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Tag Archives: blogging
Now Reading: Malaysia Airlines flight 370, Beats music, Scarlett Johansson
A few things I read around the Web today … A simple theory about the Malaysia Airlines jet We’ve all been fascinated by the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370. It’s impossible not to be interested, if not obsessed, with … Continue reading
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Tagged Beats Music, blogging, blogs, content, digital media, Internet, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, mobile, music, Now Reading, online, Reading, Scarlett Johansson, streaming, Tech, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Wired
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Now Reading: True Detective, journalism in the new media world, Elisabeth Moss, Peter Lanza
A selection of stories I read around the Web today … True Detective finale Slate’s David Haglund and Willa Paskin exchanged emails immediately after the finale and break it down … Haglund is more OK with all of the show’s … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, blogs, content, digital media, Elisabeth Moss, Internet, journalism, Media, Now Reading, online media, pop culture, Reading, television, The New York Times, The New Yorker, TV, TV reviews, writing
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“Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls,” part II: David Sedaris’ book of essays
For part I of my “Lets Explore Diabetes With Owls” review, click here. *** Instead of posting something midway through David Sedaris’ latest book of essays – “Let’s explore diabetes with owls” – like I intended to do, I plowed … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, blogging, blogs, book recommendations, book reviews, Books, content, David Sedaris, digital media, Essays, Media, Memoirs, Publishing, Reading, writing
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True Detective’s women
My consumption of the consumption of the latest True Detective episode began like it usually does, with a read of Alan Sepinwall’s review in Hitfix, but then quickly veered into the first broad-view discussion that has gained traction with Nic … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, blogs, content, crime series, culture, HBO, Media, mysteries, pop culture, Reviews, television, True Detective, TV, TV reviews, TV shows
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Now Reading: Internet ruining TV, write like Hemingway, dating apps, LeBron James in GQ, bullet wounds
A selection of stories I read around the Web today … How the Internet sucks the joy out of TV shows Vijith Assar had an interesting essay on Wired the other day about how the Internet, and how we align … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, blogging, blogs, Bret Easton Ellis, content, dating, digital media, Eric Church, Ernest Hemingway, films, GQ, LeBron James, mobile apps, music, Now Reading, Reading, relationships, screenwriting, social media, Spin, Tech, technology, television, TV, Twitter, Wired, writing
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Now Reading: Eric Church, Bill Murray’s career, Netflix vs. HBO, Michael Sam, amazing photos, Roger Angell
A selection of stories I read around the Web today … What did you read? Eric Church profile I stumbled across the profile linked above through this shorter post from Patrick Doyle in Rolling Stone on Eric Church, and both … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Murray, blogging, blogs, content, digital media, Eric Church, films, HBO, Internet, marketing, Media, Michael Sam, mobile, movies, music, Netflix, New York Times, news, NFL, Now Reading, online media, photography, photos, Reading, Roger Angell, Rolling Stone, Sports, television, The New Yorker, TV, Web
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David Sedaris’ “Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls,” part I
Next up is David Sedaris’ latest book of essays, “Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls,” and I ripped through the first 84 pages within a day or two of picking it up. First off: I have no idea what the title … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, blogging, blogs, book recommendations, book reviews, Books, comedy, content, David Sedaris, Essays, family, Memoirs, Reading, writing
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Vanished, part II: The end for the Arnett airmen
For part 1 of my “Vanished” review, click here. *** In the last “Vanished” post, the remarkable World War II book by Wil S. Hylton, I wrote that two things in particular would gnaw at me until they were resolved: … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, blogging, blogs, book recommendations, book reviews, Books, content, history, Media, Nonfiction, Reading, Vanished, war, Wil S. Hylton, World War II, writing, WWII
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Now Reading: Philip Seymour Hoffman, a better Twitter, CVS cigarettes, Amazon pilots
‘Now Reading’ is a collection and sharing of online stories and is meant for minimal consumption by the few readers of this blog. Topics include books, food, culture, photography, media and technology … there are no rules. Have a story … Continue reading
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Tagged actors, Amazon, blogging, blogs, content, culture, deaths, films, Forbes, movies, Now Reading, Philip Seymour Hoffman, pop culture, Reading, Tech, technology, The Atlantic, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Twitter, Vulture, Wired, writing
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A new book review style and Vanished, part 1
We’re gonna try something a little different: When books are the content type of choice on this blog, I’m no longer going to wait until I finish the book to write about it. Instead, I’ll post blogs while I’m reading … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, blogging, blogs, book recommendations, book reviews, Books, content, digital media, history, Media, Nonfiction, Vanished, Wil S. Hylton, World War II, WWII
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