I’m going to get to my big announcement/update post later, but before I do that, I did want to post some links to things I’ve found worthwhile out there in the land of internet reading.
- I’ve been especially enjoying Slate’s conversation about the end of term cases from the Supreme Court between Dahlia Lithwick and Walter Dellinger. I’m a little behind on reading all the posts, not because it’s incredibly dense, because it isn’t, but because I’ve been a little busy and preoccupied. It’s definitely worth a look, though.
- Charming, but single has a post I really relate to about writing. It’s a great little significant story, and she tells it so well.
- Gail writes beautifully and passionately about knowing she’s right and yet enduring the ridicule and scorn of those who can’t see it and think she’s wrong. My response to such open criticism is usually to run and hide or find something else to talk about, but Gail bravely fights on.
- Jeff Ellis has so many interesting and informative posts that it’s hard to keep track or pick just one, but I particularly enjoyed his observations about being out of touch with the latest youthful slang. I was never all that much in touch with the slang to begin with, and I’m not quite as old as Jeff, but I still relate. I’ve had other moments like that, when it finally hits you that you’re getting older, or that you’re older than you think of yourself as being. Especially here lately.
- Litwit has written a tongue-in-cheek singles ad that I really got a kick out of.
- The Times has a review of the iPhone. The hype was big, but the phone (they say) mostly meets it, though of course, there are flaws and quirks. I must admit that I really didn’t get all the fuss at first, but now that I keep seeing ads for it on T.V., I’ve started to want one. Only no way I’m shelling out all that money to buy one, and I really don’t need it or wouldn’t really get all that much use out of it anyway. It’s just cool and so that part of me that loves new gadgets and fun technology wants it.
Oh, and last but not least, it’s Wednesday One-Liners at Overheard in New York, so click on over and keep on scrolling down. Some of it is not for the faint of heart the weak of stomach or the easily offended, so be warned…This one had me in stitches, though. Poor New Jersey:
Pilot: For those of you on the right side of the aircraft, there will be a great view of Manhattan. We’ll be coming up the Hudson and making a turn over Central Park heading into the Southwest. For those of you on the left side of the aircraft, well… you get Newark, sorry.
–Flight 3188 into LaGuardia
Overheard by: Wendy to the right
