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- B. HOCKEY J. - 13
A very cool message from a father to a son on his thirteenth birthday.
inspiration  parenting  writing  adolescence 
july 2011 by amdavidson
Profiles: Stealing Life : The New Yorker
An interesting piece about the career of David Simon, creator of The Corner, Homicide, and The Wire
thewire  davidsimon  homicide  thecorner  Baltimore  tv  movies  writing  from instapaper
march 2011 by amdavidson
The origins of abc | I love typography, the typography and fonts blog
A very interesting article relaying some of the history of the written alphabet, the reversal of trends as various things went into vogue had a long lasting impact that I certainly did not expect.
alphabet  history  writing  blog  article  typography  letterforms  typeface  from instapaper
march 2011 by amdavidson
The Shadow Scholar - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education
An interesting expose into the life of a ghost writer. A writer for hire who composes essays for incompetent undergrad and graduate students.
article  academia  cheating  college  education  essay  essays  interesting  jobs  writing  academic  plagiarism  teaching  from delicious
november 2010 by amdavidson
Hunter S. Thompson's brutally honest Canadian job request
An awesome letter written by Hunter S Thompson to the new editor of the Vancouver Sun asking for a job.
application  cover  letter  coverletter  funny  humor  journalism  hunter  huntersthompson  job  letters  thompson  writing  from delicious
october 2010 by amdavidson
Things my girlfriend and I have argued about
A catalog of arguments that a couple have had over the last several years.
amusing  articles  journalism  humour  blog  life  personal  dating  culture  funny  fun  gender  writing  humor  argument  blogs  rant  girlfriend  relationships  women  from delicious
september 2010 by amdavidson
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: The Only Thing That Can Stop This Asteroid is Your Liberal Arts Degree. FAQ
An amusing jab at the capabilities of liberal arts graduates in the event of an impending earth-asteroid collision.
article  college  education  fun  funny  humor  liberal  mcsweeneys  science  writing  academia  arts  degree  liberalarts  mcsweeney's  parody  satire  from delicious
september 2010 by amdavidson
David Foster Wallace The String Theory - David Foster Wallace on Tennis - Esquire
article  articles  essays  sports  life  story  writing  davidfosterwallace  journalism  performance  tennis  from delicious
september 2010 by amdavidson
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Our Daughter Isn't a Selfish Brat; Your Son Just Hasn't Read "Atlas Shrugged".
Awesome short story on a parent's education of their child in objectivism and her refusal to share.
books  funny  humour  humor  aynrand  children  libertarianism  mcsweeneys  objectivism  philosophy  parenting  internet  politics  writing  from delicious
september 2010 by amdavidson
Palin's Resignation: The Edited Version | vanityfair.com
A funny look at Sarah Palin's resignation speech after passing through Vanity Fair's fact checking, editing, and copy departments. Quite a "colorful result"
funny  humor  internet  politics  editing  writing  copywriting  palin  sarahpalin  language  editor  copy  fact  check  checking  vanity  fair  magazine  article  twitter 
july 2009 by amdavidson

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