an Italian doing coaching managing England? Second, where did they find an Italian—an Italian!—who holds this bizarre … Continue reading →

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Backyard mixology

Posted on June 21, 2010 by MarkMay 18, 2016
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We’re having a go at Square Foot Gardening, and my task yesterday was to mix growing soil for our new raised beds… … and help haul and shovel the mixture of compost, peat moss, and vermiculite into place. Some other … Continue reading →

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X Marks the spot

Posted on June 16, 2010 by MarkJuly 19, 2017
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For many years, I’ve worn a now battered old dark brown Tilley T3 on the trail. But it’s heavy canvas, it’s hot, it soaks up water, and it doesn’t work especially well under a hood, which in a real downpour … Continue reading →

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King Pine Tri

Posted on June 14, 2010 by MarkMay 18, 2016
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H and A competed in their first triathlon of the year yesterday. They rose at the crack of dawn, geared up, and wandered down the track from their room near the site to the check-in. Others athletes and hangers-on were … Continue reading →

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New look

Posted on June 14, 2010 by MarkMay 18, 2016
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Along with some other very nice improvements, Blogger has just offered some new templates, most of which are much better than most of their old ones. I’m pleased with the cleaner look, but I might tweak it a bit more … Continue reading →

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“anti-British rhetoric” and “name-calling”

Posted on June 11, 2010 by MarkMay 18, 2016
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I’ve got to say I haven’t heard any. We’re really angry at BP and Tony Hayward is universally reviled, but there’s no raging Anglophobia here. Lots of us are just as angry at our non-regulating regulators and the political process … Continue reading →

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The Swing

Posted on June 10, 2010 by MarkMay 18, 2016
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Sweet B and I took longish morning walks when we were together last week. One day we got good and wet. One day we stopped for coffee (me) and bananas—two of them (her). One day we concentrated on beep-beeps (trucks). … Continue reading →

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The It Girl and others

Posted on June 10, 2010 by MarkMay 18, 2016
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I’ve long been interested in the silent movies of the ’teens and ’20s, many of which no longer exist because the nitrate film they were shot on has essentially disintegrated. It’s one of those aching cultural sorrows, because it means … Continue reading →

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