I'm thinking a lot about ladders and climbing up them or not today, so in honor of that, I'm posting this classic smoking pancakes post, with some additions:
It’s days like these, when I feel stifled by my own inadequacy—“Thursdays”—that I like to list people who were older than me when they achieved things:
Age 29 – Oprah Winfrey gets her own T.V. show
Age 30 – Steve Martin first appears on the Tonight Show
Age 30 - Kurt Vonnegut publishes his first novel, "Player Piano" (to be fair he was fighting in WWII and stuff)
Age 31 – Neil Simon writes his first play
Age 31 – Judy Blume publishes her first novel
Age 33 – Virginia Woolf writes her first novel, the Voyage Out
Age 34 – Margaret Edson produces her first and only play, “Wit”
Age 36 – Christopher Guest has his one-season stint on SNL
Age 36 – Dave Barry gets his gig writing a humor column for the Miami Herald
Age 38 – George Saunders publishes first collection of short stories
Age 45 - Roald Dahl writes "James and the Giant Peach"
Age 46 - E.B. White publishes his first children's novel (never mind that the New Yorker printed his first essay at age 26)
Age 57 – George Washington becomes president
I’m gonna flip out when I turn 40.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Monday, November 24, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Friday, November 14, 2008
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
The struggle for equal rights is over
"Europe Welcomes Abnormal Veggies" (NYTimes, 11/12/08)
“This marks a new dawn for the curvy cucumber and the knobbly carrot,” said Mariann Fischer Boel, European Commissioner for Agriculture.
Call me a bleeding-artichoke-heart liberal.
“This marks a new dawn for the curvy cucumber and the knobbly carrot,” said Mariann Fischer Boel, European Commissioner for Agriculture.
Call me a bleeding-artichoke-heart liberal.
Friday, November 7, 2008
Thursday, November 6, 2008
You can still wrangle a cephalopod the old-fashioned way
Merely to minnow about underwater is no longer enough, and such sports as octopus wrestling are coming increasingly into vogue, particularly in the Pacific Northwest, where the critters grow up to 90 Ibs. and can be exceedingly tough customers. Although there are several accepted techniques for octopus wrestling, the really sporty way requires that the human diver go without artificial breathing apparatus.
-TIME, 1965
-TIME, 1965
Licks of Love
Books that are embarrassing to read on the subway because people might think you are reading a self-help book and jump to all kinds of conclusions:
Alternatives to Sex by Steven McCauley
How to be Alone by Jonathan Franzen
Fates Worse Than Death by Kurt Vonnegut
I Married a Communist by Philip Roth
A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor
Problems by John Updike
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
Alternatives to Sex by Steven McCauley
How to be Alone by Jonathan Franzen
Fates Worse Than Death by Kurt Vonnegut
I Married a Communist by Philip Roth
A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor
Problems by John Updike
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
Polls show:
With all precincts reporting, this race is still a dead heat. In an unprecedented decision by the United States Senate, the puppy and Obama will have to co-govern. I smell a sitcom! Anyone for possible names? "Change I Can't Believe In!" "Puppy Love" "Fired Up? Ready To Go For A Walk!" Am I right??!!!
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Poll update
We're getting down to the wire here, and polls show a dead heat between Democratic Nominee Barack Obama and a soft, yet politically incisive puppy (a stray or "Independent" candidate). Make your vote count!
Monday, November 3, 2008
Poll update
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