My Work In Progress

In financial terms, it costs taxpayers about $40,000 a day to pay for Mr. Gingrich’s Secret Service detail. His campaign was $4.3 million in debt as of the end of March, according to filings. There is also the intangible cost to Mr. Gingrich’s stature and the threat to party unity behind the inevitable nominee, Mitt Romney — whom, Mr. Gingrich says, he will support and campaign for.

Mr. Gingrich seems not to care in the least about the stature and party unity thing.

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—	Gingrich Is Quitting the Race (Just Give Him a Little Time)

How Hemingway became the literary equivalent of the Nike swoosh »

what up Papa

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.

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—	Ernest Hemingway (via asterisk-)

millionsmillions:

Coming this October.

So. Freaking. Excited. If you haven’t had a chance to read the first book of the series, The Passage, please do.

theatlantic:

A literary map of the UK. [Reddit]

uhhh AWESOME

pretty freaking awesome!

curiositycounts:

In Indian courts, the last generation of typewriter wallahs still earn their living with the machine obsolete for years almost everywhere else. A fine addition to these 7 short documentaries about dying occupations.

You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we’re doing it.

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—	Neil Gaiman

Let’s talk about how every one of us can not only help ourselves, but help the planet. Grow some food!

Suzzallo! I miss it….

how amazing is this?! another dream office/study.

bookshelfporn:

from Vogue.com story on Aerin Lauder’s home