Blinks: The Return

Oh, Blinks. How I missed you.

• The children's books you wish celebrities would write, Vol. 4: A Metallica Board Book
  Featuring Lars Ulrich and a cast of Precious Moments.


• Some of my favorite sentences from the Mary Worth Wikipedia entry
  Many stories now begin with new people she meets in her volunteer work at the local hospital or at poolside parties at Charterstone, where she is known for her tuna casserole.


• Where is the great literature of the 70s?
  I misread what this headline intended, and thought that someone was getting all wistful for 70s literature. Looking For Mr. Goodbar and Erica Jong. And I thought, well that's something new.


• Vanishing America
  I saw way too much of this on my drive through southwestern Indiana. (via kottke)


• Booknotes: Leni Zumas ("Farewell Navigator")
  I like Leni's take on the endeavour, in which she lets her characters pick their songs. Leni, WHY THE HELL did you use a line from a Pixies song for my title? The Pixies are NOT COOL. Sure they were a great band, but they are PLAYED AT FRAT PARTIES.


• Wasted on the Young: Vlogging from the Past
  Mena Trott imagines an alternate universe in which vlogs existed in 1994. Months old, but oh so genius.

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