- Reading this essay about writing retreats and Heather’s posts about her ongoing writing residency at the Banff Centre…I have to say, I’m more than a tiny bit jealous.
- Man, I wish Steve Martin had helped pay for my high school’s plays!
- Okay, that’s not entirely true. I never actually went to any of my high school’s plays. I did see some really decent productions of Grease and Damn Yankees when I was in junior high, though.
- Seriously, the head of the (elected) Republican party doesn’t even know why Greenland is called Greenland. This goes beyond the global warming debate; this is fifth grade social studies he’s failing there.
- Edgar Allen Poe to publishers: Sorry for being such a drunk. [via]