December 2011
10 posts
"lazy"
Hours worked in 2010 by the average worker in the following countries:
Greece - 2,109 (second only to S. Korea among OECD countries)
United States - 1,778
Italy - 1,778
OECD average - 1,749
Spain - 1,663
Germany - 1,419
Netherlands - 1,377 (lowest among OECD countries)
In general, the richer the country, the less its workers work. Primary and secondary sources.
Sad, Alliterative Breakfast Foods
Bummed Bacon Chagrined Croissants Dejected Donuts Forlorn Frittatas Glum Granola Heartbroken Homefries Melancholy Muesli Pensive Porridge Somber Scrapple Wailing Waffles
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“Emoticons hint at age: someone who uses :-) is probably 10 years older than...”
– Analysis by Bluefin, discussed in “A Social-Media Decoder” in the Nov/Dec 2011 Technology Review.
I realized, while reading this, that I once ate a tremendous amount of sushi with friends at the restaurant after which Bluefin’s named.
It’s amazing and perhaps...
Richard Feynman on Doubt →
Richard Feynman on No Doubt: “I can’t believe you kids call this music.”
enjoyable excerpts of literary magazine submission...
“Unsolicited work sent directly to a guest editor’s home or office will be ignored and discarded; guest editors are formally instructed not to read such work.” Ploughshares
“Do not send us your novel and ask that we select an excerpt that suits our tastes.” The Gettysburg Review “Submissions that demonstrate familiarity with the journal tend to receive more...
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On Not Rolling the Log
This piece about Faulkner and the often transactional nature of literary friendships is fantastic. Plus, it’s got a great, unexpected bit of dirty talk.
lareviewofbooks:
Transactions along the Mississippi Delta GLEN DAVID GOLD Recently, I spoke to a group of MFA students at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. I wanted to pass along the best advice I got in my own MFA program...