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Strange Ships, The Dark Days of Revolution, and Archaic Recipes

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Today is my last day at my day job for a while, so I’m decompressing in anticipation of a week off, otherwise known as my real job of loafing and writing.

(According to Mutiny on the Bounty co-author, James Norman Hall, “Loafing is the most productive part of a writer’s life.”  I agree.)

So, instead of a bit of Advice From a Dude, or another short story, I think I’ll close out this Friday with a few “background” links: two from the dark days of the Revolution, one about a Carolina shipwreck, and two food-related links — complete with archaic recipes! Continue reading →

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Comfort and Violence

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publishing2How’s this for some publishing juxtaposition?

On Friday, Washington Post‘s sextegenarian, Pulitzer Prize-winning “Style” editor Henry Allen tackled a writer and started punching him in the face after the guy tried to deflate a conflict over a story by suggesting Allen “not be such a c—sucker.”  Can’t imagine why that didn’t work.

But if pressroom combat isn’t your thing, perhaps you should relax by reserving a room at New York City’s Library Hotel, where each floor has six book-stuffed rooms organized according to the Dewey Decimal System. 

If they give you a choice between room 800.001 and room 1100.005 for your romantic get-away, definitely pick the former.

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