All too human

Random quote of the day:


"Nothing is irrelevant. The strongest temptation is to think, Oh, but they wouldn’t be interested in that. But the most ordinary parts of our lives are the very things that tie us to the human condition."

—Barbara Scot, interview with Linda B. Swanson-Davies, Glimmer Train magazine




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Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

Words I'm tired of hearing

Artisanal.

I love you, Jennifer Weiner

"I think it's irrefutable that when it comes to picking favorites - those lucky few writers who get the double reviews AND the fawning magazine profile AND the back-page essay space AND the op-ed, or the Q and A edited and condensed by Deborah Solomon - the Times tends to pick white guys. Usually white guys living in Brooklyn or Manhattan, white guys who either have MFAs or teach at MFA programs...white guys who, I suspect, remind the Times' powers-that-be of themselves, minus twenty years and plus some hair."

—Jennifer Weiner, interview, The Huffington Post, August 26, 2007