It was a long, tedious week at a conference, but at least I got to see some friends and got home in time to get you a fresh dose of Unrequired Reading! Enjoy!
Air travel sucks. My flight out to Portland this week was less full than most of my recent flights, but the redeye flight home was 100% packed.
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If you read only one story about the incredibly messed-up divorce of the owners of the L.A. Dodgers, make it this one.
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Tolstoy’s death: the O.J. chase of its day.
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They’ve done so much work on Ground Zero in the past decade that they’re just now discovering a 200+-year-old ship buried in the muck below it? I guess it’s progress.
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I think his logo should incorporate a raincoat-element.
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I think it looks more like a sculpture by Jeff Koons’ studio.
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This week’s installment ends with a couple of tributes to Harvey Pekar, whose importance in the comics pantheon can’t be overstated. The first is by Eric Reynolds of Fantagraphics, the second is by Anthony Bourdain, and the best-and-last is by Tom Spurgeon.