are cool. each is like photograph of a certain time in your life, a document of how you felt, what you thought about, what consumed you (musically, at least, and perhaps a bit more. perhaps a lot more). if done well, it can carry you through all the emotions of that period--some happy, mindless tunes that make you dance; some slow, brooding ones ( Read more... )

Whatever became of the moment when one first knew about death? There must have been one, a moment, in childhood when it first occurred to you that you don't go on for ever. It must have been shattering--stamped into one's memory. And yet I can't remember it. It never occurred to me at all. What does one make of that? We must be born with an ( Read more... )

This journal will now be friends-only. (I say "now" because I don't care enough to retroactively make all of my previous entries friends-only.) Should you read this and like to be considered a friend, you need only let me know--comment-style, of course.

(Written by Simon Rich, son of Frank Rich, in the October '05 Harvard Lampoon ( Read more... )

Not only his he hilarious, but he has massive balls. Seriously. I'm talking like elephant-style. I recommend watching him roast President Bush, who happens to be sitting about two feet away:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcIRXur61II

(NB: video in three parts)

Just thought you guys would like to see this. Arts' features editor had an exclusive interview with Rivers about his time at Harvard:

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My books editor was on the Today show for the huge story he broke over the weekend! (Have you guys been following the 'Opal Mehta' thing?) Anyway, go to the link and click on the story about the Harvard author:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12065856/

http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount_classics/aninconvenienttruth/Read more... )

By Paul Krugman, in today's NYT. (This only makes me want to go to BP more, Steve ( Read more... )

....Harvard has gotten to me. Let's look at my latest book review: Pretentious? Check. Elitist? Check. Politically liberal? Check.

Oh well. Check (ha. ha.) it out.

http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=512687