Unrequired Reading: June 29, 2007

This issue will be over-and-done soon, dear readers. Till then, have some links.

The AV Club offers up 10 directors you didn’t know you hated.

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Wit, wisdom, etc.: Don’t eat before yoga.

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Stossel. Brooks. The smackdown!

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I read Under the Volcano earlier this year. It had some beautiful passages, but I found it long-winded and boring. On the 50th anniversary of Malcolm Lowry’s death, this guy contends it’s the single most potent novel of the 20th century.

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I will likely never get around to reading Gunter Grass.

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Does it matter where a drug company is headquartered, or where it makes most of its revenues?

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“Peak oil,” my ass.

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TANSTAATFL.

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Luckily for me, my wife loves guys with scrawny arms. (Some of the comments are priceless)