Matt Birnbaum

May 18

“You will do well to expand your business.” — Chinese food leftovers fortune cookie.

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May 17

“You are talented in many ways.” — Fortune cookie.

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above-the-notches replied to your video: Cinderella, “Don’t Know What You Got (Till It’s…
Yes, this was definitely cool at one time. All that hair! “Nobody’s Fool” was just on the radio today… such memories, although I was a bit older, and I admit, they were horrible in concert! It was still worth it!

Oh my God, “Nobody’s Fool”?  I loved that one, and “Gypsy Road” too.  And I can only imagine how bad they would’ve been in concert, considering how much partying they all did!  My friends and I would all spend our allowance on all the Hair Bands’ cassette singles, but if any of us at that age had gone to a concert we probably would’ve been scarred for life hahaha

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May 16

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Picture I took today of the Memorial Bridge construction from a pier at Prescott Park.

Picture I took today of the Memorial Bridge construction from a pier at Prescott Park.

Would You Want to Be Friends With Humbert Humbert?: A Forum on “Likeability”

newyorker:

Our Page-Turner blog asked a group of novelists how often the question of likeability has been posed about their characters: http://nyr.kr/16CpZCS

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Illustration by Roman Muradov

(Source: newyorker.com)