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It’s Funny Because One Of The Three Is “My Pet Goat”

Posted on August 19, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Bob Woodward, George W Bush, books | Leave a Comment

It’s official: The number of books Bob Woodward has written about George W. Bush’s presidency (4) now exceeds the number of books George W. Bush has read in his life.
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Next Tuesday: Walking Two Miles To School Uphill In The Snow And How It Made Me A Man

Posted on August 5, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Richard Cohen, books, ebooks | Leave a Comment

Richard Cohen is not content to attack whippersnappers only because they wear tattoos. No, he also hates everyone who is trying to steal his books, destroy them, and turn their words into intangible digital signals which float around our heads in some sort of scary and newfangled ether. I really hope no one ever figures [...]

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I Would Have Been Curious To Hear Some Lines To The Tune Of “Private Idaho”

Posted on June 3, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under B-52s, Scott McClellan, What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washingt, books, music | Leave a Comment

Fred Schneider of the B-52s read Scott McClellan’s book to the tune of Love Shack last night. It was awesome.

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Things I Don’t Care About

Posted on May 28, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Bush administration, Scott McClellan, Things I Don't Care About, What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washingt, books | Leave a Comment

(Part sixteen in an ongoing series)
Scott McClellan’s critique of the Bush administration in his upcoming memoir.
Seriously, is there going to be anything in here I didn’t already know?
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Camus On Stage

Posted on April 23, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Albert Camus, The Plague, books, theater | 1 Comment

I’m not remotely what you might call a theater person. I honestly don’t remember the last play I went to see. I do enjoy the live performance of Shakespeare on occasion and big flashy musicals tend to be better in person than in a movie, but other than those two exceptions not many performances grab [...]

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