April 2011 BY Paul Ford 2011 54 Sections Right. Someone should tell him about the fried pork sooner... Brain-doubling. Next time we run into each other remind me to show you the... I don't know if it's possible. Adoxography is serious... Agreed. Well, the second album was a problem. But the first! NO IRO. I wasn't questioning your sincerity--I like them... It was the difference between 7 cents per page and $1 per... This David Foster Wallace story, "The Depressed Person,"... Cats as lazy Romans--equestrian order--is really sensible. You win. Changing dog panties is a bad chore. Our cats like to drop things in the water, so I'm truly... My intent is completely sincere NO IRO. See? I got to the end of that in like 30 seconds and wanted more... A professional. @mattedgar Not in my experience, sadly. Yes! I wish I owned fewer books. Everything simple is false. Everything which is complex is... To clarify: By "totally insane" I mean "surprisingly... I just realized why Martin Amis is moving to Brooklyn. Would gladly read a dread-and-despair superhero mashup... I'd become a cockroach that would prefer not to. "A reference to the Muppets, originally included in this... The Baffler returns! With an email list, for now:... I keep adding "and the Range" to writers' names. Joseph... Premature standardization is the root of all evil. Adoxography is a word I didn't know, and yet it describes... Just typed "hout" for "hang out" which I kind of like.... "[The bean bag chairs at XeroxParc]...made it much more... At the count of three I want you all to tell me the name of... A blessing for animals afflicted with a serious disease... Trying to figure out why the idea of a supergroup is always... Nice take on #wwic and the music industry:... Some people, when starting a business, think, "I know, I'll... From the HBO rulebook: "If dialogue-heavy exposition... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inherently_funny_word OBVIOUSLY: "Any image of Queen Elizabeth II is unacceptable... The Xerox Star at VOA--offended Hungarians,... Nerd tip: http://webmin.com/ runs great on MacOSX; I run it... Some totally insane person tracked every vacation by the... Why doesn't anyone do a humble indie bundle for ebooks? More punishment than reward. Alas it was just me! I just spent 5 minutes looking out my window at people and... Important lesson of today: Solve fulfillment problems, then... Two things I never knew about before today: (1) Dog maxi... Today I asked a man, "Do you have water fountains for cats?" "Google gave him $100 million in 2011 as a parting gift."... I've started adding "NO IRO" when I write something sincere... Talk about hitting two sweet spots. An amateur is a person who values sharing experiences over... From a NYT article on loosies: “‘I’m sorry that it’s come... I want the new C64, worry it will bring back the 80s if I... “If scholars aren’t concerned about this, what are they... "Author Existence Failure" at TVTropes... By tomorrow we shall have our own washer AND dryer! And a...