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January 26, 2016
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FINALLY! An OFFICIALLY...

FINALLY! An OFFICIALLY SANCTIONED BRIMPCEPTION VARIANT for sale!
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Hello, that’s my face. And Heather’s face. And Matt’s face. And Chip’s face. And my face again… Brimpers all the way down!
When we were sent our 100 copies, we decided that instead of selling them off we would personalize them and give them to friends. There are almost none left in this condition and this is the first time one is being sold legi...
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Startling Stories, November 1952
January 25, 2016
micdotcom:
This is what the people of Flint want the world to...





This is what the people of Flint want the world to knowFlint, a city of roughly 100,000 people, is in the midst of a water crisis so severe that 10 people have died from Legionnaires’ disease. So severe that residents are reporting hair loss, blistered skin, skyrocketing blood pressure and worse. We spoke to residents in order to broadcast their message to the world. One man had some pretty harsh words for filmmaker Michael Moore.
24hoursinthelifeofawoman:
‘Wild, impetuous, amoral, at a time...

‘Wild, impetuous, amoral, at a time when women were expected to be seen and not heard’ …
January 24, 2016
From EVERY LOVE STORY IS A GHOST STORY: A LIFE OF DAVID FOSTER WALLACE, by D.T. Max
Around this time [Mary] Karr was working on an essay on poetry called “Against Decoration,” published in Parnassus in 1991, where she took as the twin poles of authorial error “absence of emotion” and “lack of clarity.” She urged poets to move their readers, writing that emotional response was the main goal of art, and was not shy in passing on the same message to [David Foster] Wallace. When he told her he had put certain scenes into Infinite Jest because they were “cool,” she r...
gwillow:
So…as some of you already know, we’re in the midst of...

So…as some of you already know, we’re in the midst of a health crisis in my family. I don’t usually make this stuff public, but this may have medium-term ramifications for my travel and appearance schedule, so here goes. My youngest daughter has been diagnosed with a congenital heart defect. Fortunately, it’s reparable, and her longterm prognosis is good, but it will require major surgery. I will in all likelihood be spending much of the remainder of the winter and spring in and out...
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